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'A real creepy crawly ... Recommended to those who like their
thrills chilled.' - "Evening Standard"
'John Blackburn lives right up to his reputation for the eerie and
the sinister.' - "The Guardian"
'A stylish, genuinely chilling author. Blackburn's devils do not
loom vaguely in the background, but seem unstoppable and are among
the most malevolent portrayals in the genre.' - "St James Guide to
Crime and Mystery Writers"
'An accomplished writer.' - "Spectator"
Three directors of the Van Traylen Fellowship have died in
gruesome ways, and now a bus carrying children to the Fellowship's
orphanage has crashed, killing the driver and injuring
seven-year-old Mary Valley. While in hospital, Mary, the daughter
of triple murderess Anna Harb, suffers horrifying nightmares, and
psychiatrist Peter Haynes believes she is mentally ill. Is it
schizophrenia, or is there another explanation for the strange and
vivid images she sees: memories of a past life, psychic possession,
or psychological trauma from her lunatic mother's attempts to give
her occult powers? When Anna Harb goes on a murderous rampage at
the hospital, trying to kill Mary and exclaiming that she is a
'soul that should never have been born', the mystery deepens.
General Charles Kirk of Foreign Intelligence and his friend Marcus
Levin, an esteemed scientist, believe Harb is connected with the
Van Traylen deaths and are determined to solve the case. They will
follow the madwoman to a remote Scottish island, where against the
backdrop of a blazing Guy Fawkes night bonfire, a sinister and
unthinkable truth will be revealed
John Blackburn (1923-1993) was unrivalled at blending the genres
of mystery, horror, and science fiction into chilling, page-turning
thrillers, and "Nothing but the Night" (1968) is one of his best
and most frightening. This new edition, the first in over forty
years, includes a new introduction by Greg Gbur.
' B]lack comedy doesn't come blacker . . . This is Gothic diablerie
with a smile - a very nasty smile, as though a Charles Addams
character had escaped from his picture and perpetrated an elaborate
practical joke in prose.' - "The Guardian"
' A] semi-surrealist, pseudo-Gothic adventure . . . Read on if you
can; I could.' - "The Observer"
'John Blackburn is deservedly well established as a . . . thriller
writer. "The Cyclops Goblet," his twenty-third, shows no falling
off: it is admirably assured, and as admirably exciting.' -
"British Book News"
Bill Easter and his common law wife Peggy Tey, two small-time
crooks down on their luck, have been hired to help steal the
legendary treasure of Renaissance goldsmith Guido Calamai.
Calamai's masterpiece, the Cyclops Goblet, rumoured to possess the
power to kill whoever drinks from it, is under lock and key at the
Danemere Museum, the gift of the rich and eccentric millionaire Sir
Thomas Moscow. But when the goblet is discovered to be a fake, Bill
and Peggy must locate the real treasure, and to find it, they'll
need to break Sir Thomas's daughter, a murderous madwoman, out of
an asylum. From there, the trail leads to a remote Scottish island
contaminated with anthrax, where the treasure - and the shocking
truth behind its deadly power - is hidden. Unprepared for the
horror they will uncover, will Bill and Peggy survive to enjoy
their big payday, or will they become the next victims of the
Cyclops Goblet?
John Blackburn (1923-1993) was regarded as the best British horror
writer of his time, but in "The Cyclops Goblet" (1977), he shows a
different side, infusing a thrilling heist story with elements of
horror and dark humour. This first-ever republication of the novel
includes a new introduction by Greg Gbur.
'This is an historical novel in the grand manner . . . A lot of
research must have gone into the work, and the result is wholly
satisfactory.' - "The Guardian"
'The versatile John Blackburn has deserted one kind of horror for
quite another, diabolism for divinity.' - "Times Literary
Supplement"
'An accomplished writer.' - "The Spectator"
The year is 37 A.D., and Rome faces a dangerous threat in the form
of a new religion whose doctrines could undermine the entire
foundation of the Empire. Sextus Marcellus Ennius, one of Rome's
top spies, is dispatched to Jerusalem to investigate this cult and
discredit its founder, a criminal named Jesus-bar-Joseph, who was
rumoured to possess supernatural powers and reputedly rose from the
dead after his execution. But as Sextus searches for the truth, he
will be faced with dangers on all sides: the intrigues of the mad
Emperor Caligula, traitors among his fellow Romans, and murderous
religious zealots. And when he finally unravels the mystery, the
truth is more terrible than he could have ever imagined . . .
Regarded by many critics as the best British horror writer of his
time, John Blackburn (1923-1993) was the author of nearly thirty
thrillers that blended the genres of horror, mystery, and science
fiction in unique and inventive ways. "The Flame and the Wind"
(1967), his most ambitious work, is an epic historical novel
infused with elements of mystery and horror, told in the
page-turning style for which he is known. This edition includes a
new introduction by Greg Gbur and Bill Botten's striking black and
white dust jacket art from the first edition.
