Tim Waverly, a young teacher, escapes London's spiraling housing costs by becoming a live-in caretaker at an abandoned orphanage. But his arrival triggers a series of frightening events.
Maxy Awards 2025 Runner-Up: Horror & Suspense
"Hunter weaves a tale that has the "modern horror fairytale" feel of books like Coraline or IT, while weaving in mature topics that add weight to the narrative. His exploration of grief, found family, and the search for purpose create some truly hard-hitting moments. I was thoroughly rapt by this novel." -Carlos E. Rivera, author of The Local Truth, Blackout, and A Hole in the World
Something is coming for the children.
Tim Waverly, a young teacher, escapes London's spiralling housing costs by becoming a live-in caretaker at an abandoned orphanage. But his arrival triggers a series of frightening events.
An ancient evil has awakened. A new Harvest has begun.
As Tim and those around him become engulfed in a dark nightmare, he is forced to confront his deepest fears in order to save countless innocent lives.
The Harvest is a work of terrifying imagination from a new voice in horror. Both frightening and deeply moving, Alex Hunter's debut novel will linger long after you turn the final page.
Maxy Awards 2025 Runner-Up: Horror & Suspense
"Hunter weaves a tale that has the "modern horror fairytale" feel of books like Coraline or IT, while weaving in mature topics that add weight to the narrative. His exploration of grief, found family, and the search for purpose create some truly hard-hitting moments. I was thoroughly rapt by this novel." -Carlos E. Rivera, author of The Local Truth, Blackout, and A Hole in the World
"This is a book for those who enjoy King, Lovecraft, and Poe. It is a fresh and original, chill-inducing journey to be taken at night, when embers flicker low, and moon shadows paint the walls with spectral dreamscapes. Be very afraid." -Bill Schweitzer, author of Doves in a Tempest
"The Harvest is delicious, slow-burning horror with genuinely disturbing moments, made memorable by the author's imagery and willingness to understate. Chilling." -Brian Kaufman, author of Mary King's Plague and Other Tales of Woe
"Hunter masterfully transforms a quaint, close-knit street into a microcosm of evil. Demons and memories are palpable here-real forces to be feared and fought by an unlikely group of heroes. Despite the darkness and grief permeating every page, The Harvest is a kaleidoscopic reflection on friendship reminiscent of Stephen King's IT." -Stephenie Sanders Jacob, author of Pyramidia
Alex Hunter was the first child in his school year to be given an adult library card. He borrowed The Rats by James Herbert which began a love of the frightening and strange. As a teenager, Alex was asked to model clothes in a catalogue. Despite his excitement, this did not result in a jet-setting international career.As an adult, he has enjoyed a career as a corporate communications specialist with experience leading award-winning teams around the world. Alex lives in London with his husband, Ben, and willful pug, Bertie. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association. The Harvest is his first novel, and he's currently working on his second.
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