Summer Sons

Andrew and Eddie grew up inseparable, closer than brothers. Then Eddie leaves for a graduate program at Vanderbilt, and Andrew stays behind. Six months later, days before Andrew is due to join him in Nashville, Eddie is dead, apparently by suicide.

Eddie's death leaves Andrew with a roommate he has never met and friends he did not choose. It also leaves him with a gruesome ghost that hungers for him and keeps close.

Andrew sets out to learn what happened. What he finds are lies and secrets kept by the person he trusted most, along with a family history soaked in blood and death.

His search runs between two worlds. One is the backstabbing academic scene where Eddie spent his days. The other is the night circle of Appalachian street racing, fast cars, hard drugs and reckless friends.

The queer Southern Gothic atmosphere is sweltering and menacing, with a haunting at its center. As the walls Andrew built against everyone start to crumble, the phantom gets the opening it wants to possess him.