A fairytale like no other, Fracassi has crafted a nightmarish story weaving together threads of mythology, history, fantasy, and horror that explores the bonds of brotherhood through a terrifying landscape of war, religion, and the supernatural. Scream Magazine
Sarafina is the literary equivalent of a cannonball thatll leave you bruised, bloody, and broken. A dark and unsettling novel that uses spiritual mythology, and the war America fought against itself, as the backdrop for a story that will twist your stomach and shred your nerves. Tyler Jones, author of Night of the Long Knives
Philip Fracassis Sarafina is a shape-shifting fever dream: part historical epic, part coming of agebut its horrors are one-hundred-proof: pure, potent, and wholly terrifying. Nick Cutter, author of Little Heaven
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Old-school horror. Stephen King
The most frightening novel of the year. Esquire
A tale that will truly frighten, unnerve, and touch readers' heartsa beautiful novel that should bewill likely beremembered as one of the best of the young decade. Cemetery Dance Online
Fracassi...brings a depth of understanding to his monsters, human and otherwise. The Guardian
The prose is precise, the terrors exquisite, and Fracassis got his hand on the chisel going into your chest. Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author of My Heart Is a Chainsaw
A delightful tapestry of evil, horror, fantasy, body horror, historical fiction and witchcraft. CHARS HORROR CORNER"Sarafina reads like a blood-tinged folk tale whispered sitting around a crackling fire...steeped in dread and inevitability. THE FANDOMENTALSTranscends the horror of war into something eternal which there is no escaping from. Sarafina is another meaningful entry into what is developing into the strongest back catalogues in modern horror fiction. HORROR DNA An amplified version of one of the Brothers Grimm Fairytalesloved it. FANFIADDICTA stunningly haunting historical horror novel. Library Journal
