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It was day 157... and it was raining... or at least Amy hoped it was.

Thats how the story unfolds, and I have to tell you seeing this book again after all these years is like seeing a friend I haven't seen in a long long time.
The story is great. Listen, ya'll don't know me, but if you are looking for a book to let your kids read, or to read to your kids, this is it. I read it often in 1981 I also recommend two other books, "The Children of Morrow" also by HM Hoover, and "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeline L'Engle.

This book was the first book I felt I could not do without. I checked out this book from my elementary school library in the 5th grade.. and never took it back. I didn't want to let it go. I was so nervous that I saved my allowance money and bought the book from the library when I told them I lost it.. when I was 10. I am now 32 and still have that book on the shelf. It is a truly wonderful story and will help your (or your childs) imagination run wild.

All her eleven years, Amy has lived in the dim underground City--eighty levels deep in the earth with its endless expanse of crisscrossing halls. The "Outside," as everyone knows, is polluted, barren and hostile. No one can go out and no one wants to.

Reading is not allowed in the City (or even taught), but Amy got hold of a book once about the Outside and she's very curious. Axel, a "psycho," says he's from the Outside--that's why he's a mental case. But Amy believes him. And together they secretly plan and execute a haunting and terrifying escape to the Outside.

A Hard-to-put-down book from beginning to end.

[Juvenile science fiction suitable for the intermediate grades and up.]

A Non-Workbook, Non-Textbook Approach to Teaching Language Arts: Grades 4 Through 8 and Up

In a far-flung future, the people are told the air above is too polluted to breathe-there is nothing left on the surface anymore. All that exists is the crowded underground city. Eleven-year-old Amy has always been the curious sort, but she has learned to hide her curiosity-and the fact she can read-from the adults who watch her. Until a strange boy tumbles into her world, claiming he is from the outside-and together the two of them must uncover old secrets and new worlds.

This is a rollicking preteen SF tale by H.M. Hoover that I found back in the eighties and was one of my favorites. Though this was originally published in the eighties, Hoover's ability to conjure up a another kind of world, to tell the kind of stories that speak to the reader and spark their imagination still shines through-so it's unsurprising that so many of her books are being reprinted for a new generation of young readers to discover and enjoy. Hoover herself confesses in her bio that she wrote the kind of stories she enjoyed reading as a child-what better way to capture an audience? THIS TIME OF DARKNESS encapsulates the idea of a strange, oppressive future society with appealing preteen protagonists. Readers journey with them as the discover the way out of the darkness, but will the watchers allow them to find freedom and hope in the world?

Many will want to pick this book up out of nostalgia-having read this when they were kids-to revisit the story they remember, and maybe to share with their children who are just encountering science fiction for the first time.

This story is perfectly tailored to its audience, and while some of the future technology may feel a little dated since publication, the overall themes hold up well, and deliver their message of hope and perseverance admirably. If you are encountering Hoover for the first time, look for some of her other SF classics, like THE WINDS OF MARS, ORVIS, or my favorite, THE LOST STAR. For books in a similar vein, you might also check out THE CITY OF EMBER by Jean Duprau and DEVIL ON MY BACK by Monica Hughes.

Happy Reading! ^_^ Shanshad

I first read this as a child, and it was one of several books that really made an impression on me. Every couple of years I would hunt it down through the local library, and it never lost its impact, even reading it as an adult! Finally, through Amazon, I was able to buy it for myself, and it will always have a place of honor on my bookshelf.

The story may have been labeled for young adults, but don't let that stop you from reading it! The writing is excellent, the plot is intriguing and moves swiftly. The ideas presented are thought-provoking and will have you thinking about the book long after you've finished it.

It's vaguely science fiction, set on a futuristic Earth, in a crowded, self-contained city -- one with no sunlight, no grass, no flowers, no beauty, no hope. Intelligence is frowned upon, reading is forbidden, life has little meaning. Then a boy appears and claims to have come from somewhere else, somewhere with bright sunlight and wide open spaces! Only one girl believes him, and together they set out to escape the dismal walls of her city, to find the impossible freedom of his home. Along the way they make some startling discoveries about the world they live in and the choices their ancestors made.

This is a wonderful book. Our main character has just gone to live with her uncle while her mom is away. She meets friends, and is wary of her uncle and his messy house. especially when she finds a surprise in her bed. And, to top it all off, a murderer called the Vampire is on the loose. Police are baffled. Soon, our character finds SHE will be the next victim. the ending is surprising, and very good. this is one of my favorite books.

I love her work. richie is my favorite author of all time. This is the first book from her I read. I still have the book and always read it when I get bored. Darcy Thomas was dumped by her mother, who had a "honeymoon" with a new fifth husband in Europe. The plan was to leave Darcy at her aunt's place but her laywer aunt was busy on a business, so Darcy was dropped to her unknown Uncle Jake, an uncle she had never know, just only heard of by her mother. And what she heard wasn't very pleasant. When she met Uncle Jake she was very surprise because he was young, around 22 or 23, not much older than her. She met his friends Kyle and Liz. Liz was mean to her because she used to having her way before Darcy came. Kyle was nice to her. So was his bestfriend Brandon, who was interest in Darcy. Liz was jealous of Darcy since she was liking Brandon. Then there was Elliott, whom seem to be watching her all the time but nobody see him except her. He appeared almost everywhere she goes. Jake was always nervous when he was around her, almoat afraid of her. Then there were these murders with girls and the culprit always leave his signature behind: a vampire dots on the girl's neck. Darcy thought someone was watching when she went to bed and it turn out that there was. She found the lipstick that use for the signature of the vampire in Jake's closet, and she also found these bloody stain with mud towels in the closet. Jake seem to be having a little secret he doesn't want her to know. Can she trust him or anyone?

