For Harlowe Upton-Jones, life has never been a straight line. Shipped off to live with her paternal grandparents after a mysterious cult killed her mother and father, she has grown up chasing the question behind the curve, becoming part of a tight-knit teen detective agency. But "teen" is a limited time offer, and when her friends start looking for adult professions, it's up to Harlowe to find them one last case so that they can go out in a blaze of glory.
Welcome to Spindrift House. The stories and legends surrounding the decrepit property are countless and contradictory, but one thing is clear: there are people willing to pay a great deal to determine the legal ownership of the house. When Harlowe and her friends agree to investigate the mystery behind the manor, they do so on the assumption that they'll be going down in history as the ones who determined who built Spindrift House—and why.
The house has secrets. They have the skills. They have a plan. They have everything they need to solve the mystery. Everything they need except for time. Because Spindrift House keeps its secrets for a reason, and it has no intention of letting them go. Nature abhors a straight line. Here's where the story bends.
For Harlowe Upton-Jones, life has never been a straight line. Shipped off to live with her paternal grandparents after a mysterious cult killed her mother and father, she has grown up chasing the question behind the curve, becoming part of a tight-knit teen detective agency. But "teen" is a limited time offer, and when her friends start looking for adult professions, it's up to Harlowe to find them one last case so that they can go out in a blaze of glory.
Welcome to Spindrift House. The stories and legends surrounding the decrepit property are countless and contradictory, but one thing is clear: there are people willing to pay a great deal to determine the legal ownership of the house. When Harlowe and her friends agree to investigate the mystery behind the manor, they do so on the assumption that they'll be going down in history as the ones who determined who built Spindrift House—and why.
The house has secrets. They have the skills. They have a plan. They have everything they need to solve the mystery. Everything they need except for time. Because Spindrift House keeps its secrets for a reason, and it has no intention of letting them go. Nature abhors a straight line. Here's where the story bends.
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Blending post-apocalyptic horror with detailed virology and investigative journalism, speculative fiction exploring post-zombie outbreak societies achieved major critical attention through the Newsflesh series. Mira Grant, the open science fiction pseudonym of California author Seanan McGuire, introduced this narrative universe in 2010 with the novel Feed, establishing a world where online reporters navigate political intrigue, corporate conspiracies, and viral threats in the wake of an epidemic.
Grant's fiction grounds apocalyptic concepts in realistic biological science, medical pathology, and media dynamics. Her speculative works have earned widespread recognition in science fiction and horror, including Hugo Award nominations for her full-length novels and shorter fiction.
Grant was born and raised in Northern California, where she developed an early interest in horror cinema, viral pathology, and zombie lore. During her college years, she was voted Most Likely to Summon Something Horrible in the Cornfield and co-founded the Horror Movie Sleep-Away Survival Camp, where her time record in the 'Swamp Cannibals' scenario remains unchallenged. Writing under her real name, Seanan McGuire, she became the recipient of the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. She currently lives in a crumbling farmhouse in Northern California with an assortment of cats, comic books, horror movies, and books on infectious diseases. When not writing, she audits college virology courses, travels, and watches horror films, frequently visiting favorite destinations including Seattle, London, and a haunted corn maze near Huntsville, Alabama.
Grant's horror and speculative fiction is characterized by a strong grounding in plausible scientific mechanisms, virology, biological modification, and corporate ethics. Rather than relying on purely supernatural elements, her stories examine how human political systems, media networks, and medical institutions respond to sudden biological catastrophes. Recurring themes across her work include the unintended consequences of medical engineering, government secrecy, forced quarantine conditions, and the resilience of truth-seeking journalists during crises.
5 books in catalog
Blending post-apocalyptic horror with detailed virology and investigative journalism, speculative fiction exploring post-zombie outbreak societies achieved major critical attention through the Newsflesh series. Mira Grant, the open science fiction pseudonym of California author Seanan McGuire, introduced this narrative universe in 2010 with the novel Feed, establishing a world where online reporters navigate political intrigue, corporate conspiracies, and viral threats in the wake of an epidemic.
Grant's fiction grounds apocalyptic concepts in realistic biological science, medical pathology, and media dynamics. Her speculative works have earned widespread recognition in science fiction and horror, including Hugo Award nominations for her full-length novels and shorter fiction.
Grant was born and raised in Northern California, where she developed an early interest in horror cinema, viral pathology, and zombie lore. During her college years, she was voted Most Likely to Summon Something Horrible in the Cornfield and co-founded the Horror Movie Sleep-Away Survival Camp, where her time record in the 'Swamp Cannibals' scenario remains unchallenged. Writing under her real name, Seanan McGuire, she became the recipient of the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. She currently lives in a crumbling farmhouse in Northern California with an assortment of cats, comic books, horror movies, and books on infectious diseases. When not writing, she audits college virology courses, travels, and watches horror films, frequently visiting favorite destinations including Seattle, London, and a haunted corn maze near Huntsville, Alabama.
Grant's horror and speculative fiction is characterized by a strong grounding in plausible scientific mechanisms, virology, biological modification, and corporate ethics. Rather than relying on purely supernatural elements, her stories examine how human political systems, media networks, and medical institutions respond to sudden biological catastrophes. Recurring themes across her work include the unintended consequences of medical engineering, government secrecy, forced quarantine conditions, and the resilience of truth-seeking journalists during crises.
