The Ceiling Crawler

What if the monster under your bed was actually trying to protect you?Daniel Moreau knows three things for certain: never look up after midnight, always keep the lights on, and never trust the scratching sounds that come from above. These rules have kept him alive for twenty-three years—ever since the night his brother Tommy disappeared, leaving only a bloody handprint on the ceiling.But some family curses can’t be escaped.When Daniel falls in love with trauma counselor Sarah Chen, he thinks he’s finally found his chance at a normal life. Sarah doesn’t question his strange habits or the industrial lighting that floods his apartment 24/7. She’s perfect—which is exactly when the Ceiling Crawler returns.The truth is more terrifying than the monster.What Daniel discovers will shatter everything he believes about his family’s curse. The creature that’s been hunting the Moreaus for five generations isn’t a predator—it’s a guardian. Every accident prevented, every tragedy averted, every stroke of impossible luck has been paid for with blood and sacrifice.Now the bill has come due.Choose your monster. Choose your sacrifice. Choose wisely.Daniel must decide: transform into something inhuman to protect forty-three innocent family members, or watch them all pay the price for generations of borrowed time. But Sarah has a third option—one that’s never been attempted and could either save them both or damn them to an eternity of impossible responsibility.From acclaimed horror author Silas Grimwood comes a spine-chilling tale that redefines what it means to be a monster.Get It Now!