I love her work. richie is my favorite author of all time. This is the first book from her I read. I still have the book and always read it when I get bored. Carolyn Baxter and her mother moved to an island to get an inherited Glanton House that left from a distant greataunt whom they haven't talk for years. Mrs. Baxter wanted to transform the house into a houseguests for tourists. Carolyn thought it was a bad idea, since the house was near a cliff, and the ocean that seem to go on and on forever; then there was fog all the time, making it harder to see. Nora, the creepy housekeeper left from Hazel, gave Carolyn all these horrible folklore that scare the hell out of her. Then a drifter came. His name is Joss Whitcomb, who needed a place to stay in exchange of doing handywork for them. Carolyn was half attracted to him with his dark, compelling look and half terrify of him for knowing too much of the tale of the house. the legend of the sea captain was scaring her cuz the captain's wife have the same name as Carolyn. The legend say that the captain have to go and the captain built a widow's walk for her to wait him there to return. But the wait seem to be forever so the Carolyn Glanton fall in love with another man. He was a drifter that she took care of; a cruel he was;very jealos and spiteful. Soon, Carolyn was depress. One stormy night, the ship of Captain Glanton came back but all people died except the captain. He was barely alive. The drifter killed the captain and killed the wife also and left. No one know where he go. With the legend like that, how could Carolyn trust the devastating drifter when she was feared of him?

Darcy is dumped by her mom, and left at her Uncle Jake's house. His home is inside a horror museum -- The Dungeon of Horrors, which he owns. As soon as she arrives, strange things start to occur. Girls start turning up in dark alleys with their throat slashed, and two lipstick marks on their necks -- implying a vampire bite. Darcy's thrown into the midst of the terror when she believes that she's being stalked and receives a threatening note under her pillow. To add to the situation, she starts suspecting that someone she knows is the killer! Will she survive long enough to find out?.....

"Vampire" was a very good book, and up to par with a great author -- Richie Tankersley Cusick. This was my second book by her, and it was great! Keeping that in mind, it did have a few flaws. It was a bit hard to get into, and didn't get straight to the point. Aside from that, it wasn't too fast-paced. The ending (being the most important part of a book -- especially in mysteries) was satisfying, but not completely shocking -- like most other books. Still, it was unique how the author made you change your mind three times about who the killer was before they were revealed.

I love this book so much! It is the story of seventeen-year-old Darcy, who is dumped by her mother at her handsome Uncle Jake's house, who is just 6 years older than her. There, she becomes friends with Brandon, the dark-haired, hot, guy who is already taken, but likes Darcy; Liz, the spoiled girlfriend of Brandon who is used to getting what she wants and does not have any real friends; Kyle, the sweet brother of Liz; and Elliott, the weird young man who never takes off his sunglasses and seems to follow Darcy around. Meanwhile, girls are being murdered in the town and left with slits in their throats and marks that look like a vampire's. Strange things start happening to Darcy, and at first everyone thinks she is overreacting. When Darcy finds a note saying "You are my chosen one," she must hurry to find who is doing the killing before she is next. This book has romance and suspense, and it keeps you guessing until the end. I think this book is somewhat hard to find, but I ordered it off amazon.com and am thankful I did.

The book is over sized with with a removable box dust cover. The binding is gorgeous and cryptic. Truly inspired by Gaimans work. The pages are thick and colorful... filled with beautiful art and Gaimans amazing stories of his Endless characters.

Well, I was expecting quite a bit after reading the first Absolute Sandman, and this one delivers on all accounts. The stories are amazing (somehow, A Game of You, the one I thought I'd hate, I loved the most) and this book overall was even better than the first.

The price here is magnificent, way cheaper than store price and the price is a very small price to pay for the content. Veteran readers will, I think, be pleased with the extra content.

They took some great stories and provided them a proper packaging. A great way to read and reread the series.

If you like sandman, just a little, so you MUST have this absolute, its needless to say that it is unworldly beautyful, the kind of item that any sandman fan have (they don't have the option: "not to have", if (s)he don't have, (s)he isn't a real fan). It's full with Extras more than 100 pages of mindblowing Sandman's extras.
Really a Top "Must Have" I already have garanteed tne other 2.

I always love Mr Gaiman;'s work. Sandman is probably his opus given the size and the eclectic nature of the themes. The Endless as interpreted by a Master like Gaiman represent an amazing world that weaves the deepest recesses of the collective consciousness, mythology, history and keep it living enough to be interesting. Aesthetically, the books are great and the artwork is just as eclectic as the are the themes. I wish I was exposed to this stuff as a kid...

