Dark Hollow

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Charlie "Bird" Parker, the protagonist of John Connolly's Shamus Award-winning first novel, Every Dead Thing, returns in another moody, masterful thriller set in the beautifully evoked Maine woods where Bird has returned to lick his wounds and recover from the murder of his wife and daughter explored in the earlier book. A half-hearted investigator, Bird agrees to track down the ex-husband of Rita Purdue and get the child support she has coming to her. And when Rita and her son are killed and the finger of suspicion points to Billy Purdue, Bird still feels a moral obligation to find the young man, even though he can't believe he's a killer. Then the bodies begin piling up, among them a bunch of Cambodian killers, some mob-connected Boston gangsters, a couple of people to whom Billy turned for refuge, and an old woman in a nursing home who dies with the name of a bogeyman on her lips--the mysterious Caleb Kyle. It's not the first time Bird's heard that name: his grandfather, who was also a cop, spent his last years trying to track down the legendary monster whose name was always used to scare kids into doing what they were supposed to. And it's not only his grandfather's ghost that haunts Bird as he attempts to solve the mystery of who Billy Purdue really is; the spirits of his dead wife and child urge him on in his attempt to find justice for Rita and her child as well. Aided in his quest by two unlikely but compellingly realized associates, a gay hit man and his lover, Bird confronts the evil that lurks in a mythical monster who turns out to be all too real, and comes to terms, finally, with the grief that has colored his life black since the death of his family. A powerful, well-paced thriller with a complex and interesting hero who bears even further explication--hopefully in his third adventure. --Jane Adams

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Internationally acclaimed author John Connolly thrilled readers with his debut bestseller, Every Dead Thing. Now he gives a new name to fear with this atmospheric, spine-tingling page-turner.

DARK HOLLOW

Haunted by the murder of his wife and daughter, former New York police detective Charlie Parker retreats home to Scarborough, Maine, to rebuild his shattered life. But his return reawakens old ghosts, drawing him into the manhunt for the killer of yet another mother and child. The obvious suspect is the young woman's violent ex-husband. But there is another possibility -- a mythical killer who lurks deep in the dark hollow of Parker's own past, a figure that has haunt....

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Parker -- still drained and raw from the murder of his family -- returns to the Maine of his childhood, looking for a chance to recover. But when a young woman, Rita, is savagely killed along with her child, Parker joins the hunt for their murderer. The obvious suspect is Billy Purdue, Rita's estranged husband. But as the death toll mounts, it becomes apparent that someone else is also hunting for Billy Purdue. The answer to the puzzle lies deep in the past: in the troubled history of Parker's own grandfather, in the horror of a tree adorned with victims, and in the violent origins of a killer. Dark Hollow is a masterful second novel from a young Irish writer whose storytelling skills have established him as the strongest new thriller writer since Thomas Harris. Building on the rich imagery, complex plotting, and remarkable characters of Every Dead Thing, Connolly has constructed a tale more menacing and memorable than the last.

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a sequel that is as good as the first in a series.......2007-06-08

Those are rare, no? Well, this one is such a book.

Dark Hollow picks up with the story of Charlie "Bird" Parker when he is just shy of the one-year anniversary of the murder of his wife and daughter. He continues to struggle with the loss and the guilt (he was drinking himself into a haze while they were being butchered), and their influence on him is still strong, both guiding him and tormenting him in almost equal measure.

Angel and Louis are strong participants in this one; I'm a huge fan of this strange couple, and I really enjoyed reading so much about them. Angel is given several opportunities to really communicate with Charlie about compassion, loyalty, etc., and that gives the reader more insight into what makes the relationship between these three men so solid.

As in the first novel, this one is heavy on the ugliness. If you don't like any blood spilled in your reading material, avoid this one; it may just give you nightmares. But if you understand that descriptions of such events are essential in a book about a man intimate with the nature of and need for violence, you will understand why these descriptions need be as graphic as they are. Connolly has quite a gift for using words to take his readers on different journeys, and sometimes those journeys aren't pleasant. Some of the ones here are horrific; that said, I think the first novel, Every Dead Thing, was far more graphic, but that's just my memory of it.

