Series

Blackwater series in reading order

There are 6 books in the Blackwater series.

Published between 1983 and 1983, in the same order they are meant to be read.

The first volume of McDowell's epic Southern Gothic saga begins with a devastating flood that brings the mysterious Elinor Dammert to the small Alabama town of Perdido. As she insinuates herself into the powerful Caskey family, dark forces and family secrets rise like the floodwaters themselves.

2 of 6 books, in reading order

• 1. La riada (1983) — Michael McDowell
• 2. The Levee (1983) — Michael McDowell · 216 pages

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