Author Adam Cesare (Clown in a Cornfield, The Toxic Avenger novelization) is back this coming Halloween season with a re-release of his novel Mercy House, and Bloody Disgusting is exclusively debuting the book’s cover art today. The cover illustration comes courtesy of artist Matt Ryan Tobin, and you can preview the cover art for Mercy House down below.
The novel was originally published in 2015 in eBook form only, and Cesare tell us that this new edition of Mercy House is a revised and overhauled version of the previous release.
Cesare previews, “I really took the book down to the studs and improved things for this new edition.” The new print and audiobook release of Mercy House arrives on October 20, 2026.
“Welcome to Mercy House, a state-of-the-art retirement home that appears perfectly clean and orderly . . . but something is turning the residents into monsters.
‘In this thrilling novel from the author of Clown in a Cornfield, you will find little mercy—only a shocking eruption of unfathomable horror.”
Here’s the full official synopsis for Mercy House…
Harriet Laurel notices the odor the moment she steps inside Mercy House, brought to the retirement home against her will by her son and his wife. In the early stages of dementia, Harriet has grown to resent her daughter-in-law for not providing grandchildren. Yet as she crosses the threshold, she notices her mind begins to sharpen. Then her hate begins to grow…
Arnold Piper, an eighty-five-year-old ex-Marine, has always prided himself on self-reliance. But betrayed by his own body, he’s learning that surviving war-torn Korea was easier than facing the daily indignities of old age. And his worst trials are still to come.
Sarah Campbell, an idealistic nurse, is already stretched thin at the chronically understaffed Mercy House. Now her duties are about to take a terrifying turn.
Can she survive the night. . . and her patients?
Author Nick Cutter (The Troop) calls the novel “100% distilled nightmare juice.”
You can pre-order your copy of Mercy House on Amazon today.
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