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Synopsis
Moving to rural Georgia, a failed academic plans to write a history of his family's old plantation and the horrors that occurred there but instead discovers a sense of unspoken dread among the townspeople and a long-standing debt of blood.
Those Across the River: content & age rating
Intended for adult readers (18+).
This is an adult horror novel with graphic violence, disturbing imagery, and mature themes involving slavery and racial violence. The plantation history and supernatural horror elements are both intense and deeply unsettling.
What to know going in
This book has graphic violence, moderate sexual content, and strong language. Content notes include slavery, graphic violence, gore, murder, and animal death (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Adult horror readers will be drawn to the atmospheric Southern Gothic dread and the mystery of what lurks in the woods.