King of Nod
Scott Fad
“Folks say evil can’t cross water,” she told the boy, “which is why islands is ripe with all kinds’a inbred nastiness.” Sweetpatch Island, South Carolina, 1971. For young Boo Taylor it’s a land of lush salt marshes and sun-soaked beaches, rich in history and folklore—yet steeped in superstition and hiding a terrifying secret. After twenty years of self-imposed exile, Boo is summoned home to Sweetpatch upon news of his father’s strange death to face the friends and enemies of his youth, including his long-forsaken love. It seems everything he ran away from—the bigotry, the violence, the betrayal—has been buried under a modern landscape of golf courses and luxury hotels. Yet his homecoming reawakens the ancient forces that haunt the island and seek to right a centuries-old crime. Scott Fad’s Southern Gothic masterwork, King of Nod, layers time and secrets in an intricate pattern of half-truths and glimpses of redemption to unravel the island’s great mystery—and its inexorable connection to Boo’s own fate.
Author - Scott Fad.
Narrator - Lucinda Gainey.
Published Date - Monday, 01 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2023 Scott Fad ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
“Folks say evil can’t cross water,” she told the boy, “which is why islands is ripe with all kinds’a inbred nastiness.” Sweetpatch Island, South Carolina, 1971. For young Boo Taylor it’s a land of lush salt marshes and sun-soaked beaches, rich in history and folklore—yet steeped in superstition and hiding a terrifying secret. After twenty years of self-imposed exile, Boo is summoned home to Sweetpatch upon news of his father’s strange death to face the friends and enemies of his youth, including his long-forsaken love. It seems everything he ran away from—the bigotry, the violence, the betrayal—has been buried under a modern landscape of golf courses and luxury hotels. Yet his homecoming reawakens the ancient forces that haunt the island and seek to right a centuries-old crime. Scott Fad’s Southern Gothic masterwork, King of Nod, layers time and secrets in an intricate pattern of half-truths and glimpses of redemption to unravel the island’s great mystery—and its inexorable connection to Boo’s own fate. Author - Scott Fad. Narrator - Lucinda Gainey. Published Date - Monday, 01 January 2024. Copyright - © 2023 Scott Fad ©.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
Duration:00:50:30
Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
Duration:01:18:05
Chapter 7
Duration:00:50:32
Chapter 8
Duration:00:53:50
Chapter 9
Duration:00:53:26
Chapter 10
Duration:00:52:35
Chapter 11
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Chapter 12
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Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
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Chapter 15
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Chapter 16
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Chapter 17
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Chapter 18
Duration:00:47:01
Chapter 19
Duration:00:51:27
Chapter 20
Duration:01:15:47
Chapter 21
Duration:01:08:43
Chapter 22
Duration:01:14:27
Chapter 23
Duration:01:16:10
Chapter 24
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Chapter 25
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Chapter 26
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Chapter 27
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Chapter 28
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Chapter 29
Duration:00:08:09
Chapter 30
Duration:01:13:32
Chapter 31
Duration:01:03:17
Chapter 32
Duration:01:07:47
Chapter 33
Duration:01:10:51
Chapter 34
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Chapter 35
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Chapter 36
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Chapter 37
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