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The Searching Dead
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The Searching Dead
On a school trip, Dominic begins to suspect his teacher has reasons to be there as secret as they're strange. Meanwhile a neighbour joins a church that puts you in touch with your dead relatives, who prove much harder to get rid of. As Dominic investigates, he can’t suspect how much more terrible the link between these mysteries will become.
“An absolute master of modern horror. And a damn fine writer at that” - Guillermo del Toro
1952. On a school trip to France, teenager Dominic Sheldrake begins to suspect his teacher, Christian Noble, has reasons to be there as secret as they're strange. Meanwhile, a widowed neighbour joins a church that puts you in touch with your dead relatives, who prove much harder to get rid of.
As Dominic and his friends Roberta and Jim investigate, they can't suspect how much larger and more terrible the link between these mysteries will become. A monstrous discovery beneath a church only hints at terrors that are poised to engulf the world as the trilogy brings us to the present day...
The Searching Dead is the first thrilling instalment in this chilling trilogy by Ramsey Campbell.
AUTHOR: Ramsey Campbell was born in Liverpool in 1946 and still lives on Merseyside. The Oxford Companion to English Literature describes him as "Britain's most respected living horror writer". He has been given more awards than any other writer in the field, including the Grand Master Award of the World Horror Convention, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers Association, the Living Legend Award of the International Horror Guild, and the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Series: The Three Births of Daoloth
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The Searching Dead by Ramsey Campbell is praised for its masterful storytelling and atmospheric horror, showcasing Campbell's prowess in creating chilling narratives. Joe Lansdale and Concatenation commend the book for its strong style, compelling narrative drive, and ominous revelations, reinforcing Campbell's status as a significant influence in the horror genre.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781787585577
Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 16 February 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Flame Tree Press
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Ramsey Campbell was born in Liverpool in 1946 and still lives on Merseyside. The Oxford Companion to English Literature describes him as “Britain’s most respected living horror writer”. He has been given more awards than any other writer in the field, including the Grand Master Award of the World Horror Convention, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers Association, the Living Legend Award of the International Horror Guild and the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award.
In 2015 he was made an Honorary Fellow of Liverpool John Moores University for outstanding services to literature. Among his novels are The Face That Must Die, Incarnate, Midnight Sun, The Count of Eleven, Silent Children, The Darkest Part of the Woods, The Overnight, Secret Story, The Grin of the Dark, Thieving Fear, Creatures of the Pool, The Seven Days of Cain, Ghosts Know, The Kind Folk, Think Yourself Lucky and Thirteen Days by Sunset Beach. Needing Ghosts, The Last Revelation of Gla’aki, The Pretence and The Booking are novellas. His collections include Waking Nightmares, Alone with the Horrors, Ghosts and Grisly Things, Told by the Dead, Just Behind You and Holes for Faces, and his non-fiction is collected as Ramsey Campbell, Probably. Limericks of the Alarming and Phantasmal are what they sound like.
His novels The Nameless, Pact of the Fathers and The Influence have been filmed in Spain. He is the President of the Society of Fantastic Films.
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