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Black House: A Novel | Objects, Setting & Important Places

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Black House: A Novel Objects/Places

The Territories

The Territories are a parallel universe to Earth. Jack Sawyer has spent his adult life blocking memories about the Territories but is forced to remember to stop the murders.

Twinner

Twinner is the term given for a person's duplicate from the Territories. Most earth people do not have Twinners, although Jack Sawyer's mother did as well as Judy Marshal, Tyler Marshal's mother.

French Landing

Fench Landing is the the town where Jack Sawyer lives. It is located in Wisconsin and much of the story takes place in this town. The Black House is located in this town.

The Black House

The Black House is the gate to parallel worlds. It is hidden in the woods, and the men that built it claimed it was haunted even as it was being built. Charles Burnside built the house thirty years before the murders began.

Breakers

Breakers are what the children are called that have...
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