DARK ROOTS
“Sheldon Higdon takes us down some shadowy roads with Dark Roots! This creepy thriller takes weird, wild, and shocking twists and turns. Grab this!” —Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Red Empire and Ghosts of the Void
“This is a nasty coiled-up snake of a novel with plenty of venom in its bite.” —Four-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author Tim Waggoner
When Benjamin Cole’s 83-yr-old father commits suicide, he’s thrust into a dark family secret that had been hiding in plain sight. With the task of selling the old family farm, repressed memories and chilling discoveries force him to confront the horrors that lie inside it.
But when his girlfriend’s son is kidnapped, Benjamin must figure out what is reality and who is family. Because in order to save the child, Benjamin will have to learn the truth of his father—and who Benjamin himself is.
“Sheldon Higdon’s Dark Roots is a deeply disturbing and brilliantly twisted read. Blending the haunting psychological depth of True Detective, the relentless tension of To Catch a Killer, and the eerie dread of The Black Phone, this story grips from the first page and never lets go. It’s a nightmarish descent into darkness that will make every parent’s skin crawl and stomach turn.” —Thom Erb, author of Snow Black, The Last in Line, and Heaven, Hell, or Houston
“The twists keep coming! It’s a page turner all the way through!” —Corey Farrenkopf, author of Living in Cemeteries and Haunted Ecologies
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Product Details:
Author: Sheldon Higdon
Publication Date: November 14, 2025
Price:
Paperback: $15.95 plus $3.00 shipping, handling and sales tax. Total price: $18.95
Electronic: $5.95
Print Length: 184 pages
Publisher: JournalStone