The Pledge
By Cale Dietrich
ScreamĀ meetsĀ Clown in a CornfieldĀ in this YA horror novel by bestselling author Cale Dietrich featuring a masked killer who targets frat boys.
Freshman Sam believes that joining a fraternity is the best way to form a friend group as he begins his college journeyāand his best chance of moving on from his past. He is the survivor of a horrific, and world-famous, murder spree known as the Lake Priest Massacre, in which a masked killer hunted down Sam and his friends.
Sam had to do the unthinkable to survive that night, and it completely derailed him. He sees college, and his new identity as a frat boy, as his best shot at living a life not defined by the killings. Sam begins to hope a fresh start is possible.
And then one of his new frat brothers is found dead. Now Sam must race against the clock to figure out the murdererās identity and why they are threatening Samās new friends before more livesāand his on chance to moveāare lost forever.