This is my first foray into a world created by Herbert and like a sweaty trembling decaying toothed crack addict, I am hooked. I picked this book up for 50 cents from a bargain rack at the local hospital where I work with no inkling what was instore other than the depiction of a rather demonic looking screaming scull on the cover. Below the standard gold lettering stamping the authors name and the book title was a little quote from the Daily Mail "Turbo Charged and spewing black fumes", I just had to have it!
"Sometimes horror is in the mind. And sometimes it's real. Telling the difference isn't always easy. It wasn't for Joe Creed. He'd just photographed the unreal, and now he had to pay the price. Because he thought demons were just a joke, but the jokes on him" (From "Creed").
James Herbert is one amazingly twisted genius. From the first page through to the very last word, this was a book I found extremely hard to put down. I used to think that finishing a novel in 48hrs was crap and anyone who says they've done it is full of it. Well thats exactly how long this novel took me, I was glued to my seat, if I put it down I couldn't stop thinking about it and when I wasn't reading it I felt as though I had legitamite withdrawal symptoms. The story invaded my very life and took me one one hell of a wild edge of my seat ride.
The book takes place in London with a plethra of richly detailed characters from the lead Creed, a Paparazzi photograper who meets all matter of people and demons aplenty. Demons taking on the appearance of a seductress, a strapping gentlman or the classic, "Herbertized" fear paralyzing version. The type that keep to the shaddows, have spider like legs, speed of a jaguar and stink of rotting meat!
I can't recommend this book enough. If your a horror fan this yarn is a must. But be warned, it is an unstoppable cracking feast of gore, debauchery, insanity, terror, passion and the blackest of black humor that once started will leave your head spinning and your life effected.
Links to:
A Quality "James Herbert" Website.
Interview with "James Herbert" (.MP3)
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