The Silent End

In a mist-soaked town in the Pacific Northwest three teenagers find themselves pitted against an unearthly menace that dwells beneath the foundations of their high school... Eberstark is an outcast and he's tired of pretending everything is fine. His mother disappeared almost a year ago after a long battle with depression. His father is conducting experiments and running around town in the middle of night with a mysterious man known only as The Hat, ranting to Eberstark about beasts no one else can see. Then on Halloween night, Eberstark, alongside his only friends Lexi and Gus, discovers something in the woods to challenge his father's apparent insanity: a wounded monster. Rather than stir the town into a frenzy, the three friends hide the creature and are pulled into a web of conspiracy, dream-logic, and death. Faced down by living trucks, mirror-dwelling psychopaths, and hellish entities who lurk behind friendly faces, Eberstark, Lexi, and Gus find themselves battling to save not just themselves, but the soul of their quiet little town.Praise for THE SILENT END, a Kirkus September Speculative Fiction Reading Pick"​​The Silent End is the book I desperately needed when I was sixteen; hilarious, subversive, and deeply weird. Do not read this at night. Do not read this alone. But read it. Now." --Sean Beaudoin, author of ​​Wise Young Fool and ​​The Infects"Imagine if ​​Halloween had been written by The Kids in The Hall instead of John Carpenter and you start to understand the wild, mesmerizing mash up that is ​​The Silent End."--Victor LaValle, author of ​​The Devil in Silver and ​​Big Machine "So much fun and terror and tragedy and delight." --D. Foy, author of​​Made to Break "Samuel Sattin's The Silent End is smart yet accessible, creepy and hilarious, a vividly told novel both teens and adults will enjoy." --Largehearted Boy "Entertaining, provocative, and engaging...Whether you're a child of the 1980s like me or just love a good coming-of-age adventure yarn, The Silent Endis worth a look." --Jed W. Harris-Keith,Freak Sugar"If you're looking for a good horror novel, you'll want to keep your eye out for this one." --Tony 'G-Man' Guerrero, Comic Vine "Samuel Sattin has written a young adult novel that's right over the plate for pop culture fans." --Hannah Means Shannon, Bleeding Cool"Deeply melancholy, a little frightening...Samuel Sattin has writtenThe Silent Endfor teenagers who are actually teenagers." --J. Wilbanks,Galleywampus "A creepy, bizarre, nightmare-logic story which put me in the mind of the Alan Wake game or Stephen King's work...The Silent Endis an exceptionally well-written horror novel."-- C.T. Phipps, The United Federation of Charles (9.5 out of 10 stars)

About the Author

Samuel Sattin is a novelist and essayist. He is the author of League of Somebodies, described by Pop Matters as "One of the most important novels of 2013," and The Silent End. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Salon, io9, Kotaku, San Francisco Magazine, Publishing Perspectives, LitReactor, The Weeklings, The Good Men Project, and elsewhere. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College and an MFA in Comics from CCA. He's the recipient of NYS and SLS Fellowships and lives in Oakland, California.

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