Tide Of Stone [TRADE PAPER ]

Eternal life comes at a chilling price.In Tempuston, the Time-Ball Tower isn't just a landmark; it's a prison for history's most heinous criminals, offered immortality as their sentence. Phillipa Muskett arrives as the new keeper, ready to face the ancient, preserved prisoners. But within the tower's mildewed walls and broken stones, she discovers that true evil takes many forms, and some choices haunt you for eternity.

As Phillipa delves deeper into the tower's secrets, she confronts not only the monstrous inmates but also the darkness within herself. Will she maintain her sanity and morality in this isolated outpost, or will the tide of stone claim her as another eternal prisoner? Perfect for readers seekingatmospheric gothic horrorandsupernatural suspense."Tide of Stone, Kaaron Warren’s excellent new novel, concerns a unique prison: a great stone tower located on the Australian coast, which houses the worst of the region’s criminals. What distinguishes the prison is neither its shape nor the depravity of its inmates, but the punishment they are undergoing." John LanganShirley Jackson award-winnerKaaron Warrenpublished her first short story in 1993 and has had fiction in print every year since. She was recently given the Peter McNamara Lifetime Achievement Award and was Guest of Honour at World Fantasy 2018, Stokercon 2019 and Geysercon 2019.  She has also been Guest of Honour at Conflux in Canberra and Genrecon in Brisbane.  She has published five multi-award winning novels (Slights,Walking the Tree,Mistification,The Grief HoleandTide of Stone) and seven short story collections, including the multi-award winningThrough Splintered Walls. Her most recent short story collection isA Primer to Kaaron Warrenfrom Dark Moon Books. Her most recent novella,Into Bones Like Oil(Meerkat Press), was shortlisted for a Shirley Jackson Award and the Bral£;