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South Carolina Writer’s Southern Gothic Novel Slated for Release
River Grove Books today announced the upcoming release of King of Nod by South Carolina novelist Scott Fad. An epic, sweeping Southern Gothic, the book will be available on October 10th, 2023.
Fad delivers a story about the past, the present—and how some things never die. About King of Nod:
Sweetpatch Island, South Carolina, 1971. For young Boo Taylor it’s a land of lush salt marshes and sun-soaked beaches, rich in history and folklore—yet steeped in superstition and hiding a terrifying secret.
After twenty years of self-imposed exile, Boo is summoned home to Sweetpatch upon news of his father’s strange death to face the friends and enemies of his youth, including his long-forsaken love. It seems everything he ran away from—the bigotry, the violence, the betrayal—has been buried under a modern landscape of golf courses and luxury hotels. Yet his homecoming reawakens the ancient forces that haunt the island and seek to right a centuries-old crime.