The Deer Kings - Wendy Wagner

n nDeer saints, darkness and the strangeness of family ties; Wagner effortlessly mixes football and folk horror in this terrifying new novel. -Angela Slatter, award-winning author of The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountingsn n nn nIn 1989, Gary Sheldon and his friends created their own saint.n n nn nIn 2018, they discover it's become a god.n n nn nGary thought he'd escaped Kingston, Oregon, the town where his parents died and where, one tragic summer, he and a group of outcast teens turned to the supernatural to protect themselves from a deranged drug dealer. But when his wife lands her dream job as a high school principal, he is forced to return to his hometown.n n nn nAs Gary reconnects with old friends and his son thrives on the football team, the past feels like a distant memory.

But unsettling encounters and mutilated animals in the woods reveal that the Deer Saint is still at work. Now Gary must look into his past to find answers: Who is making sacrifices to the Deer Saint? And what do they want with his family?n