Captain Barton comes back to Dublin with his life neatly lined up—good standing, solid plans, a future that should feel safe. Then the small things start: footsteps where no one should be, that prickling sense of being watched, and letters from someone who seems to know far too much. The Familiar is a tight, classic Gothic chill, more slow-burn unease than cheap scares - where the real terror is the feeling that whatever’s following you has all the time in the world.

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