Preaching to the Choir by Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Author : Adrian Tchaikovsky
Book : Preaching to the Choir
/ Horror , Fantasy /
Publication date : August 11, 2026
Blurb:
Elena Mendes thought she understood what “old money” was.
She knew her boyfriend Ross Enderbough was rich. Like, “old money” rich. She knew he was the scion of some eccentric British line that predates the whole United States. She knew he didn’t really get on with his family, and that he fled to America to study free of their influence.
Ross has been summoned to Enderby, the family mansion built as a monastery centuries ago, for an exclusive, mysterious family gathering that happens only once a generation. Spouses and partners aren’t invited, but Ross has asked Elena to come anyway for moral support.
But there are secrets in the mouldering old pile, and terrors in the unkempt woods on the estate. And Elena slowly comes to realise that “old money” means so much more than she’d ever imagined…
My thoughts:
This novella serves as the ultimate proof of how versatile Adrian Tchaikovsky's work is. From sci-fi to fantasy and now a blood-chilling horror in the most compact form.
It's a complex story about family, loyalty, and, most importantly, power—how it challenges your beliefs and morals.
Furthermore, it explores what price you are willing to pay and what sacrifices you're prepared to make for it.
A haunting, suffocating atmosphere immediately tells your gut that something is off, leaving you on the edge of your seat, waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Loved it!
Short with a lot of punch power.
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