John Saul's 
THE BLACKSTONE CHRONICLES

AN EYE FOR AN EYE:
THE DOLL

PART ONE OF JOHN SAUL'S CHILLING SERIAL TALE

The time is the present. The place is the New Hampshire town of Blackstone, a peaceful picture postcard village with a shattering, painful past. For here, high on North Hill stands the old Blackstone Asylum, once the home of the deranged, the unmanageable, and the merely inconvenient. Long abandoned, the building is scheduled for demolition. Yet something halts those plans--and a terrible evil, once locked within its formidable stone walls, lurches into the night. Its horrifying power takes on many forms: appearing as seemingly harmless gifts, mysteriously delivered to various members of the Blackstone community. The first is a beautiful antique doll. Perfect for a young girl--and oh so deadly....

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Read the first part of The Doll online!

Preview of Part 2, Twist of Fate: The Locket

Part 1 ~ Library ~ Blackstone Bingo ~ Post Office ~ Red Hen Diner
Historical Society ~ Blackstone Chronicle ~ Cinema ~ The Asylum ~ Welcome