Christian Galacar Books in Order

Twelve-year-old Bobby Trask lives with an abusive father whose drinking and religious convictions make home dangerous. After Bobby returns from school with a black eye, a trip into the woods becomes a disturbing test of his passage toward adulthood.

Two dark stories follow people confronting threats they do not fully understand. A soldier struggles to preserve his memories in a devastated world, while a Pennsylvania miner awakens something terrifying beneath the Blackwater Hills in the summer of 1976.

After a teenage girl is brutally assaulted, a Massachusetts town’s ordinary routines give way to anger, suspicion and revenge. Her father, the sheriff, a volatile mayor and a serial killer pursue competing interests as the consequences spread through their community.

Brian Lethando lost his parents early and was raised by a woman who welcomed him as her son. When she develops Alzheimer’s disease, they take one final road trip that confronts him with the meaning of family and belonging.

Grieving parents Peter and Sylvia rent a lakeside house in a Massachusetts town, hoping for a fresh start. Strange dreams, violent deaths and a gifted child draw them into disturbing events that suggest their arrival was never entirely their choice.

FBI agent Emma Shane travels to a New England island after her sister is found dead in what authorities call a suicide. Investigating the suspicious death forces Emma to confront local corruption and the painful childhood the sisters shared.

Charlie Wall gets into serious trouble at an underground casino, owing more than he can easily repay. An unexpected offer to clear his debt forces him to consider a choice with consequences that could permanently change his life.