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Return to Silent Hill

The Official Movie Novelization

Paperback
$18.99 US
5.12"W x 7.97"H x 0.79"D   | 9 oz | 52 per carton
On sale Jan 27, 2026 | 304 Pages | 9781835413319

In the latest Silent Hill film, based on the classic psychological horror video game Silent Hill 2, James must return to Silent Hill to rescue his soulmate. The town has been changed by an unknown malevolent force that makes James doubt his ability to survive.

In my restless dreams, I see that town. SILENT HILL.

RETURN TO SILENT HILL brings the iconic psychological horror franchise back to the big screen. When James receives a mysterious letter from his lost love Mary, he is drawn to Silent Hill—a once-familiar town now consumed by darkness. As he searches for her, James faces monstrous creatures and unravels a terrifying truth that will push him to the brink of survival.
“[The novel] maintains a pitch-dark seriousness throughout, treating the mythology of Silent Hill with the reverence the source material demands. The grief at the story’s center, which the game understood on an almost cellular level, is handled in written prose with weight.” —Rely On Horror
John Passarella is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Wither, Wither’s Rain, Wither’s Legacy, Kindred Spirit, Shimmer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Ghoul Trouble, Angel: Avatar, Angel: Monolith, Supernatural: Rite of Passage and Supernatural: Night Terror. He owns AuthorPromo.com, a web design company with New York Times bestselling clients, and resides in New Jersey.

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In the latest Silent Hill film, based on the classic psychological horror video game Silent Hill 2, James must return to Silent Hill to rescue his soulmate. The town has been changed by an unknown malevolent force that makes James doubt his ability to survive.

In my restless dreams, I see that town. SILENT HILL.

RETURN TO SILENT HILL brings the iconic psychological horror franchise back to the big screen. When James receives a mysterious letter from his lost love Mary, he is drawn to Silent Hill—a once-familiar town now consumed by darkness. As he searches for her, James faces monstrous creatures and unravels a terrifying truth that will push him to the brink of survival.

Praise

“[The novel] maintains a pitch-dark seriousness throughout, treating the mythology of Silent Hill with the reverence the source material demands. The grief at the story’s center, which the game understood on an almost cellular level, is handled in written prose with weight.” —Rely On Horror

Author

John Passarella is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Wither, Wither’s Rain, Wither’s Legacy, Kindred Spirit, Shimmer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Ghoul Trouble, Angel: Avatar, Angel: Monolith, Supernatural: Rite of Passage and Supernatural: Night Terror. He owns AuthorPromo.com, a web design company with New York Times bestselling clients, and resides in New Jersey.

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