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Old Soul

The Historian meets Under the Skin in this searingly provocative  literary horror novel about one woman’s determination to stay alive at any terrifying cost.

In Osaka, two strangers, Jake and Mariko, miss a flight, and over dinner, discover they've both brutally lost loved ones whose paths crossed with the same beguiling woman no one has seen since.

Following traces this mysterious person left behind, Jake travels from country to country gathering chilling testimonies from others who encountered her across the decades—a trail of shattered souls that eventually leads him to Theo, a dying sculptor in rural New Mexico, who knows the woman better than anyone—and might just hold the key to who, or what, she is.

Part horror, part western, part thriller, Old Soul is a fearlessly bold and genre-defying tale about predation, morality and free will, and one man’s quest to bring a centuries-long chain of human devastation to an end.

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Published Jan 28, 2025

352 pages

Average rating: 6.4

5 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

datewithathriller
Jan 19, 2025
7/10 stars
This was a very interesting literary horror read, filled with possession and body horror! 🙌 There are quite a few characters to keep track of but we don’t get much character depth, with the exception of the Sculptor, Theo, who I liked. I also really had a hard time getting used to the lack of quotation marks throughout the book. But in all, I did enjoy the read! 👏 Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Publishing Group for the opportunity to read the eARC in exchange for my honest review! ❤️

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