Blackwater III: The House

Michael McDowell€s masterpiece€"the serial novel, Blackwater€"returns to thrill and terrify a new generation of readers.

In Blackwater I: The Flood, McDowell introduced readers to the powerful Caskey family of Perdido, Alabama, whose lives were irrevocably changed by the arrival of the strange and beautiful Elinor Dammert.

In Blackwater II: The Levee, matriarch Mary-Love battled Elinor for control of the Caskey family and perhaps the very soul of the town itself.

Now the mysterious saga of the Caskey family continues in Blackwater III: The House.

Elinor Caskey€s daughters, Miriam and Frances, have grown up next door to one another but separated by a veritable ocean of differences.

Miriam is spoiled and doted upon by her grandmother Mary-Love, while Frances is entirely Elinor€s little girl ... with all the mystery and otherness such a legacy entails.

As the Great Depression begins, the Caskey family grows ever more wealthy and powerful, and the enmity between Elinor and Mary-Love grows ever more deadly.

An unwelcome visitor makes the fatal mistake of attacking the Caskeys and then seeking escape across the dark river ...

Oscar begins to suspect that Elinor is hiding secrets he can never hope to fathom ...

And Mary-Love finally realizes the true and terrible extent of her adversary€s overwhelming power ...

Tough Times Publishing proudly presents the return of Michael McDowell€s legendary serial novel, Blackwater.

As Publishers Weekly noted, €œReaders of weak constitution should beware!€