The Forest Demands Its Due

A Lesson in Vengeance meets The Taking of Jake Livingston in this page-turning YA horror/fantasy set in dark academia about a queer Black teen who discovers the sinister history of his boarding school and the corrupt powers behind it all. Regent Academy has a long and storied history in Winslow, Vermont, as does the forest that surrounds it. The school is known for molding teens into leaders, but its history is far more nefarious. Seventeen-year-old Douglas Jones wants nothing to do with Regent''s king-making; he''s just trying to survive. But then a student is murdered and, for some reason, by the next day no one remembers him having ever existed, except for Douglas and the groundskeeper''s son, Everett Everley. In his determination to uncover the truth, Douglas awakens a horror hidden within the forest, unearthing secrets that have been buried for centuries. A vengeful creature wants blood as payment for a debt 400 years in the making--or it will swallow all of Winslow in darkness. And for the first time in his life, Douglas might have a chance to grasp the one thing he''s always felt was missing: power. But if he''s not careful, he will find out that power has a tendency to corrupt absolutely everything. A high-octane mystery of murder and magic for fans of Ace of Spades, House of Hollow , and Get Out !

Product details

• Authors: Kosoko Jackson
• Publisher: Quill Tree Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 14
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.10.2023
• EAN: 9780063260795
• ISBN: 978-0-06-326079-5
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 29 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, United States of America, USA, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, Interest age: from c 12 years, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / LGBTQ+, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Class Differences *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Horror *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Romance / LGBTQ+, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Fantasy / Contemporary *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Thrillers & Suspense / Psychological, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense, Relating to African American / Black American people, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Thrillers & Suspense / Psychological, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Contemporary and urban fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Romance and love stories