Daryl Gregory

From the acclaimed author of Spoonbenders comes the gripping tale of a family's mysterious religion, and the daughter who turns her back on their god. In 1933, nine-year-old Stella is left in the care of her grandmother, Motty, in the backwoods of Tennessee. These remote hills of the Smoky Mountains are home to dangerous secrets, and soon after she arrives, Stella wanders into a dark cavern where she encounters the family's personal god, an entity known as Ghostdaddy. Fifteen years later, after a tragic incident had caused her to flee, Stella--now a professional moonshiner and bootleger--returns for Motty's funeral, only to discover a mysterious ten-year-old girl named Sunny living on the property. Sunny appears innocent enough, but she is more powerful than Stella could ever imagine--and a direct link to Stella's buried past and her family's destructive faith. Haunting and wholly engrossing, summoning mesmerizing voices and giving shape to the dark, Revelator is a southern gothic tale for the ages.

Revelator

this is such a good section of dialogue and quite honestly maybe some of my favorite of all time. And it just keeps GOING

Claire Jorgensen

"You still believe in eternal security, don't you, Elder Rayburn? Once saved, always saved?"

"Even the devil can quote scripture," Rayburn said evenly, "You always had a talent for it."

"There's one I remember about God granting eternal life," Stella said. "And no man shall pluck them out of My hand."

"Only God knows if she was in His hand to begin with."

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