If Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen left you craving an older, deeper root of the same dread - family bonds warped by faith, an isolated compound where trust curdles into violence - Charles Brockden Brown got there in 1798. If you're coming to this from Something Very Bad Happen, this book carries related themes and emotional stakes in a distinct story.
Wieland follows a tight-knit household in rural Pennsylvania as mysterious voices, religious fanaticism, and an unsettling outsider erode every certainty the family holds.
If Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen left you craving an older, deeper root of the same dread - family bonds warped by faith, an isolated compound where trust curdles into violence - Charles Brockden Brown got there in 1798. If you're coming to this from Something Very Bad Happen, this book c...