'John Blackburn is today's master of horror.' - "Times Literary
Supplement"
'Achieves a delicious sense of nausea.' - "The Guardian"
' G]iant monsters . . . products of a mutation . . . bubonic
plague ' - "The Observer"
'He is certainly the best British novelist in his field and
deserves the widest recognition.' - "Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror
and the Supernatural"
A remote area of the Scottish Highlands has been cordoned off and
is being guarded by an army of I.R.A. mercenaries and ex-Nazi
thugs. Local rumour has it that eccentric laird James Fraser Clyde
is looking for buried treasure, but the British government fears he
might be building an atomic bomb in an attempt to win Scottish
independence. Yet the truth may be something far worse: a
mysterious contagion is turning the locals into deformed, grunting
creatures, with a single-minded urge to kill and spread their
infection. Sir Marcus Levin, the Nobel Prize-winning
bacteriologist, must find a way to halt the epidemic before it gets
out of hand and destroys the world. But what is causing it? Who
started it, and why? And can it be stopped?
First published in 1976, John Blackburn's horror thriller "The
Face of the Lion" capitalized on the popularity of apocalyptic
zombie tales in the wake of George Romero's "Night of the Living
Dead" (1968). This edition includes a new introduction by Greg
Gbur, which situates Blackburn's novel within the tradition of
zombie literature.
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Broken Boy (Paperback)
John Blackburn; Introduction by Greg Gbur
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R540
Discovery Miles 5 400
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"Our only current writer who can induce such terror as the Grimm
Brothers did." - "Times Literary Supplement"
"A real chiller. . . . The book moves rapidly from beginning to
end and Hitchcock ought to be advised. It would make a heck of a
movie." - "Evening News"
"He is certainly the best British novelist in his field and
deserves the widest recognition." - "Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror
and the Supernatural"
When a dead prostitute is found floating in the river, the local
police assume it's just another routine murder. But when it turns
out the woman may have been a notorious East German spy, General
Charles Kirk and his assistants, Michael Howard and Penny Wise, are
called in from the Foreign Intelligence Office to investigate. Kirk
is baffled: the evidence of numerous impeccable witnesses proves
the murder could not possibly have happened, and yet there's a dead
body in the morgue to show that it did. The only clue is a wooden
idol in the form of a hideous, misshapen boy, found in the dead
woman's room. Soon Kirk realizes that this is no case of espionage:
what he is up against is an evil centuries old and long thought
vanished from the earth. And when Kirk and his colleagues get close
to the truth, can they unravel the mystery before they become the
next victims?
John Blackburn (1923-1993) was the author of more than thirty
popular thrillers in which he blended the genres of mystery,
horror, and science fiction in unique and often brilliant ways.
Although recognized as the best British horror writer of his time,
his works have been sadly neglected since his death. This new
edition of "Broken Boy" (1959), Blackburn's third novel, includes a
new introduction by Greg Gbur.
'John Blackburn is today's master of horror.' - "Times Literary
Supplement"
'Another of Blackburn's gripping, elemental confrontations of good
and evil.' - "New York Times"
'He is bang on curdling form with this tale of a sealed tomb in a
cathedral city and the Destroyer who lurks. Not for the timid.' -
"Evening Standard"
'He is certainly the best British novelist in his field and
deserves the widest recognition.' - "Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror
and the Supernatural"
For two centuries, the body of Sir Martin Railstone, poet, artist,
and libertine, has lain undisturbed in its crypt, amidst rumours
that important artistic works of genius are buried with him. The
Church of England has refused to allow the opening of the tomb,
believing that Railstone was a murderer and dabbler in the black
arts and that anything buried with him must be diabolical in
nature. But now plans are in the works for a dam, which will leave
Railstone's tomb under 100 feet of water, and a small group of
fanatics obsessed with Railstone will stop at nothing to discover
the crypt's contents before they are lost forever. One of them,
George Banks, opens the tomb and releases something ancient and
evil. He dies a horrible death, raving mad, and whatever he has
unleashed is not done killing. Four unlikely allies - a clergyman,
an ex-Nazi scientist, a journalist, and a historian - must come
together and find a way to stop it before it destroys all of
humanity. . . .
John Blackburn (1923-1993) was the author of more than thirty
popular thrillers in which he blended the genres of mystery,
horror, and science fiction in unique and often brilliant ways.
Although recognized as the best British horror writer of his time,
he has been sadly neglected since his death. This new edition of
"Bury Him Darkly" (1969), one of Blackburn's best, includes a new
introduction by Greg Gbur.
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