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Date of Release: May 2003 |
Publisher: Leisure Books |
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Bad mistake Number 1.
Then he asks them for another favor, one which they can't deliver. Discomforted by his conversation, they eject him from the car.
Bad mistake Number 2.
Because they haven't seen the last of Brand, nor will he leave their minds. Each becomes obsessed with him in his or her own way. Dan becomes preoccupied with thoughts of protecting his family, haunted by an attack on his wife years ago, and is driven to acts of violence of which he never thought himself capable. Megan, a religious woman, thinks of Brand as a devil who watches her through the eyes of wild creatures. And daughter Nikki finds herself attracted to him even as he terrifies her.
And events spiral from here...
Lebbon's masterful handling of family dynamics and his understanding of the things which threaten them puts this novel into a league of its own. The story relies more on psychological terror and suspense than violence, but it's intense reading nonetheless.
The ending rivals Bentley Little's THE MAILMAN for impact value on the reader.
Buy it today.
