Drowned

The Hollow #2

by Christopher Golden, Ford Lytle Gilmore

The Lancasters lived through their first encounter with the Headless Horseman and now they just want their lives to go back to normal. Unfortunately, that’s not going to be possible — there’s a curse on Sleepy Hollow that stretches back to the days of their ancestor, Ichabod Crane, and all the evil that’s been showing up in town lately is their fault! The sins of the past are haunting them and there may be no escape.

But it isn’t just the dark forces of days past that lurk in Sleepy Hollow, now. A kind of door has been thrown open, permitting all manner of supernatural entities to enter. It isn’t just centuries-old sins that Aimee and Shane have to worry about, but brand new ones. Someone in town has caught the attention of one such evil, a terrifying force that is determined to seek vengeance for those new offenses. People are drowning on dry land, being murdered by unseen forces and the death count is rising as fast as high tide.

Yet nothing is ever as simple as it seems in Sleepy Hollow. There are other creatures and curses crawling through the area, trees that whisper dark secrets, imps that move through the darkest shadows and add to the mayhem. Shane and Aimee and their friends are doing their best with solving the growing problems, but the troubles are only starting in Sleepy Hollow. Even with the Headless Horseman gone, the things that dwell in the darkness are growing stronger and bolder.

Genres: Horror, Fantasy, Classics, Young Adult, Paranormal, Novels, Fiction

173 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 18, 2005

About the author

CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN is the New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of such novels as Road of Bones, Ararat, Snowblind, Of Saints and Shadows, and Red Hands. With Mike Mignola, he is the co-creator of the Outerverse comic book universe, including such series as Baltimore, Joe Golem: Occult Detective, and Lady Baltimore. As an editor, he has worked on the short story anthologies Seize the Night, Dark Cities, and The New Dead, among others, and he has also written and co-written comic books, video games, screenplays, and a network television pilot. Golden co-hosts the podcast Defenders Dialogue with horror author Brian Keene. In 2015 he founded the popular Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival. He was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. His work has been nominated for the British Fantasy Award, the Eisner Award, and multiple Shirley Jackson Awards. For the Bram Stoker Awards, Golden has been nominated ten times in eight different categories. His original novels have been published in more than fifteen languages in countries around the world. Please visit him at www.christophergolden.com

Reviews

[WhatShouldIRead · Rating 3 out of 5]

Didn't like this one as much as the first in the series. This one was about river spirits and how, in their own unique way, they punished the people who were polluting the river. This story could have been set anywhere and I didn't get the atmosphere of Sleepy Hollow as I did in the first.

There was a side story about some murderous cornstalks, but a mention was made at the beginning and a little at the end. I hope this is continued in the next as it sounded more interesting than what I was reading about in this story.

Alot of teenage angst which just didn't fit in with the story, IMHO.

[Alesha · Rating 4 out of 5]

River naiads that kill those who pollute the waters they live in. Now there's a eco-warrior if I ever saw one, bit extreme- maybe stop dumping toxic stuff in the water.
It's amazing how a bunch of high schoolers can solve the murders and crimes going on in Sleepy Hollow better than the police. Maybe because they actually believe in and have witnessed the supernatural up close, so that gives them an advantage.
But can they defeat the naiads? Can they save the river? Can they save themselves?

[Erica Nicholas · Rating 2 out of 5]

lame. like a teen horror novel.

[Journey McGowan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Had me wondering the whole time what, who and why? How do you stop something that is nature? Can nature be stopped or not? Read too find out!

[Kelly Ann · Rating 1 out of 5]

The concept behind this book was good, but the quality of the writing made what should have been a quick and easy read a painstakingly slow one. I'm all for young adult fiction but it needs to be well-written which Drowned was not!

[Jenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun young adult (in other words - clean) horror novel. Quick read, interesting characters. Nothing deep or super meaningful just fun.

[Sariah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This second book was good and ended differently in a good way and very creative. Still a spook.

[Benjamin · Rating 3 out of 5]

if you think of this as an episode of a syndicated TV series, it is pretty good. Not, however, a book you'll read repeatedly over the years.

[K.L. · Rating 4 out of 5]

As gripping as the first book. Will definitely read the next two. Love the research CG puts into his mythology.

[Hillary · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is okay like the first books, now on to third book of the series.