Castlecliffe — Sandra Shulman

HOW LONG WOULD SOPHY MARLOWE SURVIVE AS THE MISTRESS OF CASTLECLIFFE--AN ISOLATED MANSION ON THE HAUNTED ENGLISH MOORS?

Alone after the death of her father, Sophy Marlowe is forced to await her birthday and her inheritance at Castlecliffe, the home of her guardian.

Then she comes under the power of strange Dr. Rashid, an astrologer who has taken control during her guardian's sudden illness. Her nights are filled with terror as Dr. Rashid locks her in her room while dangerous animals prowl the grounds and sinister visitors arrive to meet secretly with him.

As her birthday draws near, attacks on her sanity begin. Frightened and without friends, Sophy struggles against the evil fate which has been decreed for her at Castlecliffe.


The villagers fear Castlecliffe's very name, but Sophy Marlowe -- young, beautiful and defenseless -- must face its terrors alone!

According to her father's will, Sophy Marlowe must live until she is 21 with her guardian at his forbidding, lonely mansion on the moors of England. Then, an heiress, she will be free to choose her own life.

But Castlecliffe has too many secrets. Why is Sophy locked in her room at night? Why is sinister Dr. Rashid, her guardian's physician, in apparent control? Who are the menacing nocturnal visitors? And who -- or what -- is the shambling, half-human figure Sophy glimpses at time in the dead of night?

Her questions are answered with accusations of insanity. Finally Sophy realizes that for her there is only one question: can she survive the nameless terror of Castlecliffe until her birthday?