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DEAD SEA
“In this age of an overabundance of zombie fiction what does
Dead Sea
have to offer that can’t be found elsewhere? Well, an intriguing protagonist, plenty of reanimated animals, a touch of the philosophical, some dollops of introspection, and plenty of balls to the wall mayhem as only Brian Keene can write it.”
—
Horror Reader
“Delivering enough shudders and gore to satisfy any fan of the genre, Keene proves he’s still a lead player in the zombie horror cavalcade.”
—
Publishers Weekly
GHOUL
“Bursting on the scene with an originality and flair, it seemed that Keene was responsible for breathing new life into the zombie story for a vast number of hungry readers in the horror genre. With the publication of his newest novel,
Ghoul
, Brian Keene has finally cemented himself in as a leader of…the horror genre…A true literary artisan. Keene expertly mimics the ageless masters of the genre by showing his readers a chilling view of the true face of horror.”
—Horror World
“
Ghoul
reminds me of the early works of Stephen King. I got the same head rush reading
Ghoul
that I did the first time I read
The Stand
or
Cujo
or
’Salem’s Lot
…Keene’s prose is both disturbing and beautiful…This guy is going to be HUGE. There is no doubt in my mind that I just experienced the future of horror literature and its name is Brian Keene.”
—House of Horrors
THE CONQUEROR WORMS
“Keene delivers [a] wild, gruesome page-turner…the enormity of Keene’s pulp horror imagination, and his success in bringing the reader over the top with him, is both rare and wonderful.”
—
Publishers Weekly
“Basic and beautiful, simple yet sublime. Keene is a virtuoso writer of…descriptive talents who can also trip out on the minimalism of American Gothic.…
The Conqueror Worms
is a…thoroughly enjoyable novel grounded in Keene’s fantastic control over his material.”
—
Fangoria
MORE PRAISE FOR BRIAN KEENE!
CITY OF THE DEAD
“In the carnival fun house of horror fiction, Brian Keene runs the roller coaster!…The novel is a never-ending chase down a long funneling tunnel…stretching the reader’s nerves banjo tight and then gleefully plucking each nerve with an off-key razor blade.…There aren’t stars enough in the rating system to hang over this one-two punch.”
—
Cemetery Dance
“[
City of the Dead
] will force even the most sluggish readers to become speed demons in the quest to reach the resolution. The pacing is relentless, the action fast and furious.”
—Horror Reader
“Brian Keene’s name should be up there with King, Koontz and Barker. He’s without a doubt one of the best horror writers ever.”
—
The Horror Review
“Keene reminds us that horror fiction can deal with fear, not just indulge it.”
—Ramsey Campbell
THE RISING
“[Brian Keene’s] first novel,
The Rising
, is a postapocalyptic narrative that revels in its blunt and visceral descriptions of theundead.”
—
The New York Times Book Review
“[
The Rising
is] the most brilliant and scariest book ever written. Brian Keene is the next Stephen King.”
—
The Horror Review
“
The Rising
is more terrifying than anything currently on the shelf or screen.”
—
Rue Morgue
“
The Rising
is chock-full of gore and violence…an apocalyptic epic.”
—
Fangoria
“Hoping for a good night’s sleep? Stay away from
The Rising.
It’ll keep you awake, then fill your dreams with lurching, hungry corpses wanting to eat you.”
—Richard Laymon, Author of
Savage
“Quite simply, the first great horror novel of the new millennium!”
—Dark Fluidity
A LEISURE BOOK®
February 2008
Published by
Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc.
200 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Originally published as
The Rutting Season.
Copyright 2008 by Brian Keene
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