When the number of hauntings that plague the seaside town of Granitehead, formerly known as Resurrection, are increasing John Trenton decides to investigate. Having lost his wife and unborn child in a car accident, he is haunted by her, but she appears totally different, sadistic and angry. When he discovers the body of a local busybody, who has seen the spectre of her dead husband, impossibly impaled on a still hanging chandelier, he knows something must be done. The recently dead appear to be luring close relatives to their death. Uncovering the mysterious disappearance of a sailing ship "David Dark" and it's hidden entrapment of the Aztec god of death known as Mictlantecuhtli (a deity always depicted with an owl, a corpse, and a dish of human hearts, which are his chief sustenance) the ghosts appear to be appeasing the trapped deity, but how?



Though I usually find horror ghost stories mundane, the simplistic writing of Graham Masterton does bring a certain atmosphere to the novel making it enjoyable to read. Add in Ghosts, 17th century witch trials in Salem, exploring the depths for sunken ships, Aztec demons, and Native American magic makes this 1980's horror novel an entertaining read.