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 The Fallen
What people are
saying:
“A great first
novel . . . reminiscent of the work of horror legends like Stephen King
with maybe a hint of H. P. Lovecraft . . . . I highly recommend The
Fallen for fans of supernatural and psychological horror . . . .
Stephen King says he’s retiring--maybe he can lend his pen to Dale
Bailey.”
-- SciFi Dimensions
"The Fallen is an
ambitious venture indeed. If you combined the nasty grit of Jim Thompson
with the Southern intrigue of Erskine Caldwell and the hill¹n¹holler
Gothicism of Manly Wade Wellman, you just might approach the corn-likker
high of Bailey¹s book."
-- Paul Di Filippo, Asimov's
Science Fiction
“Dale Bailey’s
first novel is well-crafted and effective, carefully constructed and
thoroughly imagined . . . . he has a gift for subtlety and nuance, and
The Fallen is altogether more thoughtful and, consequently, more
substantial than most books about supernaturally-afflicted little
towns.”
--
Locus
“Quietly draws you
in one step at a time . . . a very thought-provoking story. The
Fallen at times has a classic noir feel to it and I highly recommend
giving this one a shot.”
--
Horror World
From the jacket:
Sauls Run is great
place to raise a family. Life is good, folks live to a ripe old age,
and there hasn’t been a violent crime in nearly a generation. It’s
almost as if some force is protecting the God-fearing folk of the Run
from harm....
Henry Sleep left
the quiet town a decade ago--after his mother’s tragic death and a
terrible falling-out with his father. Ever since, he has shut out his
memories of the Run. He has tried not to think about the day his mother
died. But now--after the startling news of his father’s suicide--Henry
is coming home....
Home, where his
former girlfriend waits patiently for her mother to die.
Home, where his
boyhood friend is mysteriously drawn to a long-abandoned mine.
Home, where the
sheriff has something to hide.
Home, where the
darkness in all of them is beginning to stir.
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