The Silversmith

<p><strong>A mirror never lies. But it can kill.</strong></p><p></p><p>When the Myth-Chasers-an online ghost-hunting crew built on showmanship vanity and viral stunts-book their biggest location yet the decaying Grand Hotel Gideon they expect views not bodies.</p><p> Instead they awaken something ancient behind the glass.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gideon Slade</strong> once a brilliant Gilded Age silversmith died in mercury fire and madness more than a century ago. But his final creation-his clockwork <strong>Silver-Spinner</strong> forged in pain and obsession-did not die with him.</p><p> It became the key that bound him to reflections allowing him to stalk reach and kill through any polished surface that dares to hold a face.</p><p></p><p>When the team films a mocking debunk in front of the hotel's massive Slade mirror a single flash of the camera <strong>tethers</strong> them to the legend. One by one they begin to hear it:</p><p> <strong>the high-pitched metallic whir</strong> just beyond the glass.</p><p></p><p>Bodies follow.</p><p></p><p>Each correction is precise. Violent. Intimate.</p><p> And always left behind for the survivors to find.</p><p></p><p>As paranoia erupts the group fractures under the weight of a secret they buried twenty years ago-the night they watched Gideon Slade take a child and lied to police to save themselves. Their past and present collide as Slade hunts not for attention but for <strong>flaws</strong>-the vanity cowardice and guilt that fuel his supernatural form.</p><p></p><p>With every reflective surface becoming a doorway with every hallway echoing the rising whir of the Spinner the survivors must face a truth far more terrifying than a haunting:</p><p></p><p><strong>Slade is not a ghost.</strong></p><p><strong> He is a ritual.</strong></p><p><strong> A hunger.</strong></p><p><strong> A mirror that waits for the vain to look back.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>THE SILVERSMITH</strong> is Gerald Locke's chilling descent into Hard-R supernatural horror-an atmospheric character-first nightmare blending the dread of <em>The Shining</em> the inevitability of <em>It Follows</em> and the merciless brutality of classic Gilded Age urban legends. Perfect for readers who crave tightly-wound tension reflective-based horror and monsters born not of magic but of human flaw.</p><p></p><p><strong>Fans of:</strong></p><p> Stephen King • Paul Tremblay • Grady Hendrix • Scott Smith • Adam Nevill • The Haunting of Hill House (Flanagan)</p>