When Crossroads, Inc-a life insurance company offering cash advances on policies-arrives in town, it brings something Glanton hasn't seen in generations: hope.
Young Hannah Cassady and her seven siblings visit Crossroads to collect on their life insurance advancements for the family's mounting bills, discovering the company intends to collect big returns on its investments-with severed body parts for the money.
How much is too much for free money? What's the true cost of a better quality of life?
Andrew Adams is the author of Middle Finger Rigor Mortis, Black Widow Blues, Son of a Serial Killer, and other titles in the horror and transgressive sphere. He is a father of two, ex-filmmaker, baseball fanatic, and unabashed metalhead.