A mysterious white horse, a quirky parrot, a haunted house, an ancient curse, something frightening in the attic… A summer holiday turns into a nightmare when the Mallory family rents a shabby cottage in a remote corner of Ontario's Rideau Lakes. Seventeen-year-old Chip Mallory and his sixteen-year-old sister Lee are persuaded to go along on «one last family vacation» with their parents before they get caught up in their own lives again. But when a great storm comes up, and the family moves to an island in the lake, all their technology can't save them from an encounter with an ancient curse. Chip and Lee are drawn into a complex web of past and present; they struggle to make sense of these ancient mysteries, aided by a visiting anthropologist, a poor backwoods girl, and a beautiful young woman who lives on an island with her reclusive and powerful grandfather.
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Tom Henighan. Doom Lake Holiday
Doom Lake. Holiday
1. A Family Vacation
2. Village Store
3. Unpleasant Surprises
4. Strange Visitors
5. The Invitation
6. Freya’s Island
7. The House
8. The Tower and the Lake
9. Chip Looks for Clues
10. The Haunting
11. The Princess
12. A Disturbing Discovery
13. A Dangerous Excursion
14. Ride a Pale Horse
15. Closer to the Mystery
16. Spells Against Lamashtu
17. Grandfather’s Dream
18. The Terror Begins
19. Something in the Attic
20. Something in the Lake
21. Prospero’s Cell
22. Suspended Animation
23. The Storm
24. The Revenant
25. The Reckoning
26. The Dance
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Doom Lake Holiday
Poetry, painting, a piano, and the joy of sharing joy.
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“The mark of Cain?” Chip said in a spooky comic voice, and they all laughed.
“Well, here’s the second right,” his father said. “Bascombe is this way, he told me. Doesn’t look too promising, does it?”