When I saw this book and seen the reviews, I figured that it was just going to be "cool". Then when I finally got this in the mail I was completely overwhelmed by the imaginative visions that Barlowe puts into each of the paintings. Each picture is filled with detail and rich color. The captions get really in depth with what the picture stands for and which Demon is shown and when you think about it, it can be fairly creepy if this is what Hell was really like. Barlowe talks about making his way into the lowest reaches of Hell and bringing back the images to share with the world. The artwork in this book will completely blow you away.

Wayne Barlowe has long been one of my favorite artists, up there with Bekinski and Giger. He has a real talent for pulling the viewer into his world, so that we can almost smell the sulfur. This and its companion piece Brushfire are my (current) favorite art volumes, as I seem to be in a very hellish phase right now. But even when I'm not feeling hellish, I'm in awe of Mr. Barlowe's talent. I love the texture of the worlds and characters, the deep, roaring, ash-filled atmosphere of the environs of hell he portrays. I am always inspired by his work.

Normally I am reserved in my reviews but this one stands out as an entity that deserves high praise. I had been researching visions of Hell for some years when this book came out. It was an exquisite find as the author's vision was finely detailed and provided a wealth of information. His Hell is different yet similar to Dore's vision which appealed to me. It is as if he took Dore's vision and placed his own ideas and concepts on top of Gustave's.

This is highly recommended. The pictures are stunning and the text adds some nice thought as well. One reviewer wrote that he thought the souls looked to much like statuary and while I do agree with that criticism it is a minor quibble and is not always the case.

The book was not as good as I thought it was going to be. When I read certain passages of it at the bookstore I thought it was going to be a fictional narrative of a doomed person's experience in Hell. Instead it was more of an artists explanation about his paintings. The book still drew me in and made me think and feel about what Hell might be like. For this reason, the books ability to make me seriously think about Hell in a literal sense, I will give it four stars.

This collection is basically Barlowe's visual interpretation of Dante's Inferno from The Divine Comedy. Each painting has a page of description pointing out the purpose and reason for every detail in the image. From a tortorous picture of Lillith, to the haunting painting of a minor demon riding on the backs of several tortoured souls held together with muck, they are each fascinating to examine. Like Dali and other fantastical artists, one can look at these paintings and see something new every time. The color work is fantastic, and in some paintings actually appears to be digital photography until one looks closer. A ver well-thought-out project, it is pleasing to see another side of Barlowe's intelligent work.

This novel is terrifying from beginning to end. Any time your villain is a child possessed by malevolence it makes for a very scary read. If you can get your hands on this, (I personally had a hard time finding a copy), buy it! I promise you that you will not regret it.

I do not read vampire books AND this is not Vampire book. But the book is so GOOD that I will read this author's other books- which are Vampire books!
This is grand scale,small town, multi characters,bloody,atmospheric horror with lots of action,twist, ancient mythology and very GORE,graphic scene. If you like ANY type of horror then this is a must. My rule of thumb is- if ALL reviews of the books on Amazon are good then that book is GOOD... and was I right!

"Greely's Cove" in the baseball parlance is a slugger who hits a long drive to Center field in the old Yankee Stadium of about 455 feet. Unfortunately, the fence is 457 feet back so while a tremendous drive, it is merely a long out. In a literary sense, "Greely's Cove" just misses being a horror classic for the ages due to the lack of further character exposition that is sorely needed to explain the character's actions.

Gideon, a pseudonym for Lonn Hoklin, Oregon Governor Kulongoski's press secretary (a democrat, shame on him)starts the novel off strong with the suicide of a woman apparently under torment from her son. Her son, a formerly autistic empty shell of a human is miraculously transformed into a fully reasoning, talking and mature teenage boy with a slight british accent. Gideon's decription of the boy Jeremy, leads us to imagine a young James Mason complete with red smoking jacket, martini glass and cigarette holder. This breakthrough came under noted psychologist Hadrian Craslowe who lives in a gloomy threatening manse in a remote part of the village. At the same time, the village is experiencing a rash of residents disappearances of approximately one a month. The boy's father returns from Washington DC to look after him and gets drawn up into the creepy and sometimes outright terrifying events that occur as a result of the boy's transformation.

This is all great horror fun! Greely's Cove is an outright homage to King's "Salem's Lot in the outstanding decription of smalltown life and the people who live there. Characters such as Mich Nistler, Stu Bromton, Renzi Dawkins, the unfortunate victims, Corey "the Cannibal" Strecker and Lindsay Moreland will remain in the reader's memory long after the book is completed.

However, the lack of full exposition of main character's Carl Trosper, Hannaford Hazelwood and Robinson Sparhawk deny this novel classic status. Carl Trosper is an unlikeable character despite the author's best efforts, leading us to believe whether Gideon wanted to make him hero or anti-hero. The mystical duo of Hazelwood and Sparhawk are better defined characters whose limitations and history are not fully described by the author. Ms. Hazelwood is presented as an ancient (good) witch of a mystical order capable of awesome power. Mr. Gideon should have delved further into this order and the history the order has with the evil represented by Mr. Craslowe. Mr. Sparhawk is a forensic psychic who has met pure evil twice before and ran from the challenge. Why was this? What was he so afraid of, besides death? All three characters seem incomplete which makes the ending of the novel less satisfying then it could have been.

A very fine novel, but approximately 25 pages short of being a classic one.

