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Like the subterranean trail blazed by its adventurers, the narrative twists, turns, deadends. Exhilarated at one of the best books that ive read in a long time, and sad that its over. Jon krakauer, author of into thin air absolutely bonechilling every bit as good as stephen king at his best. The characters are incredibly dynamic, and i just fell in love with ike and ally. It is an emotional story of evil, fear, acceptance and irony. This is a collection of the first three titles in the descent series, which are gritty urban fantasy books about an exorcist, a witch, and their battles against the forces of heaven and hell. This is a collection of the first three titles in the descent series, which are gritty urban fantasy books about an exorcist, a witch, and their battles against the forces of. Books like the ruins but not like house of leaves january 1. The dark descent is a generally excellent anthology of shorter horror pieces. Scientists theorize these are troglofaunalike hominids descended from homo erectus.

The descent is enchantingly magical with unanticipated surprises and fascinating charactersan unforgettable rollercoaster ride, where emotions run the gamut from deep fear to highest elation. Find books like the origin of speciesthe descent of man modern library from the worlds largest community of readers. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Published in 2009, the stories in irish girl won an o. Cannibal within, by mark mirabello would also fit the bill. Selection in relation to sex by charles darwin, adrian desmond, james moore, here are some books like this. I never believed in god like i never believed in the truly bad man. The descent detective louise blackwell book 2 ebook. Book series tend to taper off for readers in terms of depth of story and the ability to surprise, but katsus taker series has transcended levels with each installment peers behind the veil between the human and spiritual world.

Exterior scenes were filmed at ashridge park, hertfordshire and in scotland. The ending of the both the descent part 2 and the cave blindsided me, loved that the most about them. The descent book by alma katsu official publisher page. The film follows six women who, having entered a cave system, struggle to survive against the humanoid creatures inside filming took place in the united kingdom. Great deals on one book or all books in the series. I have read my fair share of classic horror books but id like to deepen my. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the descent. The descent is a 1999 science fictionhorror novel by american author jeff long. The descent is simply the best horror novel since ghost story, and, on pure literary merit, it could even be called a masterpiece. Hartwell traces the complex history of horror in literature back to the earliest short stories. As for me own choice for recent scarey movies i would have to say mama, it relies on jump scares which i normally roll my eyes at and move on because its not really horror but mama uses them really quite well. Deeper is not as good as the first one, but its still good.

Sign up for news about books, authors, and more from penguin random house. I love this book so much that ive read it 3 times in the past 10 years. It describes the discovery and exploration of an extensive labyrinth of tunnels and passages stretching throughout the earths upper mantle, found to be inhabited by a malicious species of alternatelyevolved troglofauna hominids. Find books like descent from the worlds largest community of readers. The descent by jeff long is one of the best novels ive ever read. The descent, written and directed by neil marshall and released in 2005, is widely considered one of the best horror movies of the 21 st century. If johnston writes more books like this, the genre will be all the better for it. The descent is part of an extraordinary series, where supernatural adventures are memorable while the cast of characters are notably original. Unlike most books that fall into the category of page turner, this one also falls in the category of writing so good you cant even believe it. While the sequels ending left some intriguing open questions for the descent part 3, like why is ed helping feed the crawlers, the movie barely recouped its budget.

The descent audiobook by jeff long, boyd gaines official. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read hellboy in hell. Midnights liar by richard laymon is another trapped in a cave with freaks book. The descent descent series book 1 kindle edition by. Fort worth startelegram a return to the fantastic epics readers associate with h. The premise of descent, a new novel by tim johnston, is a familiar one. Noah solloways great american thriller come to life. The descent of alette by alice notley, paperback barnes.

Jeff long books authors website author interview, focusing on descent. Neil marshall was an executive producer on the movie and later admitted hed wished the sequel. The denver post what makes the novel unforgettable is its sense of character, its deliberate, unadorned prose and johnstons unflinching exploration of human endurance, physical and psychological. Descent tells the story of a yearslong bender that exposes the brutal truth of his life as a professional cyclist. And yet only 4 crowns, because the book might have been so excellent and the best thriller i had ever.

