The Abandoned
by Douglas Clegg
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Author: Douglas CleggEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-05
ISBN: 0843954108
Number of pages: 370
Publisher: Leisure Books
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Book Review: Abandoned Embraces the Horror
Summary: 4 Stars
Doug Clegg's new novel of Harrow House is a welcome addition to his own dark mythology. He digs deep into the minds, language, and culture of marginalized youth, of the nightmare of small towns and the way they isolate those who stray from the norm.
Without giving away any spoilers, this is a tale steeped in Grue and darkness, unapologetic as it digs beneath the skin, and moves quckly from invasion to paranoia, to apocalyptic destruction reminiscent of Stephen King's "Needful Things." In the end it is not Harrow House that is haunted, but the characters who gaze into the mirror at the truths of who they really are.
While some of the characters are less fully realized than in his other novels, notably his amazing novel "The Hour after Dark," "The Abandoned" continues to break convention in the haunted house tale.
I'm eagerly looking forward to his next novel, a significant departure into a medieval fantasy world populated by Vampires
--"The Priest of Blood," to which Publishers Weekly has given amazing praise and a starred review.
(four stars)
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