The Levels

The Levels

by SeanCregan (Author)

Synopsis

An explosive debut novel - THE LEVELS is a dark, urban gothic thriller guaranteed to appeal fans of Child and Kernick. On the outskirts of Newport, on the US East Coast, lies an abandoned housing project: the Levels. Inhabited by Newport's homeless population, the Levels are run by the all-powerful Sorrow. As THE LEVELS opens, ex-CIA agent Nate Turner, who is in the Levels to find out who has just tried to kill him, meets a 14-year-old girl Ghost. Ghost is a Fury, one of Sorrow's trained, teenage assassins looking for a way back to her normal life. Also in the Levels is Kate, a suspended cop, who has been told that she has only days to live after being attacked, and infected, by the Beast, a serial killer working the streets. The Beast is out for revenge on Kate's new employer, who he believes created the infection that's killing him, an infection that has also been released into the Levels. Now Ghost is trying to escape Sorrow, Kate is looking for the Beast and Turner is looking for answers. One thing's for sure, some people aren't going to survive the fallout...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Publisher: Headline
Published: 05 Aug 2010

ISBN 10: 0755371143
ISBN 13: 9780755371143
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
Book Overview: The brilliant debut novel from an outstanding new talent to the Headline list, Sean Cregan, THE LEVELS is a high-energy, fast-paced, dark gothic thriller set in the Levels, an abandoned housing project on the outskirts of Newport.

Media Reviews

One of Cregan's great strengths is his unerring gift for architectural description that forces the reader to visualize the sheer horror of it all. . . . Cregan's evocation of The Levels is filmic, the location intensely realized, as much a character as the protagonists themselves . . . his taut prose propels us through to the explosive ending of this gothic-punk thriller. -- Crimeculture on The Levels


One of Cregan s great strengths is his unerring gift for architectural description that forces the reader to visualize the sheer horror of it all. . . . Cregan s evocation of The Levels is filmic, the location intensely realized, as much a character as the protagonists themselves . . . his taut prose propels us through to the explosive ending of this gothic-punk thriller. Crimeculture on The Levels

Author Bio

Sean started writing at university as a way of escaping his engineering degree, before becoming a trade journalist. He writes full time, and published four novels under his real name, before changing style, content and identity to something much more fun. He's a single dad and lives on the south coast with his little boy. He has never owned a cat, and each year more and more of them go missing in his neighbourhood.