A chilling ghost story. . . . A decades long globe-spanning saga of adventure betrayal love
and fate [about] one of Welcome to Night Vale's most enigmatic and terrifying characters. . .
How these stories converge and how the narrator becomes immortal are merciless in their
ingenuity and immensely satisfying. . . . A funny terrifying and unpredictable slice of Night
Vale's macabre history. - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) From the New York Times bestselling
authors of Welcome to Night Vale and It Devours! and the creators of the hit podcast comes a
haunting novel set in the world of Night Vale and beyond. In the town of Night Vale there's a
faceless old woman who secretly lives in everyone's home but no one knows how she got there or
where she came from...until now. Told in a series of eerie flashbacks the story of The
Faceless Old Woman goes back centuries to reveal an initially blissful and then tragic
childhood on a Mediterranean Estate in the early nineteenth century her rise in the criminal
underworld of Europe a nautical adventure with a mysterious organization of smugglers her
plot for revenge on the ones who betrayed her and ultimately her death and its aftermath as
her spirit travels the world for decades until settling in modern-day Night Vale. Interspersed
throughout is a present-day story in Night Vale as The Faceless Old Woman guides haunts and
sabotages a man named Craig. In the end her current day dealings with Craig and her
swashbuckling history in nineteenth century Europe will come together in the most unexpected
and horrifying way. Part The Haunting of Hill House part The Count of Monte Cristo The
Faceless Old Woman Who Lives in Your Home is a lively tale of loyalty betrayal and revenge
that will have you looking around the corners of your own home...just in case.
