From the award-winning ?heir to the mantle of Stephen King?: A supernatural entity draws a woman into a terrifying nightmare (The National Post). Some little girls have imaginary friends. Ann LeSage had the Insect. A violent poltergeist that tore a murderous path through her family, it wasn?t imaginary?and it definitely wasn?t a friend. Now Ann is all grown up?and so is the Insect. And Ann?s upcoming marriage to a mysterious young lawyer is about to open up a whole new world to both of them, rife with secrets and laced with traps. Soon, Ann will find herself in a perverse battle against a group of men who want to wrest control of the Insect from her. What they don?t know is, if you play with the Insect, you?re sure to get stung . . . ?Few writers do psychosexual horror as well as Toronto?s David Nickle, and with The ?Geisters he?s back with another tale of voluptuous terror and the supernatural.? ?Toronto Star ?This is a book that buzzes in your ears, climbs your crawling skin with multiple barbed feet, feeling with exquisitely sensitive antennae for the next new and terrible revelation.? ?The National Post ?[The ?Geisters] doesn?t just explore the attractiveness of terror?it embodies it in a narrative that demands (excites even as it repels) your attention. It?s a(nother) strong novel by one of the best, most interesting horror writers working today.? ?Bookgasm