When Lydia Hale moves to New York City to begin her career, she believes she's escaping her small-town past. But the apartment she finds at 316 Amherst Avenue isn't just a home - it's a trap.
At first, the neighbors are kind. Too kind. A little girl in the building befriends her, but Lydia quickly notices the child acts older than her years, always appearing at her bedside after vivid, unsettling dreams. Dreams of fire. Of a demon in the shadows. Of a world burning.
As the nights grow darker, the line between dream and waking blurs. The building hums with whispers. Smiles stretch too wide. And Lydia discovers a horrifying truth: she's been chosen since birth to serve as the vessel for something unspeakable. A cult lives within the walls of 316 Amherst Ave, and their purpose is singular - to bring a demon into flesh through her.
Now Lydia must fight not only the tenants who seek to hold her down, but the thing growing inside her - a second heartbeat pounding stronger every day.
Terrifying, atmospheric, and unrelenting, 316 Amherst Ave will haunt readers who love Rosemary's Baby, Hereditary, and Apartment-style urban horror.