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Author Clay McLeod Chapman Discusses and Signs WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 9TH | 7:00PM
At Theodore's Books

Gold Coast Forum and the Syosset Public Library presents an evening with author Clay McLeod Chapman as he discusses and signs his new novel, Wake Up and Open Your Eyes!

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Books will be provided by Theodore's Books.

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.

Copies of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes will be available for purchase at the event.


ABOUT THE BOOK:
From author Clay McLeod Chapman comes a relentless social horror novel about the pitfalls of American divisiveness.

Noah Fairchild has been losing his formerly polite Southern parents to far-right cable news for years, so when his mother leaves him a voicemail warning him that the "Great Reawakening" is here, he assumes it's related to one of the many conspiracy theories she believes in. But when his own phone calls go unanswered, Noah makes the long drive from his home in Brooklyn to Richmond, Virginia. There, he discovers his childhood home in shambles, a fridge full of spoiled food, and his parents locked in a terrifying trancelike state in front of the TV. Panicked, Noah attempts to snap them out of it and get them medical help.

Then Noah's mother brutally attacks him.

But Noah isn't the only person to be attacked by a loved one. Families across the country are tearing each other apart--literally--as people succumb to a form of possession that gets worse the more time they spend glued to cable news or falling down internet rabbit holes. In Noah's Richmond-based family, only he and his young nephew Marcus are unaffected. Together, they must race back to the safe haven of Brooklyn--but can they make it before they fall prey to the violent hordes?

This ambitious, searing novel from one of horror's modern masters holds a mirror to our divided nation, and will shake readers to the core.

CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN writes novels, comic books, and children's books, as well as for film and TV. He is the author of the horror novels The Remaking, Whisper Down the Lane, Ghost Eaters, and What Kind of Mother. He also cowrote Quiet Part Loud, a horror podcast produced by Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw for Spotify. Visit him at claymcleodchapman.com.


PLEASE NOTE: All books signed at this event must be purchased from Theodore's Books. If you purchase your copy in advance, please save your receipt.

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