... The fear that is gripping the community is making them do strange things..
Underneath all this, a vicar who knows of his family's evil secret and the black magic that his great, great, grandfather used to practice is now starting to unleash in the quite village. Above all he knows that ... Read review
Advantages: A truely horrifying read Disadvantages: Not for the faint hearted
...Investigator, David Ash, goes to the town of Sleath where some sightings have been seen and weird things are beginning to happen. David is a non believer of ghosts but something has swayed his opinion many years ago when he came across another world within this own. He still denies the existence of the paranormal but somewhere deep in his subconcious, he is screaming with fear.
In the village of Sleath reports from a widowed mother ... ...been used for 50 years. The fear that is gripping the community is making them do strange things..
Underneath all this, a vicar who knows of his family's evil secret and the black magic that his great, great, grandfather used to practice is now starting to unleash in the quite village. Above all he knows that his granddaughter's life is at risk... and how will save her...
A classic James Herbert tale of pure horror, ... more
Psychic Investigator, David Ash, goes to the town of Sleath where some sightings have been seen and weird things are beginning to happen. David is a non believer of ghosts but something has swayed his opinion many years ago when he came across another world within this own. He still denies the existence of the paranormal but somewhere deep in his subconcious, he is screaming with fear.
In the village of Sleath reports from a widowed mother that her dead husband is still beating her son, even though they are both dead. A dead rapist come to haunt his victim and carries on his sordid deeds. Children's singing is heard from a school which has not been used for 50 years. The fear that is gripping the community is making them do strange things..
Underneath all this, a vicar who knows of his family's evil secret and the black magic that his great, great, grandfather used to practice is now starting to unleash in the quite village. Above all he knows that his granddaughter's life is at risk... and how will save her...
A classic James Herbert tale of pure horror, chillingly disturbing down to the bone marrow. The characters are easy to follow and some unexpected twists occur within the story, and some of the things that the characters do you will not expect. I haven't given the plot away but I believe I have given you a taster of the true horror within the book.
I will warn you though if you do read this book...don't look under the bed.....
Advantages: Very very creepy story Disadvantages: None
...tale that grips you from the beginning. One word of caution though, if you get the chance read the Haunted first because it involves the same character (David Ash) but is set prior to the Ghosts of Sleath. There is some references to the Haunted in this story that perhaps spoilt it slightly when you come to read that one, they are nothing major but it would have been better to have followed the sequence. It would have also have probably heightened ... ...already know the main character. Still, its no harm if you don’t read Haunted first because they are two separate stories in their own right.
Anyway, back to the story. Its set in a picturesque little village hidden away in the Chiltern Hills, the village itself is how you envisage a traditional English country village … pond, green, church, local pub and (central to the story) a manor house.
The long standing owners of this Manor house ...
Mickm9 09.02.2001 (04.02.2001)
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Advantages: Fantastic read for horror enthusiasts Disadvantages: James Herbert can't write fast enough
...insist you have to scare the pants off yourself. In fact I would put this as a second only to 'The Dark' . If you like scary books and you've never read a good one yet then James Herbert is a good place to start with this one as a first. It has all the usual twists and turns of a Herbert, and the creepies to go with it. The story starts as David Ash thinks he has run over a small boy on the bridge as he enters the small village of Sleath, But as ...
carla33 05.09.2008
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Advantages: Plenty of twists and turns, and surprises. An easy imaginable place. Disadvantages: Very Similar too many of his others novels.
...of James Herberts Books. The Ghosts of Sleath was a very good read but not unlike his others works.
If you enjoyed The Magic Cottage, Once and Nobody True then you'll love it! Its not quite as fast and compelling to read as '48. But it takes the place of the awful films they put on now adays.
The story continues from James Herberts 'The Haunted'. It takes the Story of David Ash a Psychical reserchers on from his meeting at Edbrook house, and how ... ...rises for him to find the turth once again for the village of Sleath.
When David Ash Arrives at the village of Sleath and automatically feels the burden that holds this Village, the truth evades him, and sends me all over the village looking for the Truth. With shocking accidents as the villagers are slowy affected by their surrounding!
A very good read and an interesting look into Ghosts and their haunting, espeically after some of his other views. ...
Sammy45999 24.06.2006 (18.07.2006)
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the bird that comes to there kitchen window every morning and then other animals start turniong up.When Midge and Mike move into the cottage strange things happen Midge illustrations come to life and when Mike plays it sounds so beautiful. There is a group of synigists that are after the cottage these synigists are people who believe in peace and that sort of thing.
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Fiction
Genre
Horror
Title
The Ghosts of Sleath
Author
James Herbert
ISBN
0002242869; 0006475973; 0061052108; 0061054313
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Investigator David Ash is sent to the picturesque village of Sleath in the Chiltern Hills to look into mysterious reports of mass hauntings. What he discovers is a terrified community gripped by horrors and terrorized by ghosts from the ancient village's long history.
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A nice gripping and readable novel ; A terrific tale of survival ; Very atmospheric ; The characters thoughts and feelings are projected well to the reader
Suddenly stops flowing towards the middle ; King can be slightly over obsequious towards the main character (*)
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