“Alternately whimsical and horrifying Rebelein’s newest is a bizarre gem. I don’t want to join
any cult he dreams up but I will be first in line to read about them.” —KIERSTEN WHITE #1 New
York Times bestselling author of Hide In this shockingly fun wild ride of horrors Sam Rebelein
takes readers back to Renfield County and tells the story of two Rachels—one who mistakenly
starts a cult at her local high school and one who tries to dismantle it ten years later.
2009: Rachel Galloway is bored in class. She spends the dreary fall days sketching in her
notebook—adorable pigs munching on her boring teachers—and imagining a utopia where all the
horrors of Burnskidde High School disappear. But when her classmates start to believe this
utopia could be real Galloway finds herself at the center of an elaborate and quickly
spreading new religion. Before long the town is split between believers and nonbelievers. As
tensions rise and the rituals become more dangerous Galloway can’t be sure what’s real and
what’s not or who she can trust. BURNSKIDDE: CULTWATCH 2019: This is the cryptic message
that Renfield County Guard Rachel Durwood receives from her colleague Mark mere days after
he’s disappeared. Mark’s note leads Durwood to the town of Burnskidde famously sealed off from
the rest of the county ten years ago. Now she discovers a small insulated community preparing
for the rapture and seemingly their collective demise. In order to save Burnskidde from
itself she must piece together the fallout from 2009 and avoid being swept up into the
monstrous cult herself. As Rachel Galloway watches her life spiral out of control Rachel
Durwood navigates a world where history horror and faith collide. Despite being separated by
a decade Galloway and Durwood may be closer to each other than they realize. But even together
will they be able to stop Burnskidde’s impending doom? "The novel never forgets to have fun but
always keeps its finger on the pulse of the characters’ hearts. A wild bristling ride that
would make Lovecraft blush." — MICHAEL WEHUNT author of The October Film Haunt and Greener
Pastures
