The fifty year sword / Mark Z. Danielewski.
Author: Danielewski, Mark Z.
Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, 2012.
ISBN: 9780307907721 (hardback)
0307907724 (hardback)
Description: 285 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Subject: Children Fiction.
Revenge Fiction.
FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary. bisacsh
FICTION / Literary. bisacsh
FICTION / Suspense. bisacsh
Texas, East Fiction.
Suspense fiction. gsafd
Summary: "The nationally best-selling author of House of Leaves and Only Revolutions has crafted a powerfully chilling novella--a ghost story for grownup readers. Late one evening at a party at an East Texas ranch house, five orphans gather to hear a story about a quest for a terrible weapon. Before them lies a long black box with five latches. As the owner of the box settles into a curious tale of revenge, the children grow more and more captivated, even as we grow more and more afraid that a new crime may await them all, especially as clocks in Upshur County approach midnight"--
