Stephen King is known to be generous in his blurbs, but even so, I'll take his recommendation of a writer any day. This is the newest book from Nick Cutter. (Doesn't his name just SOUND like a horror writer? Or maybe a thriller writer? It's from Simon and Schuster (which also publishes King), and here's the sales pitch:
An all-new epic tale of terror and redemption set in the hinterlands of midcentury New Mexico from the acclaimed author of
The Troop—which Stephen King raved “scared the hell out of me and I couldn’t put it down...old-school horror at its best.”
From electrifying horror author Nick Cutter comes a haunting new novel, reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy's
Blood Meridian and Stephen King’s
It,
in which a trio of mismatched mercenaries is hired by a young woman for
a deceptively simple task: check in on her nephew, who may have been
taken against his will to a remote New Mexico backwoods settlement
called Little Heaven. Shortly after they arrive, things begin to turn
ominous. Stirrings in the woods and over the treetops—the brooding shape
of a monolith known as the Black Rock casts its terrible pall. Paranoia
and distrust grips the settlement. The escape routes are gradually cut
off as events spiral towards madness. Hell—or the closest thing to
it—invades Little Heaven. The remaining occupants are forced to take a
stand and fight back, but whatever has cast its dark eye on Little
Heaven is now marshaling its powers...and it wants them all.
Sounds good, doesn't it? The book was published this week. Check it
out.
