iBooks | Amazon | Kobo | BN | Google Play | Goodreads
Audio: iTunes | Amazon | Audible
The Storm and the Darkness was featured on The Dinner Party show as a recommendation from Christopher Rice. Click here to read the review!
Ana is about to discover a startling truth: there exists no greater darkness than the one which lives inside of us.
Ana Deschanel has made a terrible mistake. The only chance of protecting the other people involved is to flee New Orleans, the only home she has ever known, for the quiet solitude of Summer Island.
Summer Island, Maine (population 202) is not the tranquil escape Ana imagined. The locals are distant and cold, especially her neighbor, the reclusive veterinarian Jonathan St. Andrews. Her only lifeline is the kind but odd caretaker Alex Whitman. Showing up at all the right moments, he warns her she is completely unprepared for a Maine winter. As the first winter storm approaches to whispers of an island shutdown- Ana realizes that she may soon be cut off from the rest of the world. After a surprising encounter with Jonathan’s brother, Finn, Ana finds herself braving the storm to return something to him. Unprepared for the Maine storm, she slips and falls onto the jagged rocks along the shore. The St. Andrews brothers find her in the nick of time, but she remains unconscious.
As the storm worsens, the St. Andrews brothers learn there are other, more sinister forces at work closer than they ever imagined. With no help from the outside world, they must find a way to protect themselves from both the storm, and the growing darkness that looms across the island.
“Her talent for creating atmosphere rivals Daphne du Maurier. This is modern Gothic with fierce smarts. Can’t say it enough. I loved this book.”- Christopher Rice, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Heavens Rise
“Cradit’s writing is poetic prose. She knows her narrative and her voice. She clearly writes with confidence in herself and in her story. I love her storytelling style!”– Becket, Assistant to Anne Rice and Bestselling Author
“Sarah Cradit’s writing is tight and masterful. There were no points during the journey through reading this novel where I thought anything could have been removed or expanded upon. Her keen sense of how to pace a book and her ability to use just the right language to express the desires, fears and hopes of her characters is flawless.”– Ionia Martin, Readful Things