What if I could be you…
Could be the start of a creepy love song – but it’s actually the idea behind my just-published novel, Crawly.
In a small country hospital, a boy lies in a coma, his mute sister by his side.
He will never wake.
Inside the catastrophe that is Aarav’s brain, a creature makes itself known. Mysterious, ambiguous, occasionally sympathetic – Crawly makes a bargain with his host. Aarav will recover one day, but first, Crawly needs to execute his own plans.
From that moment, troubled dreams descend upon the town, until it seems to some of the town’s residents that a dark cult has begun to take over their beloved rural retreat…