Mixing a nostalgic coming-of-age story and an instantly iconic female villain with an innovative new vision of classic horror, this is an unforgettable thriller as only Josh Malerman could imagine it. The last summer with her high school basketball team, and with Dana, her best friend. It’s the last summer for Kit Lamb: The last summer before college. Or else the summer of her lifetime will become the last summer of her life. A brutal, enigmatic woman stalks a high school basketball team in a reimagining of the slasher genre by the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box. Now it's a race against time as Kit searches for the truth behind the legend and learns to face her own fears. They also say that Daphne is still out there, obsessed with revenge, and will appear anytime someone thinks about her to kill again.Īfter Kit hears the story, her teammates vanish, one by one, and Kit begins to suspect that the stories about Daphne are real.and to fear that her own mind is conjuring the killer. And some say that Daphne is a murderer herself. Some say she was murdered, others that she died by her own hand. The last summer before her life begins.īut the night before the big game, one of Kit's players tells a ghost story about Daphne, a girl who went to their school many years ago and died under mysterious circumstances. It's the last summer for Kit Lamb: the last summer before college. A brutal, enigmatic woman stalks a girls high school basketball team in a reimagining of the slasher genre by the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box. Mixing a nostalgic coming-of-age story and an instantly iconic female villain with an innovative new vision of classic horror, this is an unforgettable thriller as only Josh Malerman could imagine it.Horror has a new name: Daphne. Or the summer of a lifetime will become the last summer of her life.

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That she appears anytime someone thinks about her - to kill again.Īs her teammates vanish, one by one, Kit must find the truth behind the legend. Buy a copy of Daphne : A Novel book by Josh Malerman. Some say she was murdered, others that she died by her own hand.īut some say that Daphne was - or is - a murderer herself. The night before the big game, her teammate tells a ghost story about a girl from their school named Daphne. It's Kit Lamb's last summer with her high school basketball team, before college and the rest of her life begins. A brilliant reimagining of the slasher genre by the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box.

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