The Haunting of Blackwood Clock

When Eleanor Blackwood inherited her great-uncle's Victorian mansion, she expected dusty attics and creaky floorboards. She didn't expect the grandfather clock in the east wing to speak to her in the dead of night, demanding blood sacrifice to release the souls trapped within its wooden prison. The clock had kept time for the Blackwood family for 200 years, but now it wanted something in return. As Eleanor investigated, she discovered her great-uncle had made a bargain with something ancient, something that lived inside the mechanism itself. Every midnight, the pendulum swung, counting down to something terrible. Now she had 7 days to break the curse before the clock struck thirteen and sealed her fate forever.
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