Being a very big fan of the horror genre, I was at first reluctant to pick this up but then succumbed to it. And boy was I glad I did! This guy is completely underrated and deserves some recognition from the Bram Stoker Award. Sadly though, all of Gideon's books are out of print but are worth searching for. Well, anyway I'll try to describe the plot without mentioning any spoilers. In the small town of Greely's Cove, a woman's body is found at the house at the edge of town. Suddenly, that house becomes the place of fear and terror for the town. With dead bodies, a vampire, and a evil entity trying to break through the other side to the real world. This book is extremely gory and gruesome, and not for the squeamish. If you like your horror bloody and gory, then this is it but don't say I didn't warn you.

It is refreshing to find a book that can give me the creeps. Greely's Cove showed me that there are still stories out there that can push the right buttons for me. Right from the beginning I knew this would be a special story. Some of the ideas presented in this book were simply outstanding moments of horror.

A mother is driven to suicide after the miraculous recovery of her autistic son (don't even try to imagine what happens to her body). The estranged father returns with big ideas about having a son, but he doesn't find what he expects. Mysterious disappearances around town are adding up, and the police chief is forced to seek out the assistance of a "forensice psychic" to help with the case... one that has encountered this type of evil only a couple of times in his life - each time he retreats, fearing for his life and sanity. What does the once-autistic boy and his doctor have to do with the case?

There was a lot going on in this story, but the plot was never confusing and none of it ever felt forced. My aversion to psychics was a non-issue in this book, as the character was likeable and believeable right from his introduction. Pacing was good, and the story progressed with a very natural flow. At just over 400 pages, the length was perfect. There are many stories that feel hundreds of pages too long, but this is one that I would not have minded reading for another hundred pages (not that it needed it). Another positive is that even though this novel is from the late eighties, it didn't really feel dated - with passing references to salaries and cars being the only indication of the time period.

I highly recommend this book to all fans of the genre.

This is a great great book. If you are familiar with the authors' adversary cycle you will know this was the last book of the six. Let me say that he saved the best for last. This book is a horrific page turner from start to finish. Trust me when I say you will enjoy.

Wilson wrapped up his entire pantheon of characters from his horror novels in this one. I first read this without having read The Touch, Reborn, or Reprisal. Although I couldn't understand all the subplots, I got enough of it to sense the enormity of Wilson's undertaking -- he was essentially plunging into Hell the world he had created and included in all his novels. Now, years later (after having read the mentioned novels), I find the story even MORE enjoyable. I gave this 5 stars even when I was a little lost -- now I wish I could give it more.

Nightworld is a seriously scary book. Not personally scary but scary for the world as we know it. Nightworld completes the Nightworld series, which consists of six books, starting with The Keep. I've read all books and until the publication of Nightworld, it was called The Adversary Series, taken from the fact that the underlying element of this series is the ongoing confrontation through eternity and through the universe of two powerful forces.

These forces are not defined by good and evil for they are not. But one force, which is called the Other in the books, is brutal and caring nothing for humanity, tends to use evil means to achieve it's goal, while his adversary though not necessarily Good utilizes humanity to thwart His Adversary, The Other.

The Anti-Other, throughout history, has utilized a human champion to battle the Other. This champion is empowered with Godlike powers and made immortal for this purpose.

In the initial book, The Keep, which I've mentioned, the earthly agent of The Other, Rasalom, was weakened and imprisoned in a specially constructed prison by a champion of a long gone age, maybe a champion named Glaeken, whose subsequent job in The Keep was to keep tabs on The Other and make sure it didn't escape.

The Keep is a marvelous story wherein, Rasalom, because of some Nazi soldiers, almost escapes his incarceration. I won't go into the story but at the end, Rasalom is vanquished and ostensibly terminated but this is not to be and through the course of two more books, Reborn and Reprisal, Rasalom is rejuvenated, recuperated re-empowered and is set to take revenge upon troublesome humanity. The stage is set for Nightworld.

Nightworld
"If thou gaze into the abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee"

What in the world is going on! Sunrise was five plus minutes late! we're in early summer, surise should be later not earlier, and then another shocker, sunset was ten minutes early! This continues on the second day etc and then a bottomless hole 200 feet across and perfectly round opens up in New York's, Central Park.

The world's scientific community, though at a loss for these occurrences, downplay these episodes and insist there is a rational explanation for these phenomenons. However, there is one who knows what's going on and he has a birds eye view of the Central Park event from his apartment.

It is the ancient warrior Glaeken, who is now in his 80s (his immortality ended after his 1941 battle with Rasalom), living under a pseudonym, Mr. Veileur. Glaeken knows exactly what's going on and he immediately sets out to gather a group of individuals to try to effect some sort of resistance, admittedly an enormous longshot but the only shot humanity has.

