From the award-winning author of the acclaimed novel
Poe comes an edgy and bone-chilling new novel.
When Fiona Dunn is approached in a bar by a man who claims he’s the devil, she figures it’s just some kind of postmodern-slash-ironic pickup line. But a few drinks in, he offers her a wish in exchange for her immortal soul, and in addition, Fiona must perform a special favor for him whenever the time comes. Fiona finds the entire matter so absurd that she agrees. Bad idea. Not only does Fiona soon discover that she really was talking to the devil incarnate, but she’s now been initiated into a bizarre support group of similar “dead souls”—those who have done the same thing as Fiona on a whim, and who must spend their waking hours in absolute terror of that favor eventually being called in...and what exactly is required from each of them in order to give the devil his due.
A relentless, devil-deal horror thriller about immortal souls, from the award-winning author of the acclaimed novel Poe.
When marketing executive Fiona Dunn walks into a bar feeling defeated, she chalks a charming stranger’s claim of being the Devil up to a drunken pickup line. But a few drinks in, he offers her a wish in exchange for her immortal soul—and a mysterious “favor” to be called in later—Fiona takes the bait.
Bad idea. Now Fiona’s part of a hidden circle of “dead souls” whose reckless bargains with the devil have bound them to unspeakable acts. Each carries a business-card contract, and each lives in dread of that blank “Favor” finally being called in in.
As bodies start piling up, and favors are called in one by one, Fiona realizes that the true horror is not the deal—it’s the terrifying, inevitable price. Racing the Devil’s deadline, she must outwit the master of Hell himself…or lose more than her soul.
Dark, gripping and twist-filled, Dead Souls blends supernatural suspense, occult horror and Faustian dread in a high-stakes thriller you won’t be able to put down.
“A fiendish tale that leaves behind a nettling sense that maybe we’ve already gone too far. It’s what real horror is all about.” 
