Deadfall Hotel

This Is The Hotel Where Our Nightmares Go... It’s Where Horrors Come To Be Themselves, And The Dead Pause To Rest Between Worlds. Recently Widowed And Unemployed, Richard Carter Finds A New Job, And A New Life For Him And His Daughter Serena, As Manager Of The Mysterious Deadfall Hotel. Jacob Ascher, The Caretaker, Is There To Show Richard The Ropes, And To Tell Him The Many Rules And Traditions, But From The Beginning, Their New World Haunts And Transforms Them. It’s A Terrible Place. As The Seasons Pass, The Supernatural And The Sublime Become A Part Of Life, As Routine As A Morning Cup Of Coffee, But It’s Not Safe, By Any Means. Deadfall Hotel Is Where Richard And Serena Will Rebuild The Life That Was Taken From Them... If It Doesn’t Kill Them First. This is the hotel where our nightmares go... It's where horrors come to be themselves, and the dead pause to rest between worlds. Recently widowed and unemployed, Richard Carter finds a new job, and a new life for him and his daughter Serena, as manager of the mysterious Deadfall Hotel. Jacob Ascher, the caretaker, is there to show Richard the ropes, and to tell him the many rules and traditions, but from the beginning, their new world haunts and transforms them. It's a terrible place. As the seasons pass, the supernatural and the sublime become a part of life, as routine as a morning cup of coffee, but it's not safe, by any means. Deadfall Hotel is where Richard and Serena will rebuild the life that was taken from them...if it doesn't kill them first. Horror The Deadfall Hotel is where our nightmares go, it's where the dead pause to rest between worlds, and it's where Richard Carter and his daughter Serena go to rediscover life -- if the things at the hotel don't kill them first.Think of it as the vacation resort of the collective unconscious.With the powerful prose that has earned him awards and accolades, Steve Rasnic Tem explores the roots of fear and society's fascination with things horrific, using the many-layered metaphor of the Deadfall Hotel. Drawing inspiration from literary touchstones John Gardner and Peter Straub, Tem elegantly delves into the dark corners of the human spirit. There he finds not only our fears, but ultimately our hopes. "It's where horrors go the be themselves, and the where the dead pause to rest between worlds. Recently widowed and unemployed, Richard Carter finds a new job, and a new life for him and his daughter Serena, as manager of the mysterious Deadfall Hotel. Jacob Ascher, the caretaker, is there to show Richard the ropes, and to tell him the many rules and traditions, but from the beginning, their new world haunts and transforms them"--Page 2 of cover