Carrion Comfort
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.52 (963 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1455810398 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 519 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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His most recent novels include the New York Times bestsellers The Terror and Drood, as well as Black Hills. . He is widely considered to be one of the premier multiple-genre fiction writers in the world. He lives along the Front Range in Colorado and has never grown tired of the views. DAN SIMMONS is a recipient
Each year, three of the most powerful of this hidden order meet to discuss their triumphs of bloodshed and destruction. But at this reunion, something will go terribly wrong. The PastCaught behind the lines of Hitler’s Final Solution, Saul Laski is one of the multitudes destined to die in the notorious Chelmno extermination camp. Saul’s quest is about to reach its elusive object, drawing hunter and hunted alike into a struggle that will plumb the depths of mankind’s attraction to violence, and determine the future of the world itself.“Carrion Comfort is one of the few major reinventions of the vampire concept, on a par with Jack Finney’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend, and Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot.” DAVID MORRELL. Until he rises to meet his fate and finds himself face-to-face with an evil far older, and f
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. Opposing them are Saul Laski, a psychologist and concentration-camp survivor, who is devoted to tracking down the Nazi vampire von Borchert; Natalie Preston, whose father inadvertently and fatally crossed the path of a pawn of the ancient, dotty vampire Melanie Fuller; Sheriff Bobby Joe Gentry, dragged in while investigating the multiple murders that marked the departure of Melanie Fuller from Charleston; and a host of other normals and vampires whose lives impinge on those of
"and other sci-fi/fantasy works like Ilium. His character development is top-notch here just" according to Mark A. Williams. I got hooked on Simmons by reading Hyperion and its sequels, and other sci-fi/fantasy works like Ilium. His character development is top-notch here just as in those, but the chapters told from Melanie Fuller's first-person POV did not hold my attention nearly as well as the others, which were from the third-person POV. It becomes obvious why Simmons chose to write hers from that perspective, but turning the pages seemed like a chore rather than a joy when her voice was telling the story. I would be interested in how the antagonists' actions would be portrayed and whether or no. "The best of the best in horror." according to KRH. Between Stephen King's the Stand, Robert McCammon's Swan Song, and this book Carrion Comfort by the master Dan Simmons; they are the three Classic novels of Good vs. Evil over a Apocalyptic landscape. If you like one, you'll love all three. Highly recommended.Also see any of Scott Sigler's novels beginning with his Infected trilogy Infected: A Novel, Ancestor Ancestor: A Novel, and Nocturnal Nocturnal: A Novel, he is the best of a new generation of horror writers.. "Interesting, Early Work by this Author" according to Mel. I decided to read this after finishing Simmons' more recent novel, Drood, which I liked very much. Drood was my first reading by this author, who is pretty prolific, so I wasn't sure which novel of his to try next. Carrion Comfort sounded like a horror story involving psychic powers, which intrigued me, so I purchased it. The author's introduction explains that this was written early in his career, and details some interesting history about troubles with the editing and publishing of this novel. I found that interesting, but readers without any interest in the publishing world