From the New York Times bestselling authors of Welcome to Night Vale and It Devours! and the
creators of the #1 podcast comes a new 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 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 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 and 100% about a faceless
old woman who secretly lives in your home.
