The dreams and visions are getting worse for crime writer Jack Rainne. He can’t shake the childhood memory of a haunting carousel ride in a desolate Missouri cornfield. His only hope for answers is to return to where it all began. There, he uncovers a shocking truth—and a long-forgotten promise he’s condemned to fulfill. That’s the teaser for The Carousel Man (Hellbender Books, 2024), a thriller written by 1988 Boston College graduate Stephen Paul Sayers. He also is the author of the Caretakers horror trilogy (A Taker of Morrows, The Soul Dweller, and The Immortal Force). Sayers is an associate professor at the University of Missouri.