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When Martin Lasker first sees the mutilated cow on Bondarevsky’s farm, he wonders what on earth could have caused it. But as more and more disasters occur and strange lights start to appear in the quiet town of Millville, Lasker is drawn into the mystery.Now, he is convinced something larger must be happening.To the small-town citizens of Millville, the lights all mean something different.To Marge Calder they are neon lights. To Joe Garfield, they are a warning. To the Pomar children, they are a miracle, Our Lady returned. To Father Lombardy, they are evil made manifest. To Studevant, the Police Chief, they are mindless destruction.For Lasker, the most important questions where these lights could come from, and what could they mean?But the answers to these questions may be more painful than anyone expected…In this thrilling scifi-horror novel, Millville and its citizens are subject to a destructive force that will uproot the very core of the town. With The Fates , Tessier brings together mystery, science, and horror in this twisting tale that will chill you to your core.“Rapture is great, destined to take its rightful place among the most memorable novels of psychological horror” – Washington Post“Unpredictable... ingenious... nerve-paralysing” – Publishers Weekly“Clever, fast paced... an effectively chilling movie-in-the-mind” – New York Times“'The Nightwalker' is perhaps the finest werewolf novel of the last twenty years...scary, grim, fast-paced, very good.” – Stephen King“An intoxicating blend of psychological drama and physical compulsion… enthralling.” – Library Journal"Thomas Tessier’s stories are truly scary.” – Kirkus Reviews“rattles the nerves and shocks the sensibilities.” – Houston Chronicle“one of that select band of writers whose horror fiction I am anxious to read as soon as it appears” – Ramsey Campbell“one of the very best writers of horror fiction of this generation.” – Douglas E. Winter, Reader’s Guide to Horror Fiction"Thomas Tessier’s stories are beguiling…evocative…mesmerizing.” – ALA_Booklist“a vastly talented writer and his stories are shocking…horrifying.” – RMN_Newsroom“There is a building tension under the surface that makes reading Thomas Tessier an intense experience all to itself.” – DreadCentral“Thomas Tessier’s horrors spring from honest exploration of our erotic impulses.” – toomuchhorror“[‘The Nightwalker’ has] brutal action and a welcome sense of ambiguity” Huffington Post“Thomas Tessier’s command of his craft is captivating.” – The Hartford CourantThomas Tessier was born in 1947 in Connecticut and studied at University College Dublin, Ireland. After working at a British publishing house for a number of years, he returned to America and turned to writing, publishing his first collection of poetry in 1970 and his first novel in 1978. The author or ten novels, and numerous poetry and short stories, Thomas’s works focus on science fiction, horror and the supernatural.

Release Date 07/01/1986
Author Thomas Tessler
Language English
Companies Berkley; First Thus edition
Format Kindle

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