For three centuries the rotting wreck of the David Dark has lain beneath waves, but an awful secret is concealed in the chill waters. But how do you kill the undead?Īs he searches for an explanation he uncovers a link to a mysterious ship, lost around the time of the nearby Salem witch trials. And when he discovers the body of a local busybody, impossibly impaled on a still hanging chandelier, he knows something must be done. In a bid to rid himself of this horrific spectre he soon finds that many more in the town have been victims of unwanted visitations.

Yet all is not what it seems, and this sinister spirit is not Jane, but something altogether evil and terrifying. Johns grief is total, so when he starts to see the ghostly apparition of his wife he almost welcomes this supernatural phenomenon. But disaster strikes and Jane and their unborn child are killed. For three centuries the rotting wreck of the David Dark has lain beneath waves, but an awful secret is concealed in the chill waters.The quaint little seaside town of Granitehead seemed like a perfect place for John and Jane Trenton to start their life together. John's grief is total, so when he starts to see the ghostly apparition of his wife he almost welcomes this supernatural phenomenon.

This novel was adapted in 1978 for the film The Manitou. Originally editor of Mayfair and the British edition of Penthouse, his debut novel, The Manitou, was published in 1976. The quaint little seaside town of Granitehead seemed like a perfect place for John and Jane Trenton to start their life together. Graham Masterton (born 16 January 1946, in Edinburgh) is a British author known primarily for horror fiction. 'One of the few true masters of the horror genre' James Herbert - author of Others.

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