Horror has a new name: Daphne. A brutal, enigmatic woman stalks a girls high school basketball team in a reimagining of the slasher genre by the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box.It's Kit Lamb's last summer with her high school basketball team, before college and the rest of her life begins.The night before the big game, her teammate tells a ghost story about a girl from their school named Daphne. Some say she was murdered, others that she died by her own hand.But some say that Daphne was - or is - a murderer herself. That she appears anytime someone thinks about her - to kill again.As her teammates vanish, one by one, Kit must find the truth behind the legend. Or the summer of a lifetime will become the last summer of her life...Mixing a nostalgic coming-of-age story and an instantly iconic female villain with an innovative new vision of classic horror, this is an unforgettable thriller as only Josh Malerman could imagine it.Brilliant, insanely compelling - DAILY MAILOne of the best horror stories published for years - EXPRESSBrilliant ... Malerman has a knack for ratcheting up the tension with just a word or two - METROFast-paced, frightening - NEW YORK TIMESJosh Malerman is a New York Times bestselling author and one of two singer-songwriters for the rock band The High Strung. His debut novel, Bird Box, is the inspiration for the hit Netflix film of the same name. His other novels include Unbury Carol, Inspection, A House at the Bottom of a Lake, and Malorie, the sequel to Bird Box. Malerman lives in Michigan with his fiancee, the artist-musician Allison Laakko.
