The Stone Circle

"There's something evil emanating form Boston Harbor in this supernatural thriller, and we aren't talking about the smell at low tide. The plot features enough greed, ambition, and self-deception to stock a thriller of the more mundane variety. But on top of that, the author builds a ghost story to manipulate the protagonists beyond where they are prepared to manipulate one another. A Yankee tycoon has begun to build a gambling casino on a private island in Boston Harbor. When workers unearth puzzling stone structures, progress is halted until an archaeologist can render a verdict. The tycoon calls Peter Van Zandt, a scholar who has suffered both professional and personal disaster of late. Mourning the loss of his wife and struggling to raise their small son alone, Peter has seen his judgment falter and his reputation skid. Working feverishly on the island, he becomes convinced that he has discovered a Celtic ritual circle of world-shaking significance. As he falls under the stones' power, he is haunted by spooky visions mingling the sanguinary history of the site with ghostly images of his wife. Both Peter's sanity and the life of his son hang on his obsession...This is a story stripped for action, and action is what it delivers. " --The Boston Globe More praise for The Stone Circle: "A masterpiece of suspense...If you like Stephen King and Dean Koontz, then you'll love The Stone Circle." Robert B. Parker "Goshgarian [Braver] grabs his readers by the lapels and doesn't let go until the last page is turned - a terrifying collision of minds and bodies that is spellbinding." The Middlesex News "A galvanizing new novel...a frightening tour de force." The Providence Journal "A scary and entertaining take off on some favourite themes of H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King." The Boston Herald "A richly conceived work." Kirkus Reviews "Goshgarian [Braver] builds suspense credibly with complications...and layers his narrative with rich strata." Publishers Weekly

About the Author :
Gary Braver is the award-winning and bestselling author of eight critically acclaimed psychological thrillers. His novels have been celebrated for their high-concepts, careful craftsmanship, well-rounded characters, and page-turning momentum. Some of his titles have a medical slant including Elixir, Gray Matter, Skin Deep, and Flashback, which is the only thriller to have won a Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction (2006). His latest novel, Tunnel Vision (2011), centers on near-death experiences and the scientific search for evidence of the afterlife. Of that book, legendary author Ray Bradbury writes, ""Gary Braver provides a wonderfully frightening and insightful tale that shatters my bones."" Gary Braver's novels have been translated into seven languages, and two have been optioned for movies, including Elixir, by director Ridley Scott, and his first novel, Atlantis Fire. He is the only thriller novelist to have three titles listed in the top-10 highest customer reviews on Amazon.com at the same time. His fiction and nonfiction pieces have appeared in The Boston Globe, The New York Times, Writer Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, and the Edgar-award-winning Thriller 2 Anthology. Under his own name, Gary Goshgarian, he is an award-winning professor of English at Northeastern University where he teaches courses in Modern Bestsellers, Science Fiction, Horror Fiction, and Fiction Writing. He has also taught fiction-writing workshops through out the United States as well as in England and Europe for over twenty years. He is also the author of five popular college writing textbooks. He lives with his family outside of Boston. His website: www.garybraver.com