A review by vkemp
The Hush by John Hart

3.0

If you remember Johnny Merrimon from The Last Child you are half the way there. This is about Johnny as a grown-up; he has retreated into The Hush, a 6,000 acres enclave that is all that remains of his ancestor's 40,000 acre land grant from George III. This plot of land holds secrets, terrible secrets that can kill people. Anyone hostile to The Hush does not survive and every time Johnny is injured, he awakens with no visible signs of damage. Johnny knows things that no one else knows. Cree Freemantle and her mother, Luana, have tried to take the property away from Johnny. These two women also have ties to The Hush and a community of freed slaves who lived there after the property was deeded to another freed slave, Isaac, in 1853. Cree and Johnny will clash as the horror of The Hush will come to life. An interesting look at mythology and the power of dreams. A very different kind of book from John Hart that is intriguing, with a plot that seems to get away from him at times.