Above a Civil War graveyard in the rural backwoods of Texas, Kevin and Bobby's treehouse is their haven against the world. But the day Tom Plecker comes screaming through the creek below, terrified of a shadow man, that all changes. Walking Tom home, they see it for the first time—the tree, its branches twisted like the pain-wracked frame of a fleshless corpse, knotty snarls of bone-white wood clawing the sky from an ashen grove. A family near the woods turns up dead, a local kid goes missing, and, unknown to Kevin, Bobby's having his own experiences. As Spring brings new life to the forest, the tree remains untouched by the beauty of the surrounding woods, but it's alive ... and it's gaining power. And when the shadow men come to call on the boys, they must fight a supernatural force they barely understand, or fall victim to the apparitions and learn what it means to disappear. "THE BONE TREE will take you back to those childhood moments when the shadows in the night were paralyzingly real...and the veil between here and the abyss of hell frighteningly thin." - John Everson, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of SIREN "Fulbright's prose is every bit as sharp as America's great pulp writers, yet there's a humanity and a depth to his characters that has, on several occasions, left me slack-jawed in amazement. Fulbright is tough, passionate, and capable of scaring you like you haven't been scared since childhood." - Joe McKinney, author of Dead City and Apocalypse of the Dead "A heartbreaking coming-of-age story that works on every level...this one will stay with you." - Nate Kenyon, award-winning author of THE REACH and SPARROW ROCK