The Halloween Man [Paperback]

A New England village. A stolen child. A terrifying birthright. Who holds the key to the chilling mystery of Stonehaven, Connecticut, and its desolate woods -- and what shining creature remains trapped within its summer mansion? From New York Times bestselling author Douglas Clegg comes a riveting, edge-of-your-seat American horror novel of overwhelming love and devastating terror. * For fans of Dean Koontz, Stephen King and Dan Simmons. Clegg's stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby. -- Dean Koontz, NY Times bestselling author of The Husband, Odd Thomas, Velocity and many others. Combining both the quiet horror of a Charles Grant with the all-out spectacles of a Stephen King, Clegg's storytelling has never been better. The Halloween Man is a brilliant novel, up there with the best of Straub, King, and Koontz, and one of the most original tales of terror to come along in quite a while. -- Edward Lee, bestselling horror novelist. The Halloween Man is one of the best horror novels that Ive read in years&I had never read anything by Clegg before reading this novel, but now Im going to go out and get the rest of his books. If youve never heard of Clegg either, or are a fan of horror fiction, get this book right now. - Pixel Planet Halloween Man is a stunning horror novel, written with a degree of conviction that is rare these days. --Fiona Webster Clegg gets high marks on the terror scale... -- The Daily News (New York) Douglas Clegg is one of horror's most captivating voices... -- BookLovers Every bit as good as the best works of Stephen King, Peter Straub, or Dan Simmons... -- Hellnotes: The Newsletter for the Horror Professional * The Halloween Man is about overwhelming love and devastating terror, human strength and supernatural power, and the eternal cycle of death and re-birth Packed with vivid imagery; a broadly-scoped but fast-paced plot; powerful, evocative writlˆ