âIllusory, frightening, and deeply moving, The Fisherman is a modern horror epic. And itâs simply a must readâ Paul TremblayIn upstate New York, within the woods, Dutchmanâs Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked and fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true. When Abe and Dan, two widowers who have found solace in each otherâs company and a shared passion for fishing, hear rumours of the Creek and what might be found there, the remedy to both their losses, they dismiss them. Soon, though, the men find themselves drawn into a tale as deep and old as the Reservoir. It's a tale of dark pacts, of long-buried secrets, and of a mysterious figure known as the Fisherman. It will bring Abe and Dan face to face with all that they have lost, and with the price they must pay to regain it. âAn epic, yet intimate, horror novel. Langan channels M. R. James, Robert E. Howard and Norman Maclean. What you get is A River Runs Through It... straight to hellâ Laird Barron More praise for The Fisherman âReading this, your mouth fills with worms. Just let them wriggle and crawl as they will, thoughâdonât swallow. John Langan is fishing for your sleep, for your soul. I fear heâs already got mineâ Stephen Graham Jones âWhat starts as a slow, melancholy tale gains momentum and drops you head first into a churning nightmare from which you might escape, but youâll never forget, and the memory of what you saw will change you foreverâ Richard Kadrey âThe Fisherman is a treasure, the kind of book you just want to snuggle up and shiver through. I canât say enough good things about the confidence, the patience, the satisfying cumulative power of this book. It was a pleasure to read from the first page to the lastâ Victor LaValle âStories within stories, folk tales becoming modern legends, all spinning into a fishermanâs tale about the one he wishes had gotten away. Langanâs latest is at turns epic and personal, dense yet compulsively readable, frightening but endearingâ Adam Cesare