King Sorrow

Some promises should never be made. In Joe Hill’s [Book Title], bookish dreamer Arthur Oakes is a student at Rackham College, Maine, a place known for its frosty winters and beautiful architecture. His peaceful life and budding romance with Gwen Underfoot are shattered when local drug dealers coerce him into committing a terrible crime: stealing rare and valuable books from the college library. Desperate and trapped, Arthur turns to his closest friends— the wealthy and irrepressible Colin Wren, the brave Alison Shiner, the battling twins Donna and Donovan McBride, and the clever Gwen— to help him. Together, they concoct a fantastical, nearly impossible plan: to summon the fabled dragon King Sorrow to eliminate those tormenting Arthur. But their scheme backfires, binding them to a deadly bargain that demands a new sacrifice for King Sorrow each year, or risk becoming his next victim. This fateful promise unleashes consequences over four decades, shaping and endangering their lives in ways they could never have imagined, making for a dark, thrilling, and character-driven story praised as “fantastically compelling” and “original and gripping.”