Goat Dance: A Novel of Supernatural Horror
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You’ll never escape what haunts you…not once they return.
“A dark, mesmerizing delight.”–Robert McCammon ★★★★★ “Couldn’t put it down!” ★★★★★
A town must face its terrifying past as a possessed child threatens to unleash unspeakable horror upon them all. Supernatural suspense blends with heart-pounding horror in this epic chiller. “Clegg’s stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby.”–Dean Koontz.
A young man – Malcolm “Cup” Coffey – returns to Pontefract, Virginia, to find the girl he once loved – while an ancient evil grows stronger within a silent house on the edge of a frozen lake. For fans of Stephen King, Guillermo del Toro, and Dean Koontz.
“Douglas Clegg is a weaver of nightmares!” – Robert R. McCammon, New York Times bestselling author.
“Clegg’s stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby.”– Dean Koontz
“Douglas Clegg knows exactly what scares us, and he knows just how to twist those fears into hair-raising chills…” – Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author.
“Clegg is the best horror writer of the post-Stephen King generation.”
– Bentley Little, USA Today bestselling author of The Haunted.
“Douglas Clegg has become the new star in horror fiction.”
– Peter Straub author of Ghost Story. The Talisman and Black House (with Stephen King).
“Clegg is one of the best!”– Richard Laymon, USA bestselling author of The Cellar and Island.
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Additional information
| Publisher | 2nd edition (21 Feb. 2010), Alkemara Press |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 2209 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 498 pages |
by Techno Hippy
This book is a bit of a mixed bag. It starts off well, with some good pacing, cracking writing and really drawing you into the characters. The core story is a familiar one with dark secrets and ancient evil, but it’s told in an engaging way. It flits between the present and the adolescence of one of the main characters – Cup. This is handled well and doesn’t cloud the story.
However the book loses its way as it gets going. It has a King feel to the story with the small town feel and over indulgent journey through the characters’ lives. Unfortunately the author’s writing isn’t consistently as slick as King at his best so the bulk of story really outstays its welcome. I don’t mind long books if the content deserves it, but there’s too much repetition here, so a lot of it feels like pointless filler.
On a few points I almost gave up on it completely – however it does have some saving graces that kept me going to the end. The story itself is interesting and when it does progress it brings some well thought out twists with it.
And while the writing isn’t consistently great in places there are some flashes of genius that are a joy to read. They also bring some really dark and well imagined moments of horror – that are then diluted by their repetition, but they remained strong enough to keep me reading.
It comes together again for the ending and the pace becomes more frantic. As I said at the beginning the book is a mixed bag – I enjoyed reading it, but it required more perseverance than it should have needed.
by Linda Symonds
I have to say that I love this author. Since I discovered him, I have read just about everything he has written. I know that I am going to get the “shivers” and be reading instead of doing the dishes. I just can’t stop once I’ve started a new novel. If you see his name…READ IT!
by Kindle junkie
I’ve only just discovered this author and can always rely on him for a good read. Enjoyed this though I found it a bit convoluted in places. It jumped time frame/character perspective quite a lot which could be a bit confusing. I would have liked there to have been more story/time spent on Coffey and his developing relationship with Lily. Would also have liked it if Lily had been given more time to develop as a character. Very good descriptively. Very reminiscent of Clive Barker. Overall a compelling read.
by Monmouth Mike
It’s a bit like chewing gum and not as good as the accolades make out. Too loose and strung out, some nice vignettes but no overpowering and cumulative sense of terror. Less is more. After the first ten examples of gore-fests you tend to skim, and I skimmed quite a lot
by Janet
Was a good story
by Foxexile
I read the reviews of this book and decided to give it a go – not having read any of Clegg’s books before. It’s a book I found hard to get into, mainly I couldn’t juggle the short sections, time lines and characters to create a linear story in my mind. I found it pretty confusing at this point. When the story really got going, thru’ the latter start and the middle of the book, it started to fall into place and became a quite rivitting read. Clegg writes a good descriptive story and you can see that his style has been developed over the years. The story is very formulaic – Old terror, small town, few in the know, etc. It’s all been done many times before, and better. The ending I found too descriptive and all so predictable. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good read, just not as good as the reviews I had read, and I will certainly give another book by this writer a go.
by Ty from Wales
Another superb book from Douglas Clegg. At first a little hard to get into but that could be because I stared reading it straight after Afterlife. I’m so glad I carried on reading as its definitely the best book yet I’ve read by this author. I would say as a huge fan of James Herbert that this writer is equally as good. Really great story with a plethora of strong interesting characters. I can’t wait to go and find my next read.
by Leveret
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