- Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Kensington Publishing (25 Sep 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0786015799
- ISBN-13: 978-0786015795
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.6 x 2.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 156,798 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Scott Nicholson writes with a mixture of H.P. Lovecraft and Clive Barker."
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In this chilling tale of horror set in the Appalachian mountains, an evil presence consumes the citizens of a small town, spreading only one thought: death and destruction.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
This is the story of an alien entity crash landing in the Appalachian mountains. It starts to take over the residents of the town and things can only get worse with a special festival being held in a few days. Visitors are due in town and it's up to a psychology teacher and two old 'codgers' to save the town from disaster.
I really enjoyed this. It started off quite slowly but it soon picked up and became extremely difficult to put down! It was the love child of 'The Tommyknockers' and 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' but on speed. The characters were solid and well rounded and there were the usual uber bad guys and also a couple that made me think were they or weren't they? it was sad in places, Scott managed to extract a lot of pathos - not easy given the subject matter. The ending was good and wrapped everything up nicely.
I recommend this for scifi/horror fans and for fans of Scott Nicholson. A great book with a great storyline.
I received a complimentary copy of this book in order to review it.
I really enjoyed this. It started off quite slowly but it soon picked up and became extremely difficult to put down! It was the love child of 'The Tommyknockers' and 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' but on speed. The characters were solid and well rounded and there were the usual uber bad guys and also a couple that made me think were they or weren't they? it was sad in places, Scott managed to extract a lot of pathos - not easy given the subject matter. The ending was good and wrapped everything up nicely.
I recommend this for scifi/horror fans and for fans of Scott Nicholson. A great book with a great storyline.
I received a complimentary copy of this book in order to review it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I managed to get this book for free and was doubtful it would be any good but I was wrong it was a rollercoaster ride into a sci fi madness that gripped you and sucked you in.
It started off slowly slowly allowing you to get to know the characters, an amazing story that has elements of the greatest story writers in this genre
It started off slowly slowly allowing you to get to know the characters, an amazing story that has elements of the greatest story writers in this genre
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This is Scot Nicholson doing what he does best, taking a sleepy little small town in the middle of nowhere and terrorising the hell out of them! In this case an alien being has landed on the mountainside and needs to feed to survive by "harvesting" the inhabitants, both animal and vegetable, turning them into zombie like hybrid beings. The heroes are three old men, Chester, Emerland, De Walt and local "psychic psychologist" Tamara who join forces for the ultimate Good vs Evil battle. As usual, the authors' narrative is spot on; you can picture this little town almost as if you had been there and dialogue is first rate. The characters are certainly believeable; you get to know their likes, dislikes and fears which really makes you empathise with them and start rooting for them against the zombies. What is great, is the way that not all the characters focussed on are necessarily "good", the author certainly doesnt forget to include the local "trailer trash" in his story notably Peggy, the broke mother in the trailer park who is offered a way out of poverty by doing the one thing she is really good at and, of course, Emerland is the archetypal "evil property developer who just wants to buy it and bulldoze it". There are a lot of characters to keep track of, but it gets easier as the book goes on because most of them come to a very gruesome end anyway. The plot does start off slowly, setting the scene and getting you into the feel of small town snail pace life but pretty soon builds up pace and, especially by the time you get to the second half of the book, has become unputdownable. Highly recommended.
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Creepy, eerie, fantastic!
Ok - you know the story don't you. Alien crash lands in Appalachia, starts converting humans into shambling death units, pollutes the landscape and starts messing with people's... Read more
Published 1 month ago by DJP
Interesting, but hard going at first.
This book had an interesting story that pulls you in, although it seemed quite amateur and was very difficult to get in to at first. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Slade91
Hard reading
A decent tale decently written, but somehow I found it hard to read.
Somehow it was dull, the characters didn't matter, and the whole thing seemed to have been done... Read more
Somehow it was dull, the characters didn't matter, and the whole thing seemed to have been done... Read more
Published 2 months ago by J. Colin Moss
Too slow... Gave up before half-way through.
Some of the other reviewers have mentioned that it is quite slow at the beginning, but picks up the pace later on. Unfortunately, I gave up about 40% into the book. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Random
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