false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166480056m/11550.jpg 11550 7 In this most gothic of Robert McCammon's novels, setting is key: the continuing saga of the Usher family (descended from the brother of Roderick and Madeline of Edgar Poe's "Fall of the House of Usher") takes place in the weird and picturesque heart of the North Carolina mountains. The haughty, aristocratic Ushers live in a mansion near Asheville; the poor but crafty mountain folk (whose families are just as ancient) live on Briartop Mountain nearby. At harvest time, when the book's action unfolds, the mountains are a blaze of color. Add to the mixture a sinister history of mountain kids disappearing every year, a journalist investigating those disappearances, a monster called "The Pumpkin Man," moldy books and paintings in a huge old library at the Usher estate, and a secret chamber with a strange device involving a brass pendulum and tuning forks--and you've got a splendid recipe for atmospheric horror. 1410797 1984 Usher's Passing total:272|5:64|4:84|3:89|2:26|1:9| 272 984 355 11 5 0 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 09:01:31 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 16:27:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Fri Mar 06 13:30:24 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 13:30:24 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 17:08:30 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 20:37:23 -0800 2009 ]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon Jan 19 08:20:26 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 08:20:56 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Aug 07 20:08:43 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 20:09:14 -0700 2009 August 5, 2006]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1997 Tue Aug 14 22:11:58 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 22:12:56 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon Dec 31 12:07:34 -0800 2007 Thu May 29 11:17:18 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Jun 22 07:46:27 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 07:47:26 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Thu Oct 23 11:39:37 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 11:40:11 -0700 2008 1 3 0 false false Tue Mar 04 12:33:32 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 12:34:16 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sat Aug 30 19:17:08 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 19:17:22 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Nov 26 10:13:03 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 26 10:13:03 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Nov 24 16:16:14 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 16:16:14 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Nov 23 15:09:06 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 15:09:06 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 21 19:40:54 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 19:40:54 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 12:20:42 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 12:20:42 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 16 11:08:32 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 11:08:32 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Nov 14 19:02:14 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 21:19:47 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 21:19:51 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 06 20:02:28 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 20:02:28 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Oct 19 19:12:15 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 19:12:15 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=11550