HEX: Terrifying and unputdownable horror!
Apr 2016 · Hachette UK
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'This is totally, brilliantly original' STEPHEN KING
WELCOME TO BLACK SPRING, A PICTURESQUE TOWN WITH AN HORRIFYING SECRET...
A 17th century woman with her eyes and mouth sewn-shut walks Blacks Springs streets... enters its homes... and watches its people while they sleep.
They call her the Black Rock Witch.
So accustomed to her presence, the townsfolk often forget what will happen if her eyes ever open.
To protect themselves the Black Spring elders use high-tech surveillance to quarantine the town. Frustrated with the lockdown, the town's teenagers decide to break the rules and go viral with the haunting.
But no one foresees the dark nightmare that awaits them all.
PRAISE FOR THOMAS OLDE HEUVELT:
'Reminiscent of vintage Stephen King' John Connolly
'A powerfully spooky piece of writing' Financial Times
'Spielbergian... a fabulous, unforgettable conceit' Guardian
WELCOME TO BLACK SPRING, A PICTURESQUE TOWN WITH AN HORRIFYING SECRET...
A 17th century woman with her eyes and mouth sewn-shut walks Blacks Springs streets... enters its homes... and watches its people while they sleep.
They call her the Black Rock Witch.
So accustomed to her presence, the townsfolk often forget what will happen if her eyes ever open.
To protect themselves the Black Spring elders use high-tech surveillance to quarantine the town. Frustrated with the lockdown, the town's teenagers decide to break the rules and go viral with the haunting.
But no one foresees the dark nightmare that awaits them all.
PRAISE FOR THOMAS OLDE HEUVELT:
'Reminiscent of vintage Stephen King' John Connolly
'A powerfully spooky piece of writing' Financial Times
'Spielbergian... a fabulous, unforgettable conceit' Guardian
Ratings and reviews
4.0
23 reviews
Gill Cranston
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July 12, 2023
Oh God. So bad. So very, very bad. As others have stated, I'm sure, extremely misogynistic. The author has a breast fixation. Enough said about that. The book starts off scary but by the end, the witch is a very sympathetic figure who actually doesn't do anything to the town. The townspeople do it to themselves. As the the main father of the story, if there was ever a figure who deserves to die for what he does to one of his sons (his least favourite son. Can't believe i had to write that), this dad deserves the worst.
Simon Osborne
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October 9, 2017
Very much enjoyed, elements of Steven King and Clive Barker in there which suits me. Was hooked up untill the end which seemed to be rushed and loose a bit of the reality to the charcters that had been built up.
James Wallington
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June 26, 2017
Amazing full-on terrifyingly horror & exceptionally well written. In my top 20 list along with Clive Barker & Graham Masterton. Loved it. Thank u Mr Heuvelt
About the author
Dutch novelist Thomas Olde Heuvelt is the author of five novels and many short stories of the fantastic. He has been awarded the Paul Harland Prize on three occasions, and was nominated for the World Fantasy Award. In 2015 he won the Hugo award for Best Short Story. Olde Heuvelt wrote his debut novel at the age of sixteen. He studied English Language and American Literature in his hometown of Nijmegen and at the University of Ottawa in Canada.
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