(Speaking of Mr. Connolly's use of language, I must say also that he is one of those rare writers who can craft a novel that is not only interesting because of its characters but also literary. He crafts images in the reader's mind that are hard to shake, and he loves to describe the environment in ways that make it truly alive, part of the story just as the characters are.)

The same humor--dry, sarcastic, etc.--is in evidence here as it was in the first novel. Even in his worst moments, Parker and his trusted friends can manage to make me laugh. But the overall story is a tough one. In this novel, Parker is trying to keep quite a few "bombs" from exploding in his face. He is searching for Billy Purdue, trying to figure out who killed Billy's wife and child, attempting to stay out of the way of a Mafioso, trying to find a serial killer who is just as eager to kill Bird as he is to find his long-lost son. So much to handle, so many different balls to juggle. If it weren't for the help of his friends, Bird would be worm food halfway through this novel. It's a good thing he's earned the loyalty of men who would stand by him even if he asked the impossible of them.

Other parts of this novel fascinate. For one, Parker and his old partner Walter Cole interact here, and we finally see some resolution between two men who clearly loved each other before violence became Parker's life in Every Dead Thing. I like the tension between these two. I also like the tension between Parker and the husband of a woman he slept with years before (when she was already married to said husband).

I think you'll really enjoy this one. This is the second time I read it, and I found it even better on the second go-around.

Kudos to Mr. Connolly!

Another Good One.......2007-05-18

I've enjoyed the Charlie Parker series very much. This was another good one. Charlie Parker has trouble staying out of the way of evil people and in Dark Hollow he was right there in the middle again. Page turning good book!

Nice suprise.......2006-02-13

I bought this book in another sellers bargin sales bin. The cover looked intersting and I had hit a place where I had read everything by all of the authors I normally read. I didn't expect much but once I started to read this I was entranced. I loved it. I was so suprised to find out that this was a series and I had started with the 2nd one. John Connolly knows how to tell a tale. It is a mix of detetive stories with elements of the the horror genre I normally read. His charaters are well developed and grow on you and eventually you are rooting for Charlie Parker. This book got me hooked and I have become a big fan. I wait with great anticipation his next release. The best bargin book I have ever bought!!!

Awesome book!.......2006-02-05

Evil seems to follow Charlie "Bird" Parker, or does Charlie follow evil? Even he is beginning to wonder. When you're talking about bad guys, the ones that Charlie deals with are the worst of the worst!

Charlie is dreading the first anniversary of the death of his wife and child. He's trying to keep busy and comes the the aid of a woman who is trying to get child support from her estranged husband, Billy Purdue. Billy gives him some money to give Rita and promises to give her a lot more if she'll only come back to him. Charlie finds it very strange that Billy has that much money. Charlie doesn't give it that much thought, until...

This sets off a chain of events that gets Charlie involved with some very, VERY bad guys. This book has a deep plot that keeps you turning pages and wondering how Charlie is going to get out of this one! Needless to say, the ever-suave Louis and his less-than-suave partner Angel show up just in time to help him. Charlie also gets some help from ghosts, or is he dreaming? I hope the author broadens this premise, I think it really adds a lot to the character. Also, I believe in ghosts and premonitions!

Thanks to Amazon and the comments pages I was able to start this series with the first book, Every Dead Thing, as there are several references to it in this book. I'm looking forward to the next one, The Killing Kind. This is a great series. I mean, how many authors can convince you to love a hit man?

This is the thing..........2006-02-04

The hero of "Every Dead Thing" returns and in much better condition - the ridiculous side tracks that haunted the first book in the Charlie 'Bird' Parker series are gone and the gallery of persons are delightfully described in a truly multidimensional way.

Bird gets thrown into a brutal murder of the known criminal Billy Purdue's wife and child, he quickly discovers that the obvious assumption that Billy himself killed his family is not true. Add to this that our Billy has stolen 1 million from a known crime family, a old evil louring in the woods, a missing girl and you have a thrilling read.

What I especially like about this book is that the author manages to give great insights into the many people used to carry the story, thus you end up understanding anyone from the deadly Louis, the haunted Rachel, the abandoned Billy Purdue and even the monster Celeb Kyle himself. In short a great read.

