Usher's Passing

In this chilling Gothic novel, a modern descendant of the Usher family returns to their ancestral estate in the mountains of North Carolina as his father's death looms. Rix Usher, a successful horror novelist who once fled the family's dark legacy, is drawn back into a world of ancestral madness and haunting memories, grappling with a devious family and his sister's unsettling decline. As he confronts the eerie atmosphere of Usherland, filled with grim local legends and childhood fears, Rix must face the malevolent presence tied to his family's infamous history, in a story that pays homage to Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale.