as instinctive and essential as it is harsh. Victor LaValle, author of The Ballad of Black Tom and The Changeling I like stories where nobody escapes their pasts because its what I fear most.-Terese Marie Mailhot, New York Times bestselling author of Heart Berries Jones. Now I know the answer: Stephen Graham Jones. Ive wondered who would write a worthy heir to Peter Straubs Ghost Story. The Only Good Indians is a triumph somehow its a great story and also a meditation on stories. Tommy Orange, Pulitzer Prize finalist of There There How long must we pay for our mistakes, for our sins? Does a thoughtless act doom us for eternity? This is a novel of profound insight and horror, rich with humor and intelligence. Ill never see an elk or hunting, or what a horror novel can do the same way again. Stephen Graham Jones truly knows how to do this, and how to move us through a story at breakneck (literally) speed. Novels can do some much to render actual and possible lives lived. It also both reveals and subverts ideas about contemporary Native life and identity. More than I could have asked for in a novel. Its got love and revenge, blood and basketball. The book is full of humor and bone chilling images. Stephen Graham Jones is one of our most talented and prolific living writers. Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW The Only Good Indians is scary good. Review Quotes A heartbreakingly beautiful story about hope and survival, grappling with themes of cultural identity, family, and traditions. Years later, they find themselves tracked by an entity bent on revenge, totally helpless as the culture and traditions they left behind catch up to them in a violent, vengeful way. Fans of Jordan Peele and Tommy Orange will love this story as it follows the lives of four American Indian men and their families, all haunted by a disturbing, deadly event that took place in their youth. From New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones comes a novel that is equal parts psychological horror and cutting social commentary on identity politics and the American Indian experience.

Labeled one of 2020s buzziest horror novels (Entertainment Weekly), this is a remarkable horror story that will give you nightmares-the good kind of course (BuzzFeed). Book Synopsis A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From USA TODAY bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones comes a masterpiece (Locus Magazine) of a novel about revenge, cultural identity, and the cost of breaking from tradition.

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