The Children of Red Peak - by Craig Dilouie (Paperback)

About the Book

"David Young, Deacon Price, and Beth Harris live with a dark secret. They grew up in an overbearing religious community on the isolated mountain Red Peak -- and they were a few of the only survivors of its horrific last days. Years later, the trauma of what they experienced never feels far behind. And when a fellow survivor commits suicide, they reunite to confront their past and share their stories. As long-repressed memories surface, they begin to recall different images of that final night. Images that raise questions with no easy, or even believable, answers. Together, they will return to Red Peak. But discovering the terrifying truth might make escaping a second time almost impossible.."--

Book Synopsis

The most intense novel yet from an unmissable voice in horror fiction, Bram Stoker award-nominated author Craig DiLouie. "Horror readers will be hooked." (Publishers Weekly)

"A heart-wrenching, thought-provoking, terrifying tale about the meaning of life . . . A great choice for fans of Stephen Graham Jones' The Only Good Indians (2020), Paul Tremblay's Disappearance at Devil's Rock (2016), or Alma Katsu's The Hunger (2018)."​ - Booklist

They escaped the cult, but are they free?
David Young, Deacon Price, and Beth Harris live with a dark secret. They grew up in an isolated religious community in the shadow of the mountain Red Peak, and they are among the few who survived its horrific last days.
Years later, the trauma of what they experienced never feels far behind. And when a fellow survivor commits suicide, they reunite to confront their past and share their memories of that final night.
But discovering the terrifying truth might put them on a path back to Red Peak, and escaping a second time could be almost impossible....
"A subtle character story and a chilling tale of horror. It goes deep into the heart of people caught up in terrifying events." - Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author.

For more from Craig DiLouie, check out:

Our War
One of Us

Review Quotes

"The Children of Red Peak is both a subtle character study and a chilling tale of horror. It goes deep into the heart of people caught up in terrifying events. Highly recommended."--Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author

"The Children of Red Peak is ice-in-your-heart, nerve-racking fantastic - Heaven's Gate by way of Stephen King's IT. Almost every page made my skin crawl."--Peter Clines, New York Times bestselling author of Paradox Bound and Terminus

"A heart-wrenching, thought-provoking, terrifying tale about the meaning of life... A great choice for fans of Stephen Graham Jones' The Only Good Indians (2020), Paul Tremblay's Disappearance at Devil's Rock (2016), or Alma Katsu's The Hunger (2018)."--Booklist

"Absolutely riveting... A tapestry of past and present come together in this chilling tale of family, faith, and redemption. Craig DiLouie has a new fan."--J.D. Barker, international bestselling author of She Has A Broken Thing Where Her Heart Should Be

"Author Craig DiLouie is fearless as he explores the dark territory of the human heart."--Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author on One of Us

"Craig DiLouie is not only one of the best fantasists working today, he's one of the best writers out there, period."--Bracken MacLeod, Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author of Stranded, on Our War

"DiLouie continues to be the master of writing the human heart and all the terrors it contains."--Peter Clines, New York Times bestselling author, on One of Us

"DiLouie really knows how to simultaneously shatter nerves and break hearts. The Children of Red Peak is a genuinely unsettling psychological horror novel, a story where faith and fear combine to destroy innocence and devastate lives. Intense, compulsive, thought-provoking, and highly recommended."--David Moody, author of the Hater and Autumn series

"DiLouie's prose is eloquent, deeply compelling... It touches many chords of recognition, and that is yet another trait of a brilliant writer. Highly recommended."--San Francisco Review of Books on Our War

"Gripping, thought-provoking, and suspenseful, Craig DiLouie's latest is a master study of darkness and light and the meaning of life."--Richard Chizmar, New York Times bestselling author

"One of the most powerful voices in dark fiction does it again! Craig DiLouie's The Children of Red Peak delivers a suspenseful and unpredictable psychological exploration of family, belief, and horror as chilling as it is thought-provoking. One of the best books of the year!"--James Chambers, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of On the Night Border

"This is not a kind book, or a gentle book, or a book that pulls its punches. But it's a powerful book, and it will change you."--Seanan McGuire, author of Every Heart a Doorway on One of Us

"With this chilling story of cult abuse, DiLouie proves his mastery of the slow slide from psychological drama into supernatural horror . . . . Horror readers will be hooked."--Publishers Weekly

"A solid, supernatural thriller, with a suspenseful twist as to what really happened will keep the reader on the edge of the seat, right to the final word of the novel."
--Red Carpet Crash

"Readers will find The Children of Red Peak a fantastically creepy addition to their fall reads."--Nerd Daily

"Unsettling, frighteningly ambiguous... a cult horror story that explores trauma, faith and the search for meaning in the aftermath of tragedy."--Shelf Awareness

About the Author

Craig DiLouie is an acclaimed American-Canadian author of literary dark fantasy and other fiction. Formerly a magazine editor and advertising executive, he also works as a journalist and educator covering the North American lighting industry. Craig is a member of the Imaginative Fiction Writers Association, International Thriller Writers and Horror Writers Association. He currently lives in Calgary, Canada with his two wonderful children.