With its abundant jump scares, horror readers and fans of the TV show American Horror Story will delight in the fast-paced plot.” - Booklist “The plentiful illustrations both advance the story line and immeasurably contribute to the spooky atmosphere. Fans of ‘found footage’ horror will enjoy this visually creepy take on the haunted-institution setting.” - Kirkus Reviews

Brilliant!” - Heather Brewer, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod I just want to curl up inside her skull and exist for a while in its dark, twisted magnificence. “Days after reading Asylum, I’m still haunted by the images that Madeleine Roux’s words conjured. Because Brookline was no ordinary asylum, and there are some secrets that refuse to stay buried.įeaturing found photographs from real asylums and filled with chilling mystery and page-turning suspense, Asylum is a horror story that treads the line between genius and insanity, perfect for fans of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.ĭon't miss any of the books in the Asylum series, or Madeleine Roux's shivery fantasy series, House of Furies! secrets that link Dan and his friends to the asylum's dark past. And not just any asylum-a last resort for the criminally insane.Īs Dan and his new friends Abby and Jordan start exploring Brookline's twisty halls and hidden basement, they uncover disturbing secrets about what really went on at Brookline. The dorm was formerly a sanatorium, more commonly known as an asylum. Except that when Dan arrives, he finds that the usual summer housing has been closed, forcing students to stay in the crumbling Brookline Dorm. Madeleine Roux's New York Times bestselling Asylum is a thrilling and creepy photo-illustrated novel that Publishers Weekly called 'a strong YA debut that reveals the enduring impact of buried trauma on a place.'įor sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, the New Hampshire College Prep program is the chance of a lifetime.

Roux asylum series