The lives and destinies of the Price family become intertwined with the ancient forest of Goodmanswood, from Lennox Price who discovers a hallucinogenic moss, to his grandson's sexual encounter in the heart of the forest.
The Darkest Part of the Woods
โ Scribed by Campbell, Ramsey
- Publisher
- Tor Books
- Year
- 2002;2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 189 KB
- Edition
- 1st mass market ed
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0765346826
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โฆ Synopsis
Ramsey Campbell has been acclaimed as a master of dark fantasy by Clive Barker, the master of a skewed and exquisitely terrifying style by Library Journal, one of the worlds foremost horror writers by the San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle, and a master of mood by Publishers Weekly. The Darkest Part of the Woods is contemporary dark fantasy, bordering on horror. It is evocative, emotional, and disturbing.The Darkest Part of the Woods introduces the Price family, whose fates are entangled with the ancient forest of Goodmanswood. Dr. Lennox Price discovered a hallucinogenic moss that became the focus of a cult. After Lennoxs death, his widow seems to see and hear him in the treesor is it a dark version of the Green Man that caresses her with leafy hands? Lennoxs grandson heeds a call to lie in his lovers arms in the very heart of the forestand cannot help but wonder what the fruit of that love will be.And Heather, Lennoxs daughter, who turned her back on her fathers mysteries and sought sanctuary in the world of facts and history? Goodmanswood summons her as well....
Library : Horror
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780765346827
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