Summer of Night: Library Edition

from harpua

I really like Dan Simmons, he writes in so many different genres that I find it hard to believe that he does them all so well, but he really does. This is one of Dan's horror novels. One of my favorite types of novels are those that show a group of youngesters, usually pre-teens, set back in the ...

from jpporter

Dan Simmons was well-cemented in place as one of my favorite authors before I read this book - this just raises him that much more in my esteem. The man can write in apparently every genre with the same level of intensity. Summer of Night tells the tale of six boys who have just finished the sixt...

from NKSCF

Summer of Night follows a group of boys as they finally get out of school for the summer and begin to prepare for the fun-filled days ahead of them, or so they think. Unknown to them, an ancient force is trying to resurrect itself thanks to the help of people in their town who have committed trea...

from TheTwoDs

Reminiscent of the scenes in Stephen King's It when the characters are children, this novel also features a group of pre-teens entering adolescence while their town is threatened by a malevolent force. Featuring a haunted schoolhouse, zombies, and more than enough scares to chill any horror fan, ...

from Carol420

School is out in the small Ohio town of Elm Haven. This will be the last class of Old Central built in 1876. The atmosphere has always been less than pleasant but now it is perpetrated with evil beyond imagination. The kids of Elm Haven sense this evil and are determined to fight it but the entit...