What would you do to secure the house of your dreams? Would you kill for it? Would you return from the dead for it? Blackwood House is a nineteenth century gothic pile overlooking Charlmouth harbour, South Devon. It is a house where bad things happen. Moira Costigan - a sexy, gutsy, manipulative American writer is the current owner of the house. But Moira is not what she seems. Because Moira is possessed by the spirit of a wandering musician called Martha, who, in her original incarnation, committed a brutal murder in Blackwood House, a property which she tried and failed to wrest from its rightful mistress and claim as her own. And now Martha - in her guise as Moira Costigan - is back for another attempt to achieve her all-consuming ambition of owning Blackwood House. And Martha has a plan. It is a plan which embroils Karen Moor - a young, attractive academic with her own demons to conquer - and her lover, Suzy, deep within its dark machinations. A plan which drives Moira's war-veteran husband, Frank, to suicide, and a plan which brings murder and madness to the small town of Charlmouth. Not for the faint-hearted, Suzerain is a modern gothic novel of considerable power. Drawing on elements of the traditional ghost story, infused with a post-modern sensibility, it is an intelligent literary journey through a landscape of sex, drugs, booze, betrayal, horror, murder, torture and suicide. Set against the folly of the Bush Blair intervention in Iraq, it also serves as an unforgettable documentary and commentary of its time. WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT. Not suitable for under 18s