Simon Clark
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Vampyrrhic Rites
Lazarus Deep is a lake that sits like a blot of darkness in the valley.
Eighteen-year-old Dylan Adams is on the verge of leaving his hometown for a life in the city, but his plans are dramatically changed when his old school friend Luke Spencer goes missing. A search finds nothing. All anyone knows is that he was last seen at Lazarus Deep. Then, in the dead of night, Dylan’s old friend comes calling. But he’s not the same boy that everyone once knew.
They didn’t want it to happen; they believed they’d never see each other again, but David Leppington, Bernice Mochardi and Electra Charnwood are drawn together once more to face the vampiric creatures that are Nosferatu: the undead. The desolate North Yorkshire Moors have held their secret for more than a thousand years. First they erupted from the labyrinth of tunnels that lie beneath the quiet town of Leppington. Now it is the turn of Lazarus Deep. Soon the still waters will be disturbed. The villages that surround it will become the new feeding grounds. David Leppington will face new horrors and he will also experience the darkest of temptations.
Lazarus Deep is no beauty spot, and bathing is strictly prohibited.
'A master of eerie thrills' Richard Laymon
Praise for The Night of the Triffids
‘The hottest new purveyor of horrific thrills currently working on these shores’ The Big Issue
‘A definite confirmation of this author’s growing reputation as one of the top genre novelists around today’ Starburst
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‘The pace of the story is breakneck and the climax exhilarating’ Scotsman
‘Readers will relish Clark’s uncomplicated cocktail of chloryphyl and human blood’ Financial Times
‘Simon Clark is not an author to let you down – the blood doesn’t flow through his text so much as pump arterially into the reader’s face’ SFX
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First British Edition Hodder & Stoughton (2001) |
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The Night of the Triffids
The Day Of The Triffids, John Wyndham’s extraordinary bestseller, is one man’s description of doomsday: almost the entire population has become blind and the world has a new master - the monstrous triffid plant. The novel ends with its narrator, Bill Masen, leaving the British mainland with his wife and four-year-old son to join a new colony on the Isle of Wight.
Simon Clark takes up the story twenty-five years later.
The tiny community, temporarily safe in its island fortress, has continued its work not only to eradicate the triffid menace but also to lay the foundations of a new civilization. Throughout the world, similar colonies struggle for survival, while the indefatigable triffid plant continues its march, seemingly intent on wiping out humankind.
In the 29th year since the fall of the old world, David Masen, the now grown-up son of Bill, wakes one morning to discover that the world has been mysteriously plunged into darkness. The few sighted people have their artificial lights, but once more the triffid has the advantage...
Fifty years after John Wyndham penned his classic bestseller, the acclaimed writer Simon Clark has devised an imaginative, ingenious and intriguing theory as to what might have happened to Bill Masen and his descendants in their ongoing battle against the triffids.
Simon Clark writes
I was twelve years old when I discovered John Wyndham’s awe-inspiring The Day Of The Triffids. For me, standing between the world of childhood and the mysterious new world of adulthood, it was a revelation.
The Day Of The Triffids wasn’t merely a good story; it was such a powerful transforming experience that the hero’s struggle for survival has stayed with me ever since.
And yet always, always when I re-read this great book, I feel an aching sense of loss as I reach the end. The characters were leaving me. But deep down I knew their stories continued. For years I dreamed about a their future adventures.
NOW, at long last, I can slip into the hero’s shoes to explore the ruins of a great civilization which died just a few years before the birth of rock and roll, moon landings and colour TV. I can face the menace of the murderous triffid again and learn that the battle for humankind’s survival is far from over.
Writing this book was a real labour of love, and I dedicate it with true respect and admiration to John Wyndam, 1903-1969
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Judas Tree
Amelia Thomas heads for the sun-soaked Greek island of Voros not only to escape her cold, dreary home town, but also to piece her life back together after a failed romance and a mysterious accident which has left her feeling an outsider to the rest of the world.
Voros should be an idyllic, peaceful place. Here there are no roads, no towns, only the Judas tree which grows in astonishing profusion, blossoming each spring into a vivid pink that lends the island an otherworldly air.
But the island is not what it appears. Nor are the people who live there. Something unexpected haunts Voros. A something that Amelia cannot see, but a something which has the power to shape events, to invade lives and to make people do strange, sometimes frightening things.
That dark power is about to reach out to Amelia and take her on a strange and ghostly journey of self-discovery. A journey where danger lurks…
In the classic tradition of The Haunting of Hill House, Rebecca and The Shining, Simon Clark has written a truly thrilling modern ghost story which will continue to haunt the reader long after the final page.
