The Buzzards We Follow

From Nathanael Wright, author of The Church of No Return, comes a haunting Southern Gothic novel about grief, belonging, faith, and the dangerous places we go when we no longer know who we are. Noah Calder is running. From a marriage he shattered. From mistakes he can never undo. From a version of himself he has grown to hate.With nowhere left to go, he follows a lonely Louisiana highway deep into the heart of swamp country, where he stumbles upon an isolated settlement hidden beyond the reach of maps and memory.They call themselves the Quiet Kin.Led by the gentle and enigmatic Mother Vale and guided by the magnetic Caleb Harth, the community offers refuge to people carrying wounds too heavy for the outside world to understand. Broken souls arrive seeking rest. Some arrive seeking forgiveness. Others arrive with nowhere else to go. For the first time in years, Noah finds peace among them. He finds purpose. He finds family.But beneath the lantern light and shared meals, something older lingers within the swamp. Stories whispered around campfires. Names spoken only in fragments. Memories that seem to disappear as quickly as they surface.As Noah sinks deeper into the rhythms of the Quiet Kin, he begins to realize that healing and surrender are not always the same thing. And when the life he left behind finally comes searching for him, Noah is forced to confront a devastating question: Can a man truly begin again if the people he loves are still waiting for him to come home?Atmospheric, unsettling, and deeply human, The Buzzards We Follow blends Southern Gothic horror, psychological suspense, and emotional drama into a story about love, loss, redemption, and the terrifying comfort of belonging.Perfect for readers of Southern Gothic fiction, folk horror, slow-burn psychological horror, and character-driven literary suspense."Wright has the makings of a Southern Stephen King."— Eglentine Briar, author of The Divine and the Damned