When the Road Demands Payment: The Bitter Vow of the Iron Rat - Couverture souple

Jalex, J.C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798176168372

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

They thought they were hauling family belongings across the country. Hidden among the boxes is a debt that has been waiting generations to be paid.

Darla and Mason expect a long drive, bad coffee, and too many miles trapped with family history. Then a sound begins beneath the truck. The road feels wrong. Warnings arrive from people who know more than they are willing to explain.

Something old remembers a broken vow, and it has chosen this journey to collect.

Every stop pulls the cousins deeper into a bargain they never made. Every mile gives the thing following them another way in. The road has rules of its own, and breaking them carries a price.

To survive, Darla and Mason must decide how far they trust each other, what they are willing to sacrifice, and whether some family secrets should ever reach their destination.

Because some roads do not lead away from danger.

They lead straight to what is owed.

When the Road Demands Payment is a dark folk-horror novel of inherited debt, family secrets, Japanese folklore, and a cross-country journey stalked by an ancient hunger. It is Book Three in J. C. Jalex’s Bitter Crumbs series.

For readers who enjoy supernatural road stories, cursed objects, atmospheric horror, ancient monsters, and bargains with terrible consequences.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798176168372
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 510
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg