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The Staircase in the Woods: The chilling new horror and Sunday Times bestseller

A mysterious staircase in the woods. Five friends bound by oath. One never came back.
Reading guide
Start with The Staircase in the Woods, the first volume in this chilling horror series.
A group of five high school friends encounter a mysterious staircase in the woods; one climbs and vanishes. Twenty years later, the staircase returns and the remaining friends must reunite to find their lost companion and confront the horrors beyond the stairs.

Description

In The Staircase in the Woods, Chuck Wendig crafts a modern horror masterpiece that begins with five high school friends who discover a impossible structure deep in the forest: a staircase leading nowhere. When one of them ascends and vanishes without a trace, the remaining friends are left shattered by loss and guilt. Two decades later, the staircase reappears, forcing the now-adult survivors to confront their past and the unspeakable evil that has waited for them all along.

This supernatural mystery blends elements of dark fantasy and psychological horror, exploring themes of friendship, trauma, and the dread of being truly known. Wendig's masterful pacing and dread-soaked prose have earned the novel instant Sunday Times bestseller status and comparisons to the greats of the genre. The Staircase in the Woods serves as the chilling anchor of a series that promises to expand into even more terrifying territory, making it a must-read for fans of literary horror.

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