The Staircase in the Woods
The chilling new horror and Sunday Times bestseller
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- 239,00 Kč
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- 239,00 Kč
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'A DELICIOUSLY SCARY TALE OF FRIENDSHIP AND COURAGE...' THE GUARDIAN
'Unputdownable, with imagery that cuts like a knife - this is Chuck Wendig at the top of his game.' THOMAS OLDE HEUVELT, AUTHOR OF HEX AND DARKER DAYS
