House Of Leaves Author's New 1,232-Page Book Gets Huge Limited-Time Discount

GAMING NEWS

Mark Z. Danielewski’s long-awaited epic Tom’s Crossing — a 1,232-page horror-western — is on sale in hardcover at a steep discount just weeks after release, making this doorstop of a novel easier to grab for fans and curious readers alike.

Amazon has the hardcover of Tom’s Crossing for $23.27 (was $40), a dramatic price cut for a book that runs well over a thousand pages and reads like a ghost story told around a campfire.

Set in 1982 in a small Utah county, the story follows 15-year-old Kalin March, who vows to save two horses from slaughter after his friend Tom Gatestone dies — and Tom returns as a ghost to accompany him. Despite Danielewski’s reputation for typographic experiments in works like House of Leaves and The Familiar, Tom’s Crossing is presented in a more conventional, paragraph-by-paragraph format (dialogue is italicized), making it one of the author’s most approachable — if longest — novels.

For readers new to Danielewski or gift shoppers, House of Leaves is also discounted in multiple editions and participates in Amazon’s Buy Two, Get One Free book sale, offering an easy way to sample the author’s earlier, more experimental work alongside this new, sprawling tale.

“This is an amazing work of fiction. I absolutely loved it. At the heart you’ll find a blood-drenched story of pursuit and two brave and resourceful children. But there’s so much more. I immersed myself. Have never read anything like it.” — Stephen King

By Steven Petite

5 min read · Nov 14, 2025