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Mechanical? Yes. Bizarre? Yes. Good? YES!
Nasty, mean, and gross!
A Deeper Form of Horror
A rather mechanical observation of satanic ritual and an underground master race
As gory as it is macabre

The Cannibal Within
Mark Mirabello
Manufacturer: Mandrake of Oxford
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 186992827X

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Mechanical? Yes. Bizarre? Yes. Good? YES!.......2007-06-22

Ever have one of those friends who always told you the most outlandish stories? And they tell you with so much conviction that you almost believe them even though the story is so absurd? That's what this book is like.

Yeah, you can click on the "Unhelpful" button right now. I'm not going into a pseudo-scholarly review here. What I want to say is that even a year after reading it, I still think about this book.

Like another reviewer said, it is mechanical.. but I don't think that it is a bad thing. It's written almost as if it were REAL.. and even though we know it's not.. There's just something about it that's really creepy. I plan to read it again very soon.

If you are looking for a dramatic plot-driven horror novel...go somewhere else. If you want to read a bizarre horror novel that reads like a historical memoir or case-history...this is it.

Watch out for the Listmanias that list thig along with Edward Lee and other such hardcore horror people. Edward Lee is great but this book is nothing like him. Just buy this book and read it with an open mind. It's short but once you finish you will NOT forget it.

Nasty, mean, and gross!.......2006-09-08

I don't care what anyone says. A book that manages to work in the word "pudenda" on the very first page deserves our attention. I saw that word and thought I was reading a book written by J.G. Ballard! Well, I wasn't. It's a dark, dank novel called "The Cannibal Within," penned by a professor of European history at Shawnee State University named Mark Mirabello. O.k. I have a bachelor's and a master's degree in history, and I don't remember ANY of my professors having written a story as bleakly nihilistic as Mirabello's slim novel. They spent most of their time arguing over arcane minutiae having to do with Christian martyrdom in the Roman Empire or trying to figure out exactly how many folks actually died from gunfire in Dodge City, Kansas back in the heyday of the cattle drives. Most of my professors didn't even bother reading novels unless they shed light on a certain aspect of history. They certainly did not worry about writing books in the tradition of H.P. Lovecraft, books filled with nasty creatures preying on the hapless human race. Fortunately, it appears Mirabello has tenure, which means he can pretty much write whatever he wants without serious repercussions.

It's good for fans of grotesque horror that Mirabello feels little need to dash off yet another book about some facet of European history. Instead, he gives us a story about a professor of religion who encounters a mysterious, deformed woman with a wild tale to tell. Her story is a dark one, hinting at a race of advanced creatures, referred to as transhumans, who have lived in subterranean lairs for thousands of years. She fell into their icky grasp years before, when her and a friend started messing around with black magic and Satanism, conducted a dark ritual out in the sticks, and conjured up one of these advanced humanoids. I hate when that happens. Anyway, she soon learned the errors of her ways when the creatures whisked her off into a dark lair and proceeded to turn her into a slave. After enduring appallingly graphic atrocities, the woman managed to escape and return to the world of light. She brought back with her a book explaining the origins and practices of this vile cannibalistic race. We soon discover, thanks to the professor's investigation of this manual, that cannibalism is actually one of this race's better traits.

In fact, according to the woman's book, we who live on the surface of the earth exist only as a food source for the transhumans. We're cattle, in other words, and have been since the earliest days of our existence. We, or at least our ancestors, developed intelligence thanks to cannibalism (!). Then an apocalyptic event--a global fire--destroyed most of the world, forcing the survivors to subsist on a diet of cooked meat left in the ash heap. These are our ancestors. One cannibal survived, a woman, and her progeny became transhumans since they continued their hideous practice of consuming the brains and bodies of our now docile ancestors. The manual goes on to describe, in minute and graphic detail, every aspect of the transhumans' existence. We learn about the noxious mating rituals, their horrible and violence filled life cycles, the political and social structure of their cities, their disgusting religious practices, and a plethora of other information best left unelaborated on here. We even learn how they use highly developed mental powers to capture and kill their human prey. Fine, upstanding citizens of the world, these transhumans. Mirabello pulls no punches in describing, in stomach churning detail, these disgusting creatures.

