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Jack Durkin is the ninth generation of Durkins who have weeded Lorne field for nearly three hundred years. Though he and his wife Lydia are miserable and would like nothing more than to leave, Jack must wait until his son has come of age to tend the field on his own. It's an important job, though no one else seems to realize it. For, if the field is left untended, a horrific monster called an Aukowie will grow--a monster capable of taking over the entirety of America in just two weeks. Or so it is said ...

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This superbly crafted horror story explores the dichotomy between belief and rationality. -- Booklist A superb mix of humor and horror...Zeltserman orchestrates events perfectly...Readers will keep turning pages to see how the ambiguous plot resolves. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) A magnificent novel, with truly believable characters and suspense that keeps building to an explosive climax. -- Seymour Shubin, New York Times bestselling author

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Dave Zeltserman is the award-winning author of numerous noir, horror, mystery, and thriller novels, including A Killer's Essence, Monster, Pariah, and Small Crimes, made into a Netflix Original film starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. The Caretaker of Lorne Field is being adapted for film by production company Stone Village, with script by Black Swan screenwriter Andres Heinz. Dave Zeltserman lives in the Boston area. After producing, directing, and engineering spoken word recordings for over twenty years, Paul Heitsch began narrating audiobooks in 2011, and has recorded many bestselling titles as both himself and under a pseudonym. A classically trained pianist, Paul is also a composer and sound designer, and is currently the director of music for the James Madison University School of Theatre and Dance, and an adjunct instructor for the JMU School of Music. He and his family live in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia (although Chicago will always be his hometown).

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