Main Charactersin order of appearance

Rasalom [Evil agent of the Other]
Dr. Nicholas Guinn [Physicist and friend of Bill Ryan]
Glaeken/veileur [Aged champion of the Anti-Other]
(ex father) Bill Ryan [Friend and confidant of Glaeken]
Carol Teece [mother of the reborn Rasalom]
Repairman Jack [hero of "The Tomb", a resourceful replacement for the aged Glaeken]
Kolabati [an ancient Indian Priestess who has two artifacts Glaeken needs]
Ba Nyguen [a special forces trained Vietnamese body guard for the following]
Sylvia Nash [mother of the adopted boy Jeffery]
Dr Alan Bulmer [Sylvia's husabnd and Jeffery's father]
Jeffery [a boy who has a healing power called Dat-tay-vao which Glaekin needs in his battle]

Glaeken meets with his would be recruits and of course his story is met with some skepticism, however, as Glaeken predicts, on the second night, hoards of large flying killer insect like creatures(later named by Glaeken as Belly Flies and Chew Wasps descend on an unsuspecting population and kill hundreds of people, horses, dogs etc. Also thousands of these creatures make a beeline to the home of Jeffery and his parents, in an obvious effort to kill Jeffery.

These creatures and the even more deadly creatures that follow can't stand sunlight but of course, day by day, the sunlight is slowly disappearing. In addition thousands of new holes open up around the world and every effort to cap them has been futile, with additional casualties. Humanity is quickly being wiped out and the daylight is getting shorter and shorter!

Things indeed look bleak for humanity but at least the recent horrors have solidified our cadre. Repairman Jack, with Ba in tow is off to Maui and Bill Ryan is off to Rumania, all to retrieve the artifacts that Glaeken needs to have a chance to counteract the carnage.

Can Repairman Jack and Glaeken, along with his unlikely cadre save "life as we know it", or will Rasalom rule over an Unholy Nightmare World?

Author

If you've never read F.Paul Wilson, I recommend him heartily.
He has a nice easily readable writing style and he seems to always have unusual if not unique plots to his stories. This particular book is the culmination of a series that I'm sure did not start out as such. "The Keep" was the original book as I have mentioned and is the basis for the series and as mentioned "Reborn" and "Reprisal" were definitely created to make a series out of a single novel but the resourceful Wilson managed to tie two unrelated books "The Tomb" and "The Touch" into episodes in the series in this last book and it works very well for me.

I was also glad to see Wilson reprise the ever popular Repairman Jack. Wilson has gone on to write several more Repairman Jack novels.

Reviewers Note

Because of the nature of this story. this book tends to be fairly gory and graphic about it. If this is not your cup of tea, then do not read this book. Then again, what are you doing reading any horror books?

Rarely do you come across a horror novel that truly chills you to the bone. This is one of those books. The days get shorter and creepy crawlies come out of holes that pop up all around the world. The monsters and their need for flesh make this a difficult job for REPAIRMAN JACK. Will he make it out alive. You'll just have to read it for yourself. My only critisism of this book is I thought it was rushed at the end, and the loose ends were'nt tied-up.

I just finished the Adversary Cycle with Nightworld and have read all of the Repairman Jack novels that lead up to this final novel. Unfortunately I have to say that Nightwold was a disappointing end to Repairman Jack's world as created by F. Paul Wilson. I loved all of his previous books, even "The Touch", which at the time seemed completely unrelated to any of the rest. My main gripe with this book was the final confrontation, which seemed way too easy and was clumsily written. I found it difficult to understand the scene and exactly what was happening. It also seems silly that the antagonist, while powerful enough to remake the planet to his own liking could be so easily vanquished. And finally the antagonist seemed incredibly out of character in the end. I don't want to spoil it, so let's just say that he didn't go out the way he was written through out the Adversary cycle. Worst of all, the "support" the protagonist needed from the crowd of New Yorkers in order to defeat his enemy was worse than cheesy it was plain ridiculous.

My next gripe was with continuity and was more of an annoyance than a problem. If you haven't read any on the Repairman Jack novels, particularly the newest ones, this won't be an issue for you. In Nightworld, Jack learns a great many things that he has long since known about, and as a result needs to be convinced of what is happening to the world around him. My final issue is, unlike Reborn and Reprisal, Nightworld isn't very edgy, it just doesn't have that suspenseful feeling that wouldn't let me put down either of its two most recent predecessors. Sure there plenty of disgusting scenes such as a man being gouged by a 10-foot millipede which lays eggs in his abdomen that hatch and eat him alive. But that was more gross than scary, which is true of most of the book.

I would have liked to see more scares thrown at the population of Nightworld like the antagonists ability to control the dead, not just scary insects and killer winged beasts. What I was really hoping for was a greater explanation of the to eternal opposing forces, which are fighting for the planet. No luck there.

That said, I still enjoyed the book, as it brought back characters from all of the previous adversary cycle books and my favorite, Repairman Jack. And while it wasn't the best ending to an otherwise excellent series, it still was a somewhat satisfying ending to the story arc. I just think it could have been better, and wish Wilson had waited to write Nightworld after he decides (hopefully not soon) to end the RJ Series, that way the two story arcs could have merged and ended at the same time. But if you've read the previous books in the adversary cycle you'll of course have to read Nightworld and I would recommend doing so, albeit with low expectations so that you won't be too disappointed or if you completely disagree with my review you're pleasantly surprised.

What would you do if there were a way to bring back a loved one you had lost? A child? A beloved spouse? What lengths would you be willing to go to in order to hold them again; to kiss them again; to bring them back into your life? These are the questions the main characters in Mark LaFlamme's The Pink Room, must grapple with.

