The Damnation Game (Paperback)

from KRHolbrook

Hard to say what's wrong with a book that really draws you into the moment of what's going on. Sadly, I can't say that I can give this a full five-stars worth of a read. The beginning didn't have too much of a hook for me. Sure, it had its creepy and interesting moments, but all in all it was abo...

from RalphLagana

Barker knows how to write creepy stuff. More importantly, his stories are not just attempts at seeing how high the gore-factor can be pumped; he finds a way to inject some morale truths and enough ambiguity to keep a reader thinking. Martin Strauss is prisoner released into the care of an eccentr...

from Mike79

Once I was able to get into the book it got interesting, but this took about a hundred pages. It was only then that the beginning of the book made any sense. Is it possible that the book could have been written better? Who knows but the horror scenes and descriptions are fantastic. I would recomm...

from JGolomb

“Hell is reimagined by each generation. Its terrain is surveyed for absurdities and remade and, if necessary, reinvented to suit the current climate of atrocity; its architecture is redesigned to appall the eye of the modern damned. In an earlier age Pandemonium - the first city of Hell - stood o...

from whitewavedarling

This is dark, horrifying, and smart. For fans of horror or Faustus-related legends and works, this novel is a must-read, but I'd recommend it also to readers who simply enjoy a thought-provoking read and can deal with the darker areas of the imagination. Barker's characters and plots are beautifu...