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When hospice nurse Marla Keene accepts a position at the remote Granger House, she expects a quiet place to help patients through their final days. But Granger House is not what it seems. As the residents utter chilling final phrases and reality begins to unravel around her, Marla realizes that death within these walls is part of something much olderβ€”and far more terrifyingβ€”than natural decline. A deeply unsettling tale of inevitable fate and cosmic horror, ...

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