Theodore Currie was widely acknowledged as a modern-day Einstein whose life's work was unraveling the mysteries of the physical universe. The day he lost his beloved daughter, Angel, in a horrible house fire, was the day his universe fell apart. A grief-stricken father, he decided to put his theories to work to concoct a miracle - the resurrection of Angel. On a hill-top in rural Maine, where forces both natural and supernatural combine with astonishing power, Currie built a house. In that house he created an exact replica of the pretty, pink room his daughter lived and died in - the very room he hoped to bring her back to. However, Currie himself died a freakish death in the Maine woods shortly after the room was completed.

One year later Jonathan Cain, a successful horror writer, makes arrangements to spend the summer in the abandoned Currie house with the purpose of finding out the truth about the events that transpired before Theodore Currie's death. He has told his agent that he is researching and writing a new novel. But his real reasons for being in the Currie house are much darker. Cain has experienced the loss of a loved one too. He recently lost his young wife, Kimberly, to the rapid progression of an in-operable brain tumor. Cain has come to the Currie house with the hope of finding out if the house can actually work the magic that Currie was sure it could.

However, Cain is not the only one interested in the Currie house. The U.S. government is also very interested in getting their hands on Currie's papers and formulas. There are soldiers and a government scientist stationed in the Maine woods in order to keep an eye on Cain and the Currie house. Right now Olivia Currie, Theodore's mom and current owner of the Currie house, is keeping the government goons at bay, and off the Currie land. All that could change when Olivia Currie unexpectedly dies.

Following that setup, the story becomes a virtual thrill ride starting right from the first page of The Pink Room which doesn't let up until the book is finished and closed. LaFlamme writes a well-paced, descriptive, riveting narrative you will not want to put down. He has done a masterful job of combining actual scientific theory, spine-tingling chills, nail-biting suspense, realistic characters, a dash of wry humor, and even a slight nod to that other well-known Maine author. The Pink Room is going right onto my list of horror favorites and I will be eagerly looking forward to reading more from this author.

Angel Currie's bedroom is something that would please any young girl. Decorated all in pink, the room holds a lovely dollhouse, as well as a pink snow globe that plays the enchanting "Fur Elise." As if that weren't enough to captivate a little girl, the fuzzy toys strewn about are all pink, and they spend their days lounging about on a soft, pink bed. Yes, no little girl could resist a haven as lovely as this. Not even Angel Currie...and she's dead. Angel's father, on the other hand, is very much alive - yet insane with grief. Theodore Currie had it all. A beautiful daughter, and recognition for being the world's top physicist - working on formulating the Theory of Everything. But that all changed when Angel died. Now, Theodore has begun using pink enticements to lure his daughter back to the land of the living, from a place that is utterly unreachable - even for a man of his education. When the Currie home becomes abandoned, a writer named Jonathan Cain takes up residence behind its doors. His wife has just passed on, and Jonathan needs a place to grieve in peace, and find out the secrets about Theodore Currie. No one knows exactly what happened to the crazed genius as he conducted his experiment within these walls, and Jonathan plans to spend every moment trying to uncover what type of foul play occurred to cause the scientist to disappear. Now, as government agents trample all over the Currie residence, Jonathan begins putting together missing pieces of the puzzle to find the answers to all of his questions. And, as he enters the pink room, he realizes that there is a kind of magic floating within. A magic that could drive the sane mad, and return loves lost back home.

I rarely read horror novels. However, from reading the back cover of Mark LaFlamme's THE PINK ROOM, I was instantly drawn inside the psychological thriller, and knew that there was no way I would be able to put it down. LaFlamme has woven a tale filled with intricate characters, and a plot line that crosses boundaries. The terror and fear that he builds up within the reader as each page is read is incredible, and enough to leave you with nightmares. Each character is driven, and possesses strange quirks that make them appealing. From Theodore Currie's mad scientist-like ways; to Jonathan Cain's compulsive behavior to find out the truth, and learn everything he can about the Pink Room; and even to Angel Currie, whose spirit-like presence within the room is eerie, to say the least, and literally sends shivers up your spine as you read about the young girl. A chilling debut from a masterful new voice in horror.

Erika Sorocco

I was browsing Booklocker's website one day when I happened upon a guy named Mark LaFlamme whose insomnia compelled him to write books. It was something about his writing style that drew me. In addition to that, it was something about his insomnia that gave me this visual of a man sitting up at the creepiest hours of night typing away as his lack of sleep fed his muse, so I had to read his book. What impressed me the most about LaFlamme was his words. They flowed so easily that they reminded me of music. His words illustrated meaning without being overly descriptive. Yet just when you think that this book is only going to lead you on with its well-expressed descriptions of scary noises and creepy dark rooms, this dead girl shows up and scares the mess out of you! What I appreciated most about this child was that she wasn't your typical zombie who mindlessly stumbled around as if her only purpose among the living was to just look scary. LaFlamme gets original and creative by making her unpredictable and threatening, which makes you wonder what she's going to do next. And if that doesn't keep you riveted, consider the constant state of bewilderment you'll be in as you wonder how the plot with his dead wife will unravel. Will he bring her back to life? Can he? And if he does, will she come back as the loving wife he remembered her as, or has death turned her into an unbelievable horror that cannot be undone?
I'm not a horror book reader, because when I think of horror, I think of disturbing. I don't like to be left with troubling thoughts, yet this book left me more fascinated than anything. You know that a writer is talented when he can attract readers outside of his targeted audience. LaFlamme had me analyzing death on another level. He had me dwelling on the power of physics and his novel gave me a tingle at the possibility of man tapping into other realms. There was one part in his book that reads, "No soul would rest with the avaricious hand of man in control of powers he had long thought beyond his grip." Now that was powerful. And speaking of powerful, the ending was mind boggling! After reading this novel, I couldn't help but wonder why I haven't heard of this book before. Have I been living under a rock since it's been on the market? I mean, this guy is good. So at the risk of sounding impatient, I have to say that Mark LaFlamme would be doing the world a disservice if he doesn't come out with another novel soon!

