Ancestral

Centuries ago two sorcerers called up entities to destroy their rival. For many generations the families detested each other, but unseen forces have made them fast friends. When marriage unites them further, hereditary memories waken in their young son. If he isn’t even aware what powers he’s inadvertently reviving, how can he control them?

Long ago the Bystone and Stanton families were enemies – nobody remembers why. Lou Stanton and Ray Bystone are married with a young son Tim. It’s his choice to spend a holiday visiting places the families seem to remember although they’ve never been there: the dauntingly dark Boggart’s Grot, Umbrage Cove where the ocean turns voracious, Fay Woods that birds have good reason to avoid, Stalking Edge where the fog feels as solid as flesh… If he’s driven by inherited memories, what is he bringing home? If the ancestors who summoned what the sites hid couldn’t control them, can anyone?FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to excellent original writing in horror, science fiction and fantasy. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress. Awarded independent publisher of 2024 by the British Fantasy Society.