I mentioned above how the book seems written in the tradition of H.P. Lovecraft. If you've read the master of Cthulhu and other horrors beyond the senses, you'll know what I mean. We've got a mysterious individual with a horrific secret, a race of creatures both timeless and utterly alien, and a strange, ancient book that gives us the nitty gritty. Even the use of an academic as a means of revealing information and the ignorance of humanity to this terror in our midst smacks of Lovecraft. Another similarity is the style of the narrative. "The Cannibal Within" unfolds in a cold, detached manner that serves to amplify the horror by degrees of magnitude. About the only area in which Mirabello and Lovecraft diverge involves the excessive use of graphic violence. Old H.P. could be quite conservative when it came to showing us the red stuff. He preferred to let the reader fill in the blanks with his or her imagination, whereas Mirabello lays it all out in black and white. "The Cannibal Within" is an often nauseating read, not suitable for those with queasy stomachs and easily riled emotions. It should go without saying that the kiddies ought to avoid delving into the madness contained within these pages.

As closely as Mark Mirabello's book mirrors certain Lovecraftian works, he's more on par with modern day writers of the extreme such as Ed Lee, Charlee Jacob, Wrath James White, and Monica O'Rourke. In fact, I often thought about "Poisoning Eros," a book by White and O'Rourke, as I read "The Cannibal Within." The two novels share a few of the same themes, and both indulge in the same soul-shattering descriptions of debased and lascivious activities. I'm not sure there will ever be a wide market for novels like "The Cannibal Within." These stories are just too extreme for mainstream audiences. I do know, however, that I and a few other warped souls seem to find entertainment value in the darkest of dark fictions. If you enjoy similar things, I definitely suggest you pick up Mirabello's novel immediately. It'll be an excellent addition to your collection. Not the collection you have on a bookshelf, but the one you keep hidden away so normal people won't think you are completely and utterly insane!

A Deeper Form of Horror.......2006-09-04

This book is not about shocking surprises or clever plot devices. Very simply, it describes a world in which everything we believe is a lie, and higher beings breed us like cattle and hunt us like rabbits.

The style of writing is intense, and every page is "wet with sin, slippery with blood, and slimy with fornication."

My favorite part, however, is the way hidden meanings and symbols are embedded in the text.

A rather mechanical observation of satanic ritual and an underground master race.......2006-08-23

A bald, yellow-skinned woman tells a strange tale of kidnapping, abuse, cannibalism, breeding programs, and other unspeakable atrocities to a college professor. Said professor then says he has transcribed all the woman's documents so the story is told first person by her. Perhaps this explains the overall flat tone of the story.

The woman's story is of being abducted by an underground race of demonic super-beings that kidnap young virgins for their breeding programs, where they breed humans like cattle to satisfy their unquenchable hunger for raw, living meat. Human meat. The book ends with a reading of a manuscript that explains where the beings came from, their social habits, their habitat, their shrines, markets, and nests.

In spite of my affection for the horror genre, I tend to cringe at the satanic books that treat their fiction like a ritual manual. That's what 'The Cannibal Within' does. I felt too much time was spent on mechanics rather than storyline even with the explanation for the disconnected Point Of View.

'The Cannibal Within' reveals a foul, bloody, heartless society, but the voice is too dispassionate to bring any shock value to the atrocities. There is no dark erotica to be found either, unless bestiality is your cup of tea. Blood, cannibalism, flesh eating, slavery, $exual torments, filthy environments, and the other stable blocks upon which horror is built requires some emotion for its impact, otherwise its like reading a computer manual.

As gory as it is macabre.......2005-12-08

The Cannibal Within is a, to say the least, bizarre book. But it's not very long, it's easy to read, and written in a way which makes it almost impossible to put it down once you've picked it up. In other words: don't be surprised if you finish it all in one go.

The narrator of the book, a professor who teaches among other things about alternative religions, is one day visited in his office by a strange woman. This woman looks like she had had to undergo all the torments in Hell, and after having told him her story it becomes clear that she actually has had to undergo all the torments in Hell. She brings with her a document telling the story about a macabre race living under ground, so-called "trancehumans", and she's spent half her life as a prisoner with them. Once as a curious teenager she and a friend held a ritual in a clearing, trying to make contact with Satan, but when she came to again she realized that she had become a prisoner. The book is the story about her life as a prisoner, her escape, and the history of this weird underground race.

