Forest Ghost

A bone-chilling tale of terror and suspense from a “master of modern horror” (Library Journal).   Modern-day America. Fifteen Boy Scouts and their seven adult leaders are found to have committed suicide in the forest of a scout reservation. One of the dead boys is a friend of Sparky Wallace, whose father Jack runs a Polish restaurant in Chicago. Drawn into investigating the suicides, Jack discovers a connection with his own grandfather, who killed himself in the Kampinos Forest in Poland when he was fighting the Nazis in World War II.   Together, Jack and Sparky travel to Poland to unlock the terrifying mystery of what really makes people panic in the forest. But before they can do so, they have to experience panic for themselves, and reach the very brink of madness.   “Masterton delivers another well-written horror story.” —Booklist

From Booklist

At a Michigan Boy Scout camp, a shocking event takes place: a mass suicide. Jack, a Chicago restaurateur, is driven to investigate the suicides (his son, Sparky, seems to have a strange connection to the victims), and what he discovers is even more shocking than he could possibly have imagined: these modern-day suicides appear somehow connected to the suicide of Jack’s own grandfather on a WWII battlefield. The link appears to be the setting itself: the forest. Jack’s odyssey takes him to Poland, where his grandfather died and where Jack must risk his own life to discover the truth about what makes people seek death. Masterton delivers another well-written horror story; it’s not his best work, but when you write as many books as Masterton does, some of them are going to be better than others. Still, for the author’s fans it should more than fit the bill. --David Pitt

About the Author

Graham Masterton, a “master of modern horror” (Library Journal), is one of the world’s best-selling horror writers. A journalist by trade, Masterton’s debut novel, The Manitou, was an instant hit and was filmed with Tony Curtis and Susan Strasberg.

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