"The Pink Room is a place where lost loves come home. And you can't send them back."

The Pink Room presents a strange mix of suspense, horror, and science both real and fictional. The story is a bit slow, but builds to multiple climaxes through out the storyline, filling the reader in a little more as the overall plot progresses. Some of the minor storylines may seem insignificant at first, but LaFamme does a great job of bringing all of the little pieces together by the end of the book, drawing a scarily complete picture of what could happen when science and religion collide.

The world's top physicist dies after conducting strange experiments at an isolated country house. A lonely writer, morning his wife and looking for a story, gets permission to stay in the house and try to learn its secrets. At the same time, the U.S. government has agents in the area, watching the writer, and with an unknown agenda.

Quantum physics forms the base of the story. But don't worry, what little science is discussed is easily absorbed by a layman. The book starts off with an event almost a century in the past, and instantly catches the attention of the reader with the strange tale. This historical reference lends credence to other events through out the book and will definitely stand out in the mind of the reader.

Mark LaFamme has done an excellent job of taking cutting edge science and molding it into a believable as well as enjoyable tale. With a well crafted plot and characters that will remind the reader of people they know, memories of "The Pink Room" will linger with the reader long after the last page is finish. I highly recommend this book for anyone that enjoys a bit of science mixed with their suspense or for someone looking for a title a bit off the beaten path.

Do you enjoy a good scary story that weaves elements of science and horror yet stays traditional without too much techno slang? If yes, then this is the book for you. In The Pink Room, talented author Mark LaFlamme takes cosmology, quantum mechanics, and the string theory and mixes them with the supernatural to create a compelling scenario that will both pull at your heart strings and chill your blood.

The story begins as the protagonist, well-known horror author Jonathan Cain, moves for the summer to a mysterious Second-Empire-styled house bordered by woods in the small town of Mulberry, Maine. Though most believe that the author is there to write, Cain has his own hidden agenda.

For a short time, the house used to be the home of the world's top physicist Theodore Currie, who had built it himself following some very detailed and strange specifications, complete with the turret tower--or the `pink room'--which happens to be an exact replica of his little daughter's room before she died. Currie also had a hidden agenda--he believed he could bring back his beloved little girl. That is, until his dead body was found filled with bites in the woods nearby the house...

Now, Cain is sure he can succeed at what Currie failed, and that is to bring his beloved Kimberly back from the dead and make her stay....

The Pink Room is one of those books you won't like to read alone at night. It will make you look over your shoulder and go jumpy. The little town, the dense woods, and especially the house all add to create an excellent atmosphere of darkness and threat. The novel touches the reader intellectually and emotionally, making it all the more terrifying. Though LaFlamme uses the science to add depth, he doesn't let it get in the way of the story with too much heavy vocabulary. The pace is fast, the characters' motivations real, and the suspense doesn't let down. LaFlamme has a real talent for knowing what resides in the mind of the horror author. This novel will be thoroughly enjoyed by fans of the genre, as well as by horror authors themselves. Highly recommended.

This book was great! It's about two twins who were separated, Elizabeth and Isabel when their parents split up. So when Isabel dies, Elizabeth goes to live with her father and pretents to be Isabel since no one knows she's dead and since here father's recently had a heart attack, he doesn't really remember stuff. Then, Elizabeth and Rob, which was Isabel's boyfriend fall in love and he finds out that Elizabeth isn't Isabel and then he tells her that he loves her and they know that Isabel is up to something but...it leaves you on a cliffhanger and you have to buy book 2, which is Twin Terror.

Its about two girls Isabel and Elizabeth. That ELIZABETH
takes over her boyfriend, friends,and her things. But at the end does she find out that her sister was not really dead.
This book is a really great book because it leaves you hanging at the end of the story. You just want to keep reading it.

this book is about twin sisters elizabeth and isabel!iz and liz for short!anyway isabel is murdered or so they think and liz takes her place to see if she can figure out who muredered her sister!!i couldn't put this book down and i am dying to read the sequel!!i hope you like it as much as me!the sequel is called TWIN TERROR!!
krysti

this is a really good exciting and thrilling book!
it makes you want to keep reading and turning the pages from the beginning until the very end!
it's a great horror book, and it was definitely one of the best I've ever read
i hope u enjoy Twin Sisters, and that this review has helped!

Twin Sisters by Janice Harrell is a AWESOME book! It keeps you in suspense throughout the whole thing! It was very well written and I couldn't put it down! Anybody from the ages 10 to about 20 would enjoy this book. It's about 2 twins that were separated when they're parents divorced. One day, one of them died, so the other one, goes 2 live with her dad. Scary and creepy things keep happening @ her sisters house...find out what happens by reading it yourself. I KNOW YOU WILL ENJOY IT!

