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Another terrifying horror classic from 'master of the macabre' Richard Laymon. Fans of Dean Koontz and Stephen King won't be disappointed
'If you've missed Laymon, you've missed a treat' Stephen King
It was supposed to be a peaceful escape for the two families camping high in the California mountains. But they made the mistake of camping at Mesquite lake, home to two of the wilderness's most terrifying inhabitants: an aged hag with gruesome powers and her depraved son whose unnatural lusts even she cannot control...
Praise for Dark Mountain: A chilling horror of the macabre and the supernatural
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In Laymon's books, blood doesn't so much as drip as explode, splatter and coagulate - Independent
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No one writes like Laymon and you're going to have a good time with anything he writes - Dean Koontz
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A gut-crunching writer - Time Out
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A brilliant writer - Sunday Express
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The author knows how to sock it to the reader - The Times
Richard Laymon
Richard Laymon was born in Chicago in 1947 and grew up in California. Four of his books have been shortlisted for the Bram Stoker Award, which he won in 2001 with THE TRAVELLING VAMPIRE SHOW. Among his many acclaimed works of horror and suspense are THE STAKE, SAVAGE, AFTER MIDNIGHT and the four novels in the Beast House Chronicles: THE CELLAR, THE BEAST HOUSE, THE MIDNIGHT TOUR and FRIDAY NIGHT IN BEAST HOUSE. He died in February 2001.
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