The Sundial
"WHAT IS THIS WORLD?"
Before there was Hill House, there was the Halloran mansion of Jackson's stunningly creepy fourth novel, The Sundial. When the Halloran clan gathers at the family home for a funeral, no one is surprised to see peculiar Aunt Fanny wander off into the garden. But she returns reporting an astonishing vision: Her late father has appeared to her and given the exact date of an imminent apocalypse, from which only the Hallorans and their hangers-on will be spared. Soon the family is engulfed in growing madness, fear, and violence. Lost in machinations and belief in a coming paradise, they prepare for the terrible storm they are sure will bring this new world - beautiful and for them alone.
"Jackson can summon up stark terror, make your blood chill and your scalp prickle." - The New York Times Book Review
"Entertaining, absorbing, and disturbing." - Chicago Tribune