John Farris is the New York Times bestselling author of such classic thrillers as The Fury and Son of the Endless Night. A filmmaker, as well as a novelist, Farris is a seminal influence on many of our most highly regarded writers, including Stephen King. Sacrifice, a terrifying thriller, is a work of relentless suspense, complex characterization, and surprise after stunning surprise.

Seventeen-year-old Sharissa Walker is beauty personified, decency incarnate and a joy to behold — the apple of her father's eye.

By anyone's standards, Greg Walker is the perfect father. He'll do anything to protect her and keep her safe.

But in this novel of terror and suspense, nothing is as it seems. Nothing. Not youthful innocence. Not daughterly devotion. Not a father's love...