I think Adam Nevill would be very pleased with this! I just read the opening description on Goodreads and I see what you're getting at...:
"The red night of bells heralds global catastrophe. Annihilation on a biblical scale. Seeing the morning is no blessing. The handful of scattered survivors are confronted by blood-red skies and an infestation of predatory horrors that never originated on earth. An occupying force intent on erasing the remnants of animal life from the planet."
I'm on page 84, thanks to your above review, and enjoying it this far. Several "empty earth" similarities to the stories in Wyrd and Other Derelictions, the only other Nevil I have read.
Oooh. I've not read this one yet, but I really like Adam's writing as well. The Ritual remains my favorite of his novels that I've read, but I love the way books like No One Gets Out Alive and Cunning Folk address class as well. I found the harrowing real-world situation of the character in the former as horrific as the actual supernatural horrors! And I had a lovely discovery this past week as getting into a box I've had in storage for years turned up unread copies of Lost Girl and House of Small Shadows, yay!
Lost Girl is gripping, and I've read it twice. I read House of Small Shadows from a library copy, which they no longer have. I'd really like to read that one again. The author said that was his readers' least favorite of his novels.
I think Adam Nevill would be very pleased with this! I just read the opening description on Goodreads and I see what you're getting at...:
"The red night of bells heralds global catastrophe. Annihilation on a biblical scale. Seeing the morning is no blessing. The handful of scattered survivors are confronted by blood-red skies and an infestation of predatory horrors that never originated on earth. An occupying force intent on erasing the remnants of animal life from the planet."
I'm on page 84, thanks to your above review, and enjoying it this far. Several "empty earth" similarities to the stories in Wyrd and Other Derelictions, the only other Nevil I have read.
Many thanks!
Oooh. I've not read this one yet, but I really like Adam's writing as well. The Ritual remains my favorite of his novels that I've read, but I love the way books like No One Gets Out Alive and Cunning Folk address class as well. I found the harrowing real-world situation of the character in the former as horrific as the actual supernatural horrors! And I had a lovely discovery this past week as getting into a box I've had in storage for years turned up unread copies of Lost Girl and House of Small Shadows, yay!
Lost Girl is gripping, and I've read it twice. I read House of Small Shadows from a library copy, which they no longer have. I'd really like to read that one again. The author said that was his readers' least favorite of his novels.