This is serious spine-tingling stuff and not for the faint-hearted,
it’s a novel packed with chills, thrills, nail-biting suspense and
heart-stopping revelations. Join Ethan and Cathy and steel yourself
against the blood-curdling terror that lies ahead as you realise that
whatever horrors the stormy night can conjure, they are nothing
compared with heart-stopping revelation of the new dawn. Chris
Priestley’s Uncle Montagu’s Tale of Terror was published to considerable acclaim in 2007 and this one is the perfect follow-up though with an even greater gore factor.
At the Old Inn, which clings to a cliff top above a storm-lashed ocean, two sick children are left alone while their father fetches the doctor. Then a visitor comes begging for shelter, and so begins a night of story-telling, in which Ethan and Cathy sit out the last throes of the storm in the company of a sailor with grisly tales to satisfy them.
Chris Priestley has worked as a cartoonist for high-profile publications including THE NEW STATESMAN. Young Corgi published his first-ever book, DOG MAGIC! which was shortlisted for the Children's Book Award. He has also written historical non-fiction for young readers. He is married with a young son.
