The Lairdbalor [Paperback]

I am the stuff of your nightmares . . . you have been writing my name on the walls of your fear your entire life.

When seven-year-old Jamie falls down a very long hill, he finds himself trapped in a world of strange creatures, harsh landscapes, and near-perpetual darkness. Lost and confused, Jamie is desperate to get home. The nightmares, fears, and all manner of what-ifs that inhabit this shadow world are unfamiliar to himall except one: the Lairdbalor, Jamies personal nightmare, once relegated to his dreams. In this fantastical land, however, the Lairdbalor and all the fears and nightmares of children are very real.

But Jamies nightmare is different. It is the sum total of the anger and anxiety that imprisoned him in his former life, and it threatens to consume and rule the nightmare realm, a place where time passes differently. With each slumber, Jamie finds himself inexorably changed. The farther he travels through this terrifying world, the better he understands the one he left behind.

Crossing genres of folklore, horror, fantasy, and magical realism,The Lairdbaloris a story for anyone who lives with anxiety and fear and has ever wondered what if? It is the story of a child not meant for children and a darkly imaginative meditation on life, death, fear, and the nature of reality.

Named one of the top three spooky novels to read this Halloween by Brit + Co: THE LAIRDBALOR might just have you checking in your closet and under your bed for some things that go bump in the night. Ilana Lucas

The BabadookmeetsThe Hobbitin this nightmare-riddled fantasy. Kaufmans subtle horror will pull readers along with a creeping sense of ulC¯