Darkest Hour (Andrews novel)

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Darkest Hour

First edition cover of Darkest Hour
Author	V. C. Andrews
Language	English
Series	Cutler series
Genre	Gothic horror Family saga
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Publication date	June 1993
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Pages	394
ISBN	0-671-75932-9
Preceded by	Midnight Whispers 1992

Darkest Hour is the fifth and final novel in a series of books about the Cutler family attributed to V. C. Andrews and published in 1993. It is allegedly based on the original ideas of Andrews but was written by ghostwriter Andrew Neiderman. Andrews is the credited author.

The novel made The New York Times bestseller list for paperbacks in 1993.^[1]