Аннотация
Joseph Delaney
The Spook's Curse
The highest point in the County
is marked by mystery
It is said that a man died there in a great storm,
while binding an evil that threatened the whole world.
Then the ice came again, and when it retreated,
even the shapes of the hills and the names
of the towns in the valleys were changed. now,
at that highest point on the fells, no trace remains
of what was done so long ago, but its name has endured.
They call it -
The Wardstone.
CHAPTER 1
The Horshaw RipperWhen I heard the first scream, I turned away and covered my ears with my hands, pressing hard until my head hurt. At that moment I could do nothing to help. But I could still hear it, the sound of a priest in torment, and it went on for a long time before finally fading away.
So I shivered in the dark barn, listening to rain drumming on the roof, trying to gather my courage. It was a bad night and it was ab...
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