February 2011 Book of the Month.
Straub, who once collaborated with Stephen King on a couple of now classic novels, has established himself as the master of contemporary literary horror. A thread of subtle unease travels through all his books, many of whom are connected by minor characters, events or themes. A secret ritual on a campus meadow, organised by a charismatic guru, leaves it marks on all its participants as we follow their lives over the following decades and the way evil has taken hold of them forever.
One of them tries to write a book to understand what actually happened and the windows of the unknown open.
'One of the most adroit masters of the supernatural thriller' (San Francisco Chronicle) delivers a chilling novel about a man seeking the truth about what happened on a horrifying night on a Midwestern campus in the 1960s.
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'One of the most adroit masters of the supernatural thriller' (San Francisco Chronicle) delivers a chilling novel about a man seeking the truth about what happened on a horrifying night on a Midwestern campus in the 1960s.On a college campus, a charismatic guru and his young acolytes perform a secret ritual in a local meadow. What happens is a mystery - all that remains is a gruesomely dismembered body and the shattered souls of all who were present.Forty years later, one man seeks to learn more about that horrifying night, and to do so he'll have to force those involved to examine the unspeakable events that have haunted them ever since.
A Dark Matter features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, Horror and Supernatural Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
Paperback. £9.89, down from the £10.99 cover price. In Stock.
A Dark Matter was written by Peter Straub and published by Hodder an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton
A Dark Matter has 448 pages
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.
