. . .Was the oak, its hungry roots reaching deep into the earth, its gnarled limbs searching the distant heavens. . . TWO CENTURIES AGO
Obediah Magrute worshipped the Oak and died violently beneath it, feeding it with his blood and bone, shouting his chilling curse to the skies. . . NOW
Laura and Mark Avery have come to the bustling little Vermont village. They have given up their frenetic city life to settle in the old Eldridge Place, to have their child. They are not superstitious. They find the local legends quaint. But as the seasons turn, as the full moon rises, people die in Hubley's Gore in thrall to an ancient, terrible power. . . BLOODROOT” DRIVE