Soul-Eater is a novel written by Dana Brookins. It was first published in 1985.
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NO ONE LIVED IN THE HOUSE IN PELLAM WOODS...
The mansion in Pellam Woods had been shipped in, piece by piece, and reconstructed in the forest at the edge of town. The citizens of Edgar Falls wondered who would build such a grand house in their sleepy little backwater. But the house sat vacant….
THEN THE DYING BEGAN….
A mother lights her home ablaze, burning her six children alive…
A young boy drowns himself in a lake....
Twelve year old Bobby Topin sensed something evil inside the house. Something that tried to crawl inside his mind. One by one, the townsfolk are falling victim to their darkest impulses. And only Bobby knows that the house where no one lives is home to a malevolent force...
SOUL-EATER