Floating Dragon

Floating Dragon

by PeterStraub (Author)

Synopsis

A classic tale of supernatural horror from the acclaimed author of Koko, The Talisman and Mr X. Now reissued in a new cover style. 'Floating Dragon racks you with suspense! Straub is a master at having whole communities rocked by the forces of wickedness.' Observer The terrors afflicting the sleepy town of Hampstead, Connecticut, were beyond imagination. Sparrows dropping dead from the trees like rotten fruit, disfiguring diseases spreading like wildfire, inexplicable murders and child drownings shattering the lives of the citizens -- never can such a list of horrors have afflicted one town. But the evil madness had a long history. A catastrophe had struck Hampstead every thirty years since its foundation 300 years before -- yet only Graham Williams, a writer and descendant of one of the original founders, had looked into the 'black summers' and their mysterious origins. When he discovers that descendants of the three other original settlers are back living in the town, he knows it will be the blackest summer yet!

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Edition: New e.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 04 Jul 2011

ISBN 10: 0006164943
ISBN 13: 9780006164944
Prizes: Winner of British Fantasy Award 1983.

Media Reviews
'His best, his most horrifying. Straub seems determined to create a richer, more complex fictional world! Vastly entertaining.' New York Times Book Review 'The most deliciously frightening horror novel to come along in years.' Spectator 'Straub takes horror a long way beyond the obvious, but keeps his terrifying events down to earth.' Mail on Sunday
Author Bio
Born in Milwaukee, Peter Straub is the author of fifteen novels, which have been translated into more than twenty languages. He has won the British Fantasy Award, two Bram Stoker awards and two World Fantasy awards. His most recent publications are his acclaimed novel Mr X, a collection of short stories, Magic Terror, and Black House, the international bestselling novel that he co-wrote with Stephen King.