The work reads like a postmodern, mythofeminist combination of dantes inferno and the old english beowulffrom grendels point of view, in which the explorerwarrior is female and the monsterdevil an. Start typing the title or the author of a book you like. But its also a gorgeously written, thoughtprovoking, and haunting novel about family, survival, and the power of a single choice. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. The descent descent series book 1 and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the descent. It did good business on dvd but part 2 largely proved disappointing to those who loved the original.

The descent descent series book 1 and over one million other books are available for amazon kindle. This collection contains all seven books of the descent series, as well as three short stories interspersed with the books. My epic fall from cycling superstardom to doping dead end, dekker reveals a sordid way of life full of blood bags, drugs, prostitutes, and money. From a fairly standard horror premise a house is revealed to be slightly larger on the inside than is strictly possible danielewski spins out a dizzying tale involving multiple unreliable narrators, typographic mysteries, and looping footnotes that. Theres a novel by jeff long called the descent that takes place largely in a cave. If you like the descent you might like similar movies the mist, the hills have eyes, drag me to hell, the ruins, 30 days of night. Danielewski put simply, house of leaves is one of the most frightening books ever written.

Mary roach, author of gulp lyrical and hypnotic, descent is a pulsepounding thriller of the first order. Jeff long is the new york times bestselling author whose novels include the wall, the reckoning in development with reese witherspoon at type a productions, year zero, and the descent. Johnston has a superhuman gift for watching and listening to the world and rendering, on the page, its beauty and savagery with such detail and power that the story feels almost more like. While we may never see a 3 rd chapter, theres no denying that the films, and the creepy creatures that inhabit them, have had a huge impact on our genre. From a fairly standard horror premise a house is revealed to be slightly larger on the inside than is strictly possible danielewski spins out a dizzying tale involving multiple unreliable narrators, typographic mysteries, and looping footnotes that manage to drag the reader.

He is a veteran climber and traveler in the himalayas and has worked as a stonemason, journalist, historian, screenwriter, and elections supervisor for bosnias first democratic election. It tackles ostensibly salacious materialthe abduction and rape of a young girl, rather than the murder of onebut transcends the label of genre as a result of its lyrical and poetic prose according to the washington post, in an attempt to straddle the line between. Jeff longs descent and the sequel, deeper, are definitely a good place to start. This book is like a gripping action movie you are so in it, that forget authors lapses of logics or narration. Haven kimmel, author of a girl named zippy and iodine. Henry prize, the new letters award for writers, and the gival press short story award, while the collection itself won the 2009 katherine anne porter prize in short fiction.

Winner of the world fantasy award for best anthology. Books like the ruins but not like house of leaves scarybooks. Charles darwin the origin of speciesthe descent of man similar books books similar to the origin of speciesthe descent of man modern library the origin of speciesthe descent of man modern library. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the descent series complete collection. Youll be in johnstons unrelenting narrative grip until the final page. The descent will blow readers away with its creativity, nuance, and multilayered story. Unlike most books that fall into the category of page turner, this one also falls in. All music movies tv shows books authors games podcasts. Wells or jules vernea highspirited tale of good versus evil, faith versus reason, and the power of the human.

Ive read the descent twice as well as deeper and do not regret it. Descent by tim johnston, very much like descent by noah solloway, is considered a literary thriller. Enter a book you like and the site will analyse our huge database of real readers favorite books to provide book recommendations and suggestions for what to read next. The descent is a 2005 british adventure horror film written and directed by neil marshall.

A pageturner for thinking people, the descent is equal parts ray bradbury and robert stone, michael crichton and t. Others to at least look into, although they dont primarily take place in caves. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Part 2 you might like similar movies rec 2, the descent, the ruins, rec, wind chill. From the publisher descent is the best novel ive read in a long time. From the beginning to the surprising end, descent is a relentless pageturner, and one of the best books ive read this year. For me the 2nd novel did not break the end of the 1st.

A gigantic, superlatively edited historical overview of horror fiction. Books similar to the origin of speciesthe descent of man. Descent is a twisty thrillerplus tim johnstons suspenseful novel follows a family that begins to come apart after their teenage daughter is abducted during a mountain vacation. Miami herald descent is fluent and bighearted, both a gripping thriller and a carefully nuanced look at a heartbroken but hopeful family. Find the complete the descent book series by jeff long. I havent read deeper, but i liked year zero by the. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2.