- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Harpercollins (Mm); Reprint edition (Aug 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0061054836
- ISBN-13: 978-0061054839
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 9.9 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,914,747 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Feraru leaves the country of his birth to claim his heritage - a castle in Transylvania which he plans to turn into an orphanage. Through letters, diary entries and transcripts, Feraru describes his journey into the Romanian countryside. He arrives to find the castle is home to more than memories.
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THE CHILLING STORY OF THE SUPERNATURAL
British born Michael Feraru, scion of a long line of Romanian aristocrats, leaves his country of birth and his love, to reclaim his heritage – a Draculian castle deep in the heart of Transylvania. He plans to turn his inheritance into an orphanage in the new post-Ceausescu, post-communist country. There he enlists the help of a young local lawyer, Liliana Popescu, to search for the missing Feraru millions, and battle through the complex maze of old bureaucracy in the scam-rich, newly-born state.
Feraru describes his journey into the heart of the Romanian countryside, wasted by years of neglect and caught in a time-warp, as though the twentieth century had never reached it. When he eventually arrives at his inheritance, he finds the castle of the Ferarus, in a sunless valley in the Carpathian Mountains, is home to much more than memories…
Aycliffe conjures a feeling of dread that deepens with each unsettling incident.’
TIME OUT
‘Aycliffe has a fine touch.’
INDEPENDENT
‘Should ultimately be ranked among the greats.’
INTERZONE
‘There are echoes of the great ghost writer of them all, Edgar Allan Poe, in the poised and elegant bookishness of the prose.’
SCOTSMAN
‘Sends chills down the spine. Read him and you'll never forget him.’
YORKSHIRE GAZETTE
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an entertaining and suspenseful book. It has a slow start but soon drags the reader in. It pays more than a passing salute to the Great Masters Bram Stoker and M.R. James, in that the narrative is in the form of letters, diaries and journals, and things half seen lurk behind doorways and round the bend in the stairs. The story is set in present day Romania, with all its bureaucratic inefficencies, and backwardness in the remote parts of the country. I recommend this book to vampire fans. Jonathan Aycliffe also writes under "Daniel Easterman" and he is a dab hand with thrillers.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Oozes Atmosphere
14 Aug 2002
Format:Hardcover
I'm not sure what the others here were expecting. Perhaps Anne Rice or some such. I found 'The Lost' to be one of those 'I can't wait to get home from work and finish it' titles. When I did finish the book, laying on the couch at five A.M., I was actually frightened to get up and walk through the empty house, something that rarely happens to me with horror. Aycliffe is a master.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
A gem of "literary horror."
6 Mar 2000
Format:Hardcover
This book belongs to two genres: horror and "literary novel." Those who expect a straight horror novel will be disappointed.
It's a short, neat little book. Its atmospheric prose evokes that of another British "literary ghost story" writer: Robert Aickman.
I visited Transylvania as a child in the 1970s, and seen Bucharest, and Aycliffe describes it well in this book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Very good...
6 Aug 2006
Format:Paperback
This is one of those books that people either really anjoy or truly hate - simply down to style.
This book doesn't take itself too seriously, and the reader shouldn't be expecting "The Exorcist" level of horror - this is gothic through and through. If you enjoyed Dracula or Frankenstien then you could probably appreciate this modern novel that lends much to those classics.
The story is composed of various letters, journal entries and transcripts of tape recordings, making for fairly short "chapters".
Perfect for a cozy winter night...
This book doesn't take itself too seriously, and the reader shouldn't be expecting "The Exorcist" level of horror - this is gothic through and through. If you enjoyed Dracula or Frankenstien then you could probably appreciate this modern novel that lends much to those classics.
The story is composed of various letters, journal entries and transcripts of tape recordings, making for fairly short "chapters".
Perfect for a cozy winter night...
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