Andersonville: A Novel

Andersonville: A Novel

Readers of Stephen King and Joe Hill will devour this bold, terrifying new novel from Edward M. Erdelac. A mysterious man posing as a Union soldier risks everything to enter the Civil Warâ€™s deadliest prisonâ€”only to find a horror beyond human reckoning.
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Georgia, 1864. Camp Sumter, aka Andersonville, has earned a reputation as an open sewer of sadistic cruelty and terror where death may come at any minute. But as the Union prisoners of war pray for escape, cursing the fate that spared them a quicker end, one man makes his way into the camp purposefully.
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Barclay Lourdes has a missionâ€”and a secret. But right now his objective is merely to survive the hellish camp. The slightest misstep summons the full fury of the autocratic commander, Captain Wirz, and the brutal Sergeant Turner. Meanwhile, a band of shiftless thieves and criminals known as the â€œRaidersâ€ preys upon their fellow prisoners. Barclay soon finds that Andersonville is even less welcoming to a black manâ€”especially when that man is not who he claims to be. Little does he imagine that heâ€™s about to encounter supernatural terrors beyond his wildest dreams . . . or nightmares.

Praise for Andersonville
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â€œErdelac makes a heady brew out of dreadful true events, angel and demon lore, secret societies, and the trappings of Southern gothic novels. This is thoughtful horror at its best, and not at all for the faint of heart.â€â€”Publishers Weekly (starred review)

â€œThe true story of Andersonville is one of unimaginable horror and human misery. Itâ€™s a testament to his unmatched skill as a storyteller that Edward M. Erdelac is not only able to capture that horror but to add another level of supernatural terror and reveal that the darkest evil of all resides in the human soul. Highly recommended to fans of horror and history alike.â€â€”Brett J. Talley, Bram Stoker Awardâ€“nominated author of That Which Should Not Be and He Who Walks in Shadow
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â€œAndersonville is a raw, groundbreaking supernatural knuckle-punch. Erdelac absolutely owns Civil War and Wild West horror fiction.â€â€”Weston Ochse, bestselling author of SEAL Team 666

â€œEdward M. Erdelac is a master of historical reinvention. In Andersonville, he peels away the faÃ§ade of history to reveal the horror and sacrifices that led to the end of the Civil War. Clandestine operations, mystical battles waged unseen, and unlikely heroes combine to save a nation, not only from itself but from the demonic forces threatening to tear the whole of existence asunder. Forget what you know about the War Between the States, this is the story we should have been taught.â€â€”Tim Marquitz, author of the Demon Squad series

â€œIf you took a tale of atmospheric horror by Ambrose Bierce and infused it with the energy of Elmore Leonard, you would come close to what Edward Erdelac has accomplished with Andersonville. But even that combination would sell the novel short. What Erdelac has done is not just splice genres together but create his own voice in telling of the horrors, real and supernatural, inhabiting the most infamous prison camp of the Civil War. This is U.S. history seen through the eyes of the tortured dead, told with amazing skill by an author who knows how to create genre literature with a purpose.â€â€”C. Courtney Joyner, author of Shotgun and Nemo Rising

â€œAndersonville definitely stands out . . . with its nuanced language, complicated characters, engrossing narrative, and subtle commentary on the past and the present.â€â€”LitReactor
Country USA
Manufacturer Hydra
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-08-18
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Hydra
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-08-18
Format	Kindle eBook

Andersonville: A Novel

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