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Erebus is a brilliant read that I have read twice now, and I would not hesitate in reading it again.
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A phone call late at night, a man disappearing, people seeming to wilt before your very eyes. Something strange is happening in the little town of Wakely.
Geoffrey Anderson thinks he`s got problems, but he doesn`t realise just how big those problems are or how much larger they are about to become. He is in on the secret that is behind the downfall of the town, but he doesn`t know that this secret is going to be the death of him, literally.
Jo Ward, a popular journalist, but popular for all the wrong reasons. She has managed to escape from the clutches of a hit man relatively unscathed. A new life many miles away and she believes she is safe, what she doesn`t know is that the bullet with her name on hasn`t been discharged yet.
Newly born farm animals are disfigured at birth, the young are devouring their mothers, eating the teats that feed them. As it breaks through the cow`s side it looks like something from alien, but what has emerged is just a newborn calf almost as big as it`s parent.
Vic tyler inherits the farm after his father`s death, and he beleives that this is his new start, but this is a very bad start.
After Jo receives a phone call from Geoffrey Anderson, in which he states in an urgent manner that he has something important to tell her, things then start to go downhill pretty rapidly. Jo and Vic team up to try and discover why the town looks deserted. Thae facts that they begin to unravel are particularly disturbing.
It appears that the Vanderburg company is the root behind all evils, but who or what is behind Vanderburg. Whoever it is has some pretty powerful connections, because no sooner have Jo and Vic started to unravel the puzzle, then all means of communication are removed from the town.
How will they escape the barriers, how can they stop the virus that is turning the inhabitants of Wakeley into cannibals, will they fall in love and live happily ever after? (Yes there`s even romance mixed in among the carnage.)
This is quite a fast paced horror novel that will have you gripping your seat the way a good movie does. As with all Shaun Hutson novels, he goes into some pretty graphic detail. If you`re a bit squeamish then you might want to think twice before reading this, plenty of blood and guts.
It`s not just the horror scenes that he is graphic about, though admittedly these are what made the book for me, but he also goes into great detail when it comes to any sex scenes. Anyone who has read any of Shaun Hutson`s work will know that in many of his books, the sex scenes are almost verging on pornographic.
If you like the writings of Dean Koontz and Stephen King then I urge you to read some of Hutson`s work. Although I think he is in the same league as such writers his style is entirely his own.
Erebus is a brilliant read that I have read twice now, and I would not hesitate in reading it again.
Advantages: not to long and drawn out Disadvantages: none i loved it
one of his best, this book was fantastic..based on a small town and family... full of detail you will lose yourself in his words, well written and will leave you on the edge of your chair. a hard one to put down, if you like the style of shauns books, this one is a defo. most of his books do have a strong theme... but this on is a chilled out no need to think to much to enjoy it... great for the holidays. not to long, doesnt get boring half way through, ...
BLKBUTTERFLY 21.05.2008
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know that its going to be another great read and another one of those days curled up in front of the fire, nobody to disturb you, nothing between you, just you and your imagination...or is it ?
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