"Originally published as November in Holland in 2022 by Boekerij."--Title page verso

"From the author of the internationally acclaimed bestseller Hex comes a modern horror story with echoes of Paul Tremblay, Joe Hill, and Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery," about a gilded street in a small Pacific Northwest town where the charmed residents have made a frightening bargain . . . with devastating consequences."-- Provided by publisher

"First English translation published in Great Britain in 2025 by Bantam, an imprint of Transworld Publishers."--Title page verso

Set in the seemingly idyllic town of Lock Haven, The Darker Days follows the residents of Bird Street, whose prosperity depends on a sinister yearly ritual. Each November, a debt must be paid through a human sacrifice to preserve the community's good fortune. When the chosen victim resists and the ritual unravels, the town's dark secret and the true cost of its success are violently exposed

In English; translated from the Dutch