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Carrion Comfort

By Dan Simmons

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| Paperback | 9780312567071

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CARRION COMFORT is one of the three greatest horror novels of the 20th century. Simple as that.” --Stephen King

"Epic in scale and scope but intimately disturbing, CARRION COMFORT spans the ages to rewrite history and tug at the very fabric of reality. A nightmarish chronicle of preContinue

CARRION COMFORT is one of the three greatest horror novels of the 20th century. Simple as that.” --Stephen King

"Epic in scale and scope but intimately disturbing, CARRION COMFORT spans the ages to rewrite history and tug at the very fabric of reality. A nightmarish chronicle of predator and prey that will shatter your world view forever. A true classic." --Guillermo del Toro

"CARRION COMFORT is one of the scariest books ever written. Whenever I get the question asked Who's your favorite author? my answer is always Dan Simmons." --James Rollins

"One of the few major reinventions of the vampire concept, on a par with Jack Finney’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend, and Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot. --David Morrell

THE PAST... Caught behind the lines of Hitler’s Final Solution, Saul Laski is one of the multitudes destined to die in the notorious Chelmno extermination camp. Until he rises to meet his fate and finds himself face to face with an evil far older, and far greater, than the Nazi’s themselves

THE PRESENT... Compelled by the encounter to survive at all costs, so begins a journey that for Saul will span decades and cross continents, plunging into the darkest corners of 20th century history to reveal a secret society of beings who may often exist behind the world's most horrible and violent events. Killing from a distance, and by darkly manipulative proxy, they are people with the psychic ability to 'use' humans: read their minds, subjugate them to their wills, experience through their senses, feed off their emotions, force them to acts of unspeakable aggression. Each year, three of the most powerful of this hidden order meet to discuss their ongoing campaign of induced bloodshed and deliberate destruction. But this reunion, something will go terribly wrong. Saul’s quest is about to reach its elusive object, drawing hunter and hunted alike into a struggle that will plumb the depths of mankind’s attraction to violence, and determine the future of the world itself

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What can I say... I think there is one word only to define this book and is a "heavy" one: MASTERPIECE!!!
I don't even dare to get deep into review as this novel is n.1 in all aspects: the plot is very original, the writing precious as usual, the action always present regardless the huge lenght, we ... (continue)

What can I say... I think there is one word only to define this book and is a "heavy" one: MASTERPIECE!!!
I don't even dare to get deep into review as this novel is n.1 in all aspects: the plot is very original, the writing precious as usual, the action always present regardless the huge lenght, well known stereotypes (the holocaust, the deranged Secret Servicies, the racial issues, etc.) are rendered as "fresh and alive" as they were truly never heard before, and the characters descriptions... OMG that is possibily one of the best I read ever!!! Melanie in particular is superbly depicted.
This is real high art, Simmons is a genius.

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Gingillo said on Dec 6, 2010 | Add your feedback

this is real horror. the ideas of simmons are beautiful and you can't explain how he can go on for more than 800 pages with the mind vampires idea. ok, he adds also the holocaust, a lot of characters and classical thrilling scenes. but at the end it's the main idea that holds. and he masters the gen ... (continue)

this is real horror. the ideas of simmons are beautiful and you can't explain how he can go on for more than 800 pages with the mind vampires idea. ok, he adds also the holocaust, a lot of characters and classical thrilling scenes. but at the end it's the main idea that holds. and he masters the genre. top level.

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Taffey6977 said on May 26, 2009 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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English Books
Paperback 800 Pages
ISBN-10: 0312567073
ISBN-13: 9780312567071
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Pub date: Nov 24, 2009
Dimensions: 1355 mm x 903 mm x 245 mm Just how big is that?
Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Others and eBook