I changed my mind about this book while in the midst of reading it which doesn't happen to me very often.
At first I wasn't thrilled about it although I thought it had an interesting premise.
There were 2 reasons for this.
The first is that to me the heroine Jenna was not very likable.
She started out the book as a shallow , popularity obsessed, self centered teenager who treated her only true friend badly because she more or less though she'd ruin her chances of getting noticed by the in crowd at school.I couldn't relate to Jenna.

The second was I had problems with the futuristic storyline.
For some reason it seemed forced and unnatural to me.

However about 4 chapters into the book , both things started to change.
Little by little Jenna started to evolve into a wonderful person.And I got more used to the storyline.
The story is pretty original.I know there are a lot of time travel books around, but this one was different from any that I had read.It has some twists and angles which gave it that unusual flair.
The suspense of the last few chapters had my heart pounding.
I admit that I didn't see the big shock at the end coming.
I read it in one day and it was an enjoyable way to pass the afternoon.

I am not a very good reader. I read 1 book in a year. I finished this in 2 days!!!!!!!!!! Its a great book and i love how Leslie Rule discribes what happens. again it is a great book!

I happened to pick this book up and am extremely please that I did. The Author was extremely thoughtful and imaginative for this book. I have read it many times and will eventually give it to my children to read. It is no wonder that this book was excellent, the writing talent is in her family.

I bought this book at a garage sale earlier in the year and I just figured it would be a 'scary' book (I'm an avid fan of Stephen King, John Saul, etc.) As I started reading it, I began to think that I wouldn't like it....set in 2070, the main character is 'connected' to a girl from 1970 who was brutally murdered. At first, I didn't like the fact that it was set so far into the future. I figured from reading the cover that it was recent time and that 100 years before that the murder occurred. I got over that fact quickly when I began to see what was unfolding before my eyes! I couldn't put this book down! [Ask my boyfriend! I was up all night last night, under the covers with my flashlight finishing the book! :)]

I don't want to spoil this book for anyone so I won't divulge any secrets but I just want to say that this is a GREAT READ and that I will keep this in my collection for sure! And if I might make another recommendation, if you LOVE this book then you must read "The Mirror" by Marlys Millhiser! These two books are my favorites now!

I remember back when I read this book, it was nothing that I had anticipated it to be. I used to read mystery novels all the time from Lois Duncan and Caroline B Cooney and Joan whatever her name was etc. etc. But there was definately something special about this mystery, and I have to say it was one of the best I have ever read, because not only did it keep me up all night unable to put it down, but it really made me think.

I think it's sad that this book is out of print. If Leslie Rule or her publishers read this, please try to get this book out there again! It's a GREAT read that shouldn't be missed. And Ms. Rule, I hope you write some more books someday, you definately have a gift!

I am 24 years old and I still love Fear Street. I read this saga over 10 years ago and I started thinking about it a few months ago for some reason. I looked in book stores but it was order only, so I didn't bother. Finally my husband told me to go on Amazon and order it. After all, we would be going to the beach for Labor Day weekend and I don't like going into the water, so reading material is a must.

I'm almost done with the first book, and I love it. I feel like a teen again.

The Burning is one of the sagas set in days of old explaining the curse that possesses Fear Street.it is an interesting read but it involves much death and is not a cheery book by any means.So I am wondering if it is really worth it.There isn't really a positive aspect or moral to it.Except, perhaps, that the Fear family's own evil is what eventually destroyed them.

I was reading The Burning by R.L. Stine. This book was a pretty good book; out of ten I would give this book a high eight. I liked this book because of all mystery and horror combined.

In this book it is told by Nora Goode, who is married to one of the Fears. In this book it is about how this guy Simon Fear goes to this party and falls in love with Angelica Goode. But Angelica has two guys that are really wealthy and smart and handsome. So Simon kills both of them and marries Angelica. Then bad luck comes back to Simon. He kills his own daughter. Now Daniel has to go for Simon's birthday.
and mystery. They would like this because it is all mystery and horror. So read this book
A person who would like this is a person who likes horror

I didn't like the ending because it could have been a better, but if he did a different ending then there wouldn't be any Fear Street books. I did like it from the beginning up to the end. I only liked the beginning because it had the mystery to it and I didn't want to put it down. I like it when I can't put it down because then it keeps me hooked. When I'm hooked the book doesn't get boring that easily
The story is about a boy named Simon who tried to forget about and stop the family curse. But then, it finally caught up to him. It is about Simon's grandson named Daniel. Daniel didn't know about his family curse until he got to his grandparents. He fell in love with Nora Goode before he knew about the curse and he thought that if they got married it would end the curse. Will the marriage and their true love end the curse? What will happen to them in the end?
If you didn't read The Betrayal and The Secret then you will not understand the book that well. If you like mystery, love, and not wanting to put the book down then you may like this book most of it or all of it. This book will help you understand why bad things happen to people who live on Fear Street in the Fear Street books. There is dying in this book and if you like that in a book then you may just like this book.

This is the 3rd book in the series. It's about a girl name Nora & a boy name Daniel want to stop the curse of the family. They think that the only way to end it forever is to get married. This book actually need 10 stars because it was better than the other 2.