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The Binding: A Novel
The Binding: A Novel
The Binding: A Novel
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When a rare mental disorder begins to consume his small-town neighbors, a young psychiatrist digs up the past for clues to the epidemic’s bone-chilling source in this brilliant supernatural horror debut, written in the bestselling tradition of Peter Straub.

Convinced that evil spirits have overtaken his daughter, a desperate father introduces her to Nat Thayer, a young psychiatrist in their sleepy blue-blooded Massachusetts college town. Thayer quickly diagnoses the girl with Cotard Delusion, an obscure condition sometimes described as “walking corpse syndrome.” But Thayer soon realizes his patient—and many of the local families—are actually being targeted by a malignant force resurrected from the town's wicked history. Thayer must discover the source of the spreading plague…before there is no one left to save.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherGallery Books
Release dateJun 28, 2016
ISBN9781501102721
The Binding: A Novel
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Nicholas Wolff

Nicholas Wolff is a pseudonym for an acclaimed New York Times bestselling author. He lives in New Jersey.

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