The amulet then makes its way through those who Jo accuses of responsibility for Dean's accident. During all of this Jo claims that she is able to speak to Dean and Sarah begins to detect malevolence coming from Dean, who is entirely bandaged and outwardly shows no signs of communication or acknowledgement. That night, the mother kills her husband with an ice pick and accidentally cuts her own throat. The amulet is discovered among the smoldering ruins of the house by the sheriff's daughter who brings the amulet home and gives it to her mother. That evening the friend's family is killed in a house fire. During a visit by an old friend, Jo gifts him an amulet that she claims her son wanted him to have. Sarah is tasked with Dean's care and is told that he is unable to speak or otherwise respond to outward stimuli, leaving her with the fear that he may be brain damaged. Jo blames many of the residents of their small town of Pinecone, Alabama, starting with the rifle's manufacturers, who are the largest company in the area. His wife Sarah and mother Jo bring him home to care for him. In 1965, Dean Howell is disfigured and left in a vegetative stage after a shooting accident while training in the army. The book was first published in paperback by Avon Books. The Amulet is a Southern Gothic horror novel, originally published in 1979 by Michael McDowell.
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