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    Darkness

    Written by John Saul

    Narrated by Anthony Zerbe

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Villejeune, Florida. A secluded little town at the edge of a vast, eerie swamp. Far from prying eyes. Far from the laws of civilization. Here folks live by their own rules -- dark rites of altars and infants, candles and blood.

    Years ago the Andersons left town with a dream. Now they are back. To live out a nightmare. Something has been waiting for them. Something unspeakably evil. It feeds on the young and the innocent. And soon it will draw their teenage daughter into its unholy embrace....


    From the Paperback edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMay 4, 2004
    ISBN9780739312285
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    Darkness
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    John Saul

    Perfect Nightmare is John Saul’s thirty-second novel. His first novel, Suffer the Children, published in 1977, was an immediate million-copy seller. His other bestselling suspense novels include Black Creek Crossing, Midnight Voices, The Manhattan Hunt Club, Nightshade, The Right Hand of Evil, The Presence, Black Lightning, Guardian, and The Homing. He is also the author of the New York Times bestselling serial thriller The Blackstone Chronicles, initially published in six installments but now available in one complete volume. Saul divides his time between Seattle, Washington, and Hawaii.

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    • 5/5
      I am a big fan of John Saul, have been for years was very excited to see he had audiobooks available, this one I hadn’t read before I couldn’t stop, I love his writing and his ability to keep you hooked.
    • 1/5
      The Narrator's voice puts you off this book deleted it before chapter 3
    • 5/5
      Finally something NEW to hear!!! Good book, good story.
    • 4/5
      John Saul is what it is - fast-paced, simple chlling entertainment. Anthony Zerbe did a great job reading and was able to set the mood and emotions perfectly. Very creepy and very nice!
    • 4/5
      Kelly, a 16 years old girl, grew up in Orlando. She has hallucinations of a dark, strange men. She decides to make an end of the hallucinations......and her own life! It didn't turn out the way Kelly wanted it to be and she survives. Her parents think it might be better, for kelly, to move to a little village, villejeune. Unfortunetly Kelly doesn't get less problems, Villejeune is where the trouble begins. You don't want to stop reading anymore, because the book holds your attention till the end. Even if you're not a horror/thriller fan you will not be disappointed by this.

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    • 3/5
      Rating: 3 of 5An entertaining, one time read. Interesting spin on "vampires" as well as youth, aging, and the soul.Side note: My first time reading John Saul.
    • 4/5
      Not one of his best but definitely very readable. has his usual good descriptors and will certainly draw you in to the story
    • 3/5
      i thought this book was a good quick read it had a very satisfying ending.
    • 1/5
      The concept was interesting, but I found the writing to be sub-par and lackluster. Further, the stock characters weren't very interesting, and there weren't any real surprises in the narrative. In short, cool idea, horrible execution.This was my first experience with John Saul, and to be honest, it will probably be my last.
    • 4/5
      Unpredictable and compelling - this is a great book!
    • 2/5
      I think this was supposed to be scarier than it was. It had potential to be scary with The Dark Man and his family of zombie children, the spooky swamp and its inscrutable inhabitants, and the obvious terror of the characters but somehow it just didn’t hit me. There were parts that were really creepy, especially toward the end, but I wouldn’t say scary. At times it sort of slipped toward corny and that made it lose some of its horror bite. I was also waiting for all the pieces to fall into place and I don’t think they ever really did. I understand there being mystery and magic around the events and I don’t need to know how all the stuff happened. But I do think there are some things that need some explaining so they make sense within the context of the book. One of the main characters is just sort of plopped into this story. She is integral to the plot but where she came from, her connection to everything else, and the motivations for her actions are never explained. It felt like you were coming at the story from two angles but they never quite met in the middle. It was a fast read and there were some interesting ideas and scenes and could be kind of fun light, not-too-much-thinking sort of way but this book, my first John Saul, did not leave me in a hurry to read any more.