The Weight of Blood — Special Edition

A horror and suspense story by the New York Times bestselling author.

When the residents of Springville — those who are still alive — are questioned about what happened on the night of the prom, they all say the same thing... It was Maddy.

An outsider at the high school in the small Georgia town, Madison Washington has always been the butt of her classmates' jokes, something she suffered in silence because she had more pressing problems to deal with. Until the morning when an unexpected downpour reveals her best-kept secret: Maddy is Black. She has passed herself off as white her whole life, at the behest of her fanatical white father, Thomas Washington.

In the wake of a viral video that reveals the racist roots of Springville High, the student leaders devise a plan to change its image: organize the first joint prom for Black and white students, as a demonstration of unity and tolerance. The popular white class president convinces her boyfriend, the incredible Black quarterback, to ask Maddy to go with him as his date, leaving Maddy amazed at the possibility of finally having a normal life.

But some of her classmates are still not willing to leave her alone. What they don't know is that Maddy has yet another secret... one that will cost them all their lives.