WINNER OF THE 2020 MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD The latest thriller from the internationally bestselling author of The Lake of Dead Languages and The Other Mother,

"A COMPLEX, CREEPY, AND INSIDIOUS NOVEL ABOUT AMBITION." --THE GUARDIAN "READERS OF RUTH WARE AND GILLIAN FLYNN WILL LOVE IT." --LIBRARY JOURNAL (STARRED REVIEW

Relates how a crippled young shepherd comes to accompany the three Kings on their way to pay homage to the newborn Jesus.

Jack makes friends with Aliens.

When Davey realizes that his scary nighttime visitors are really his unacceptable angry feelings about his little sister, projected into the outside world, he f