"I am ready to join the Sisterhood of Viggy after reading   The Rotting Room . Time to take my vows, now that I've novitiated on this awe-inspiring novel, and commit myself to a lifelong calling of reading whatever Parr Hampton writes." —Clay McLeod Chapman, author of   Wake Up and Open Your Eyes Sister Rafaela, a newcomer to the cloistered Sisters of Divine Innocence, yearns for redemption from her horrific past. However, her new abbey, bound by a vow of silence and a disturbing burial ritual, hides its own sinister secrets. When a mysterious stranger arrives and dies soon after, her body resists decomposition, sparking fevered claims of sainthood among the nuns … but Rafaela suspects something far darker. As the abbey teeters on the edge of madness, Rafaela and local priest Father Bruno race to uncover whether the Sisters of Divine Innocence are graced by a divine miracle—or consumed by unspeakable evil. "Hampton delivers a masterclass in narrative restraint, yet refuses to pull her punches. By taking its vows alongside  The First Omen ,  Immaculate , and  Suspiria ,  The Rotting Room  ascends to horror literature heaven." —Nick Roberts, author of  The Exorcist's House  and  Mean Spirited