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Michael Cadnum
Horses of the Night
Sixteen-year-old Travis lands a dream summer job helping a wealthy man restore a vintage carousel in San Francisco. His boss, Stratton, is charming and brilliant, but also deeply strange and controlling. As Travis is drawn deeper into Stratton's isolated world, he begins to question the man's true intentions. This dream job might just be a nightmare he can't wake up from.
This novel is a standalone work that does not require reading any other books to understand its plot or conclusion.
The narrative frequently shifts between the protagonist's perception of reality and potential supernatural occurrences, leaving the reader to determine if the events are grounded in the physical world or psychological instability.