KENNETH LEE HORTON
Emmy-Nominated Storyteller | Golden Globe-Winning Visionary | Debut Novelist From the mind behind Smallville, The X-Files, and Millennium — comes a gripping new psychological thriller.
THE USHERING
A darkly inspirational journey through destiny, evolution, and the extraordinary potential of the human spirit.
About Kenneth Lee Horton
About Kenneth Lee Horton
Kenneth Lee Horton is a veteran television producer, writer, and director whose career has shaped some of the most iconic series in modern entertainment, including Smallville, The X-Files, and Millennium. A two-time Emmy nominee, two-time Golden Globe winner, and People’s Choice Award recipient, Horton is celebrated for blending gripping narratives with profound human insight.
Now, Kenneth brings his storytelling mastery to the world of fiction with The Ushering—a deeply psychological thriller that explores the shadowed corners of the human mind and the luminous possibilities of our collective evolution.
His voice is cinematic, his tone unapologetically raw yet soulfully redemptive. Inspired by decades spent in writers’ rooms and on sound stages, Kenneth’s fiction probes the mysteries of purpose, identity, and transcendence.
Outside the world of storytelling, Kenneth is a passionate observer of human potential, a believer in the next leap forward, and a father whose work often honors the resilience and complexity of women—especially young mothers, the emotional core of The Ushering.
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What if humanity’s next great leap forward didn’t begin with science—or war—but with the awakening of a child?
The Ushering is the debut novel by Kenneth Lee Horton, a master storyteller known for shaping iconic television series like Smallville, The X-Files, and Millennium. With this novel, Horton turns inward—away from the screen and into the soul.
Set across decades and continents, The Ushering is a psychological thriller that weaves suspense, mysticism, and raw emotional depth. At its core is Cassandra Ha Joon Conway, a girl marked by an extraordinary destiny after a surreal childhood encounter with a dying man on a Chicago beach. As she grows, her journey intertwines with soldiers, scientists, and spiritual seekers—all pulled into a quiet revolution destined to alter the course of human evolution.
Told in a tone that is at once dark, unsettling, and powerfully inspirational, this is a story not just about survival, but transcendence. A meditation on what it means to be human—and what we may yet become.
What Early Readers Are Saying About The Ushering
Annalise R
A beautifully brutal masterpiece. Horton takes us to the edge of darkness—not to leave us there, but to remind us of the light we’re capable of becoming.
David M
From page one, I was hooked. This is not just a thriller—it’s a soul-journey. I’ve never read anything quite like it.
Rachel K
Raw, cinematic, and piercingly human. Kenneth Lee Horton has given us a gift—a story that makes you think, ache, and believe again.
Sofia L
If you’re a mother, a seeker, or someone who believes there’s more to this world than what we see—The Ushering is your next must-read.
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