The Legacy Author:John Coyne Six came to claim it. — Six beautiful people arrive for a weekend in the country. Six guests of the unseen host who lies wasting away upstairs. — Five heirs to a mysterious Legacy watch the body of the sixth float to the side of the pool. — Four claim the unspeakable power of the Legacy, while a red stain spreads across the ceiling. — Three realize ... more »that the Legacy has come to claim them, while outside a dog dines on a thing that was once a man.