Blackwater V: The Fortune

Michael McDowell’s masterpiece—the serial novel, Blackwater—returns to thrill and terrify a new generation of readers.

The first four volumes—The Flood, The Levee, The House and The War—chronicled the lives of the powerful Caskey family of Perdido, Alabama, under the guidance of their strange and indomitable matron Elinor.

Now the mysterious saga of the Caskey family continues in Blackwater V: The Fortune.

Already the most powerful family in Perdido, the Caskeys will soon experience success beyond their wildest imaginings. But prosperity comes with a price, and in the end even the Caskeys must pay.

One woman will risk everything to rid herself of the dreams she once begged for …

Another will make herself brutal in business and even more unyielding with the family that loves her ...

And a third will finally confront her mysterious and terrible otherness as she faces marriage and motherhood and the relentless pleading call of the dark river …

Tough Times Publishing proudly presents the return of Michael McDowell’s legendary serial novel, Blackwater.

As Publishers Weekly noted, “Readers of weak constitution should beware!”