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Face the Night
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About the Book
100 Best Indie Books of the Year – Kirkus Reviews, starred
Hoffer Award WINNER – Best Commercial Fiction
Semi-FINALIST – Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize, Thriller/Mystery
"This outstanding novel is reminiscent of early works by Stephen King and Peter Straub. An impressive, complex horror tale—two (rotting) thumbs up." – Kirkus Reviews, starred
She has an eerie gift for drawing faces. Will one terrifying vision tear apart everything she loves?
Ohio, 1987. Adriana Krause hasn't slept in weeks. Desperate for work to keep her three-year-old son out of her powerful father's controlling clutches, her vivid illustrations land her a job as a police sketch artist. But the only image she can draw is the shockingly mangled visage from her recurring nightmare.
With her disturbed nights spiraling into violent episodes, Adriana's unique talents pull her into the tight-knit small-town's buried secrets. And now fearing she’ll lose her little boy to the madness sucking her down, she's convinced that the monsterous face she can't stop drawing holds the answers to a brutal crime.
Face the Night is a bone-chilling supernatural thriller. If you like complex characters, lived-in settings, and tension dripping from every page, then you'll be transfixed by this gripping tale.
"Storytelling at its best." – Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize
Hoffer Award WINNER – Best Commercial Fiction
Semi-FINALIST – Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize, Thriller/Mystery
"This outstanding novel is reminiscent of early works by Stephen King and Peter Straub. An impressive, complex horror tale—two (rotting) thumbs up." – Kirkus Reviews, starred
She has an eerie gift for drawing faces. Will one terrifying vision tear apart everything she loves?
Ohio, 1987. Adriana Krause hasn't slept in weeks. Desperate for work to keep her three-year-old son out of her powerful father's controlling clutches, her vivid illustrations land her a job as a police sketch artist. But the only image she can draw is the shockingly mangled visage from her recurring nightmare.
With her disturbed nights spiraling into violent episodes, Adriana's unique talents pull her into the tight-knit small-town's buried secrets. And now fearing she’ll lose her little boy to the madness sucking her down, she's convinced that the monsterous face she can't stop drawing holds the answers to a brutal crime.
Face the Night is a bone-chilling supernatural thriller. If you like complex characters, lived-in settings, and tension dripping from every page, then you'll be transfixed by this gripping tale.
"Storytelling at its best." – Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize
About the Author
Alan Lastufka is the Hoffer Award-winning author of Face the Night, a supernatural thriller novel, named one of the 100 Best Indie Books of the Year by Kirkus Reviews. His short story "The Fort" was adapted as a short film in 2024, starring Netflix's Callie Haverda and Armani Jackson. Lastufka co-wrote the screenplay, for which he won Best First-Time Screenwriter at the Los Angeles Film Awards. Lastufka lives in the Pacific Northwest.
Product Details
- Publisher: Shortwave (August 10, 2027)
- Length: 352 pages
- ISBN13: 9798897320820
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Raves and Reviews
"This outstanding novel is reminiscent of early works by Stephen King and Peter Straub. An impressive, complex horror tale—two (rotting) thumbs up."
– Kirkus Reviews, starred
"Suspenseful... shocking... engaging small-town thriller. Lastufka has composed a gripping book that is so compelling that the reader, much like the protagonist, may have trouble falling asleep until they’ve finished the read. This is storytelling at its best."
– BookLife
"Like a grown-up version of STRANGER THINGS. Face the Night is an unexpected pleasure. A compelling blend of small-town mystery and supernatural horror [that] succeeds brilliantly on both fronts."
– IndieReader
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