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Writer Richard Young is looking forward to a week at home with his wife and their little daughter. He thinks it's going to be a pleasant time of barbecues and lazy summer days.
It isn't.
Because the stranger who arrives at their home, begging to be driven to the nearest police station, is being hunted. Hunted by something that cannot be seen, cannot be heard -- yet which has the power to move across the land and crushing flat everything in its path. Stalking -- and killing -- remorselessly.
Within minutes, Richard Young, his family, and the stranger are being pursued relentlessly -- and running for their lives...
It isn't.
Because the stranger who arrives at their home, begging to be driven to the nearest police station, is being hunted. Hunted by something that cannot be seen, cannot be heard -- yet which has the power to move across the land and crushing flat everything in its path. Stalking -- and killing -- remorselessly.
Within minutes, Richard Young, his family, and the stranger are being pursued relentlessly -- and running for their lives...
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Simon Clark is a well-established horror writer whose short stories have appeared in various magazines and anthologies. His work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and he has also written prose material for the rock band U2. Simon Clark is also the author of the hugely successful 'Night of the Triffids. The sequel to John Wyndham's classic.
From Publishers Weekly:
In this disappointing novel from British horror veteran Clark (Stranger), a traveler named Michael becomes host while in Istanbul to a tremendously powerful entity called the Beast. Back in England, the Beast separates from Michael and begins to pursue him, crushing cars and churches like an invisible Godzilla. Realizing that the entity can only be controlled by an innocent girl, Michael enlists four-year-old Amy Young for this task. Inexplicably, Michael gets Amy's whole family involved, wins their trust, explains everything and then tries to kill them, all while on the run from the Beast. All these characters are also being tracked by tough teen Rosemary Snow, who was badly injured by Michael and hopes to exact revenge. The sum of all this is a thrilling short story bloated into 600 pages of chase scenes and unsatisfying drama in which few questions are answered and the protagonists are never in any real danger. One can only hope the talented Clark will do better next time. (May)
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- PublisherCemetery Dance Publications
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1587670305
- ISBN 13 9781587670305
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages600
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