As war erupts across Europe, two priests are sent to the remote Welsh village of Laidlow to reopen the long-abandoned St. Jude’s Church. Their orders are assess what can be salvaged for the war effort. But from the moment Father Harry Stone steps inside, something feels very wrong. The church is supposed to be empty, yet Harry is certain that he's being watched. His companion, Father Neville, soon starts to unravel. The local villagers refuse to speak of the church. And deep within its crumbling walls, a presence stirs, something bound to the spirit of a long-dead anchoress who once sealed herself inside the church to escape temptation. What grew in that silence was not piety, but rage. Now disturbed, her influence is spreading... and Harry must uncover the truth before history repeats itself in blood. Atmospheric and deeply unsettling, The Anchoress is a gothic horror novel about the dangers of blind faith, buried sins, and the price of disturbing something that should have been left alone.