“A creepy story of supernatural terror.” —Publishers Regular, starred review

Within this terrifying thriller, a supernatural force—set in motion a hundred years ago—threatens to devastate New York City.

Far upstate, in New York’s ancient forests, a drowned town lays beneath the dark, still waters from the Chilewaukee reservoir. Early in the 20th hundred years, the town was damaged for the greater good: bringing drinking water to the millions living downstate. Or at least that’s what the politicians from Manhattan about The Chill: A Book insisted at that time. The local households, settled there since America’s founding, had been forced from their land, however they didn’t move far, plus some didn’t move at all…

Now, a hundred years later on, the repercussions of human arrogance are finally making themselves known. An inspector designated to oversee the dam, dangerously neglected for many years, witnesses something inexplicable. As it happens that more than the community was left out in the waters from the Chill when it had been deserted. The townspeople didn’t evacuate with out a battle. A dark prophecy remained, too, and enough time offers come for this to be satisfied. Those who keep in mind must ask themselves: who’ll be next? For sacrifices must be made. So that as the dark waters begin to inexorably rise, the demand for a fresh sacrifice emerges in the deep…