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‘A story as chilling as it is chic. Oppressive, poignant, tranquil and beautiful, Judas Tree is a modern-day classic’ Focus
More Acclaim for Simon Clark
'A master of eerie thrills' Richard Laymon
'The hottest new purveyor of horrific thrills currently working on these shores' Big Issue
'Simon Clark is a well-established horror writer whose stories are told with pace, style and always with a surreal twist' Newcastle Evening Chronicle
‘A master of eerie thrills’ Richard Laymon
'What gives Clark his lever into your own fears is taking the mundane and making it menacing' SFX
'The hottest new purveyor of horrific thrills currently working on these shores' Big Issue
'Simon Clark is a well-established horror writer whose stories are told with pace, style and always with a surreal twist' Newcastle Evening Chronicle
'Vampyrrhic is a dark and powerful novel which starts slowly and innocently and builds to a crescendo of violence and fear. Be prepared to sleep with the light on until the memories of the horror dim' Peterborough Evening Telegraph
'One of the best contemporary British horror writers' Deathrealm
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Vampyrrhic
'Maximilian saw heads dart down at the throats, then the heads twisted from side to side like dogs gnawing at a bone. When he next saw the youths, their throats were torn; blood pumped vibrantly, squirting in crimson jets as high as his shoulders. Then the heads came down again. And this time they looked like so many pigs jostling for food at the trough. And the sound of hungry mouths eagerly feeding was loud in his ears...'
WELCOME TO LEPPINGTON
Not far from the coastal town of Whitby is Leppington, nestling in the purple hills of the North Yorkshire Moors. Quiet, unassuming, a forgotten backwater - yet beneath Leppington's streets terrifying creatures stir. They are driven by ancient passion that has become obsession. They are united in their burning hunger. They share an unending craving. They are Nosferatu. And they have the power to drain your will to resist. To drain it so utterly that you will cheerfully, gladly, eagerly surrender yourself to their sharp, brutal teeth.
AND IN LEPPINGTON DEATH ISN'T ALWAYS FOREVER
Simon Clark's latest horror novel continues the bloodline established by the highly acclaimed Nailed By the Heart, Blood Crazy, Darker and King Blood. As SFX, the leading magazine of the imaginative-media scene, put it: 'Simon Clark is not an author to let you down - the blood doesn't flow through his text so much as pump arterially into the reader's face.'
'Vampyrrhic is a dark and powerful novel which starts slowly and innocently and builds to a crescendo of violence and fear. Be prepared to sleep with the light on until the memories of the horror dim' Peterborough Evening Telegraph
More acclaim for Simon Clark
'A master of eerie thrills' Richard Laymon
'One of the best contemporary British horror writers ... Watch this man climb to Horror Heaven!' DEATHREALM
'Not since I discovered Clive Barker have I enjoyed horror so much' NIGHTFALL
'A superb new horror writer' MANCHESTER EI/ENING NEWS
'Whatever you do, don't miss this one. Quite simply, Blood Crazy Is the best British horror novel I've ever read ... superb stuff, brimful with gut-wrenching horror and incredible action set pieces' SAMHAIN
'I actually loved Blood Crazy. Not just liked it, but loved it' BEYOND
'This is horror fiction as it should be written - shocking but fascinating ... Absolutely bare-bollocked terrifying. Read it' SFX (of King Blood)
About The Author
Born in 1958, Simon Clark lives in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. His short stories have appeared in several magazines and anthologies, including Darklands 2, Dark Voices 5 and The Year's Best Horror Stories (four time;). He has published a collection of short stories, Blood and Grit, and six earlier novels, Nailed by the Heart, Blood Crazy, Darker, King Blood, Vampyrrhic and The Fall. His work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and he has also written prose material for the internationally famous rock band U2.
Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.
Vampyrrhic Rites
(Hodder & Stoughton,
2003)
Coronet Pbk Sep 03
The Night of the Triffids
(Hodder & Stoughton,
2001)
NEL Pbk Oct 01
Judas Tree
(Hodder & Stoughton,
1999)
NEL Pbk May 00
Vampyrrhic
(Hodder & Stoughton,
1998)
King Blood
(Hodder & Stoughton)
Darker
(Hodder & Stoughton)
Blood Crazy
(Hodder & Stoughton)
Nailed By the Heart
(Hodder & Stoughton)
Vampyrrhic Rites
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