It's a grotesque story filled with extreme violence, ritualistic sex, macabre rites, and horrible acts of cruelty. However, it's also erotic in a bizarre way; even the most horrible of cruelties are portrayed in a way that doesn't make them very repulsive, and you can whatever you want about the author's perverse fantasy, Mirabello sure knows how to express himself, and I found myself drawn into the story right from the start. Myths about underground people can be found in most cultures throughout history, and The Cannibal Within is a very interesting interpretation of these myths.

But the book is definitely for everybody, due to its hardcore x-rated content. On the back it says that it's a "cult fiction", and even though I strongly doubt that it'll be a cult classic I'm sure it'll offer an interesting read to anyone who wants to experience a story as macabre as it is gory.

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Writing Draws You Through An Incomplete Story
Pick this up, WotC has never had a better series
Review 4
MORE MORE MORE!
Dark and Ponderous

In Hollow Houses (Dark Matter, Book 1)
Gary Braunbeck
Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0786916362
Release Date: 2000-08-01

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It's all true.
It's not a nightmare.
It's all possible.

An unspeakable evil stirs beneath the nation's capital, the gateway to a world of terror few have seen. The Hoffman Institute may be our only defense . . . but is it part of the solution or part of the problem?

Reality and paranoia collide when dark forces converge on a world that seems normal. This is In Hollow Houses, the first novel in a new line of dark, contemporary fantasy fiction.

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Writing Draws You Through An Incomplete Story.......2004-06-03

Compelling narrative keeps you turning the pages. Plot point management makes you wish you had picked up a different book. If you understand that the book is an introduction to Wizards Of The Coasts new game setting, you can forgive a certain amount loose ends, unanswered questions, stock dialogue, and "X-Files Lite" feel. As game setting intro novels go, this story is better than most in that regard. But the book needed to be about twice as long to satisfyingly cover the science and philosophical implications that it raises. Instead, such issues are brought up, gushed over in a way that interrupts the story as you try to wrap your head around the verbiage, then dropped. I will say that the last chapter was touching enough that I decided to give the second book in the series ('If Whispers Call' by another author) a spin and see if things get any better.

Read this book if you want a few thrills with no emotional commitment to the story or its characters. If you want something deeper, read an X-Files novel.

Pick this up, WotC has never had a better series.......2001-04-24

This book was flat out excellent. It lost a star for having some pointlessness toward the middle, but the ending and characters can make up for everything. The actual storyline uses the campaign steeting that far exceeded the actual game's quality for a base. The Dark Matter setting is one of strict paranoia and rampant paranormal activity, and this lives up to the standard. Plus, this is the precursor to one of the most entertaining books I've ever read, If Whispers Call. Think a less overly mysterious X-files mixed with NYPD Blue. Quality.

Review 4.......2001-01-24

Damn good book. I've played the RPG it's based on, which is in itself an excellent game, and the book lives up to and surpasses it's inspiration. Dark, gritty, and suspensful only begin to describe it. It's only flaw was that the metaphysical musings were overly drawn out. The book also manages to stay true to the game setting, without requiring the reader to know a single thing about the game beforehand (or ever, for that matter). Reminds me a little bit of the X-files, but much, much darker and more suspensful, with cooler main characters and more colorful and developed supporting characters.

MORE MORE MORE!.......2000-10-26

I picked up this book because I was curious about the RPG that it's based on and wanted to get some idea what it was all about before plunging into the game. The book just blew me away. If you've read anything from TSR/WOTC in the past, you're in for a big surprise with this book. It's a major departure for the kings of safe fantasy. It is extremely well written and surprisingly thought-provoking. I'm definitely IN and can't wait for the rest of the series. Unfortunately the game falls short of the book's promise, but the first book at least is way more than worth it.

Dark and Ponderous.......2000-10-03

I'm afraid I was disappointed by this first volume in a series which is already projected to 5 volumes. The plot background, basically a reverse v'ger with an ounce or two of X-files, unfolds in truly tedious fashion. Action occurs in short jerky motions. Tunnel chases get interrupted for philosophical soliliquies, etc. Conspiracy lovers will have a ball, however. The writer picks up on all the old theories and adds dashes of aliens where you would never expect them. Literally nothing is as it seems. If you like dark, baroque, excrutiatingly complex settings this will be a series you might come to love. Our best hope here is that this ponderous writing is corrected in later volumes by other authors and that the core story becomes a rich source of invention. In the meantime, I'm pretty sure you will have to read volume 1 to be able to follow what's coming.

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Dark Star Hollow
Matthew J. Fougerousse
Manufacturer: AuthorHouse
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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September 15, 1965. Thunder rumbled softly above the quiet little town of Bright Star, which lay nestled in the valley of the great Tennessee mountains... When the storm came, it destroyed the dam of Bright Star...But it was no accident. Six-hundred and fifty-three people lost their lives in the horrible flood...That was no accident. Thirteen people survived...THAT was an accident. For forty years, the town of Bright Star lay hidden underneath the murky waters of Lake Natas... An unspeakable evil stood guard over the town from the hills above...Waiting. David Sinclair has been given a second chance to finish what he started forty years ago... He's more frightening than Freddy... He's stronger than Jason... He's more menacing than Michael... And he's more evil than all of them put together... David Sinclair has returned from Hell...And he's not about to go back. He has a job to do...You are his job. September 2005, a group of vacationing houseboaters take a cruise on Lake Natas for a week of relaxation and rest. They have no idea that they are embarking on a one-way cruise to Hell. The vacationers and locals quickly find themselves surrounded by the nightmares of the past, and the horrible secret of Dark Star Hollow. The locals won't talk...The police can't help...And the fate of thirteen people lay in the hands of one man who has also returned to Dark Star Hollow to avenge the lives of six-hundred fifty-three souls trapped below the evil waters of Lake Natas. Dark Star Hollow is a true tale of terror. The sense of isolation and supernatural evil are the key factors that our characters are swallowed by. It becomes a twisted carnival of paranoia and faith as the group struggles to defeat the evil that waits for them in Dark Star Hollow...

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Whisper the Winged Unicorn in the Secret of Dark Hollow (Book and Stickers)
Christopher Brown
Manufacturer: Antioch Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Deeply Engaging, But Not Really Scary
A supernatural thriller in the tradition of Charles Williams

Lord of the Hollow Dark
Russell Kirk
Manufacturer: Christendom Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0931888352

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Deeply Engaging, But Not Really Scary.......2003-06-26

I hate to admit that I find anything positive in Stephen King, but some of his works are truly frightening.

This is not true of Lord of the Hollow Dark, but there is still much to admire in Kirk's turn into the horror genre.

First of all, the book is absorbing. I literally couldn't put it down until it was finished. And once it was done, I was craving more. This is a good book! The characters are fairly well developed, but strange to the extreme.

Of greatest impact is the mood that Kirk creates. This novel is fully textured and deep - in some ways it is reminiscent of Eco's "Foucault's Pendulum," but without the exaggerated complexities. The plot seems straightforward enough at the beginning, but it gets more and more abstract as it progresses, and the climax of the work is excellent.

I have yet to plumb the depths of this novel - it will take a couple more readings to satisfy myself that I haven't missed the subtext. But any level, this is an excellent work (if you can find it!)

A supernatural thriller in the tradition of Charles Williams.......1998-11-15

"Lord of the Hollow Dark" is a supernatural thriller in the tradition of Charles Williams. In some ways it is reminiscent of the "occult novels" of Dennis Wheatley, but is informed by a more traditional religious sense than was Wheatley. An unusual assortment of individuals gather in a mysterious castle (site many years before of an horrific murder) for a ceremony planned by the leader of a cult. The nature of the ceremony is unknown to all but its planner. This is not a book for those who are thrillied by blood-and-gore "slasher" horror stories. It will give the philosophically-inclined reader things to think about, and the imaginative person a few nightmares.

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The mystery of Dark Hollow
Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Manufacturer: T.B. Peterson & brothers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00088SXSU

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Dark Hills, Hollow Clocks
Garry Douglas Kilworth
Manufacturer: Mammoth
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Dark Hollow
Katharine Anna Green
Manufacturer: IndyPublish
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1428017275

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Dark Hollow
Anna Katharine Green
Manufacturer: Hard Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1406930490
Release Date: 2006-11-03

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But her faith had been sorely shaken in the interview just related. He was not the friend she had hoped to find. He had insisted upon her husband's guilt, when she had expected consideration and a thoughtful recapitulation of the evidence; and he had remained unmoved, or but very little moved, by the disappointment of his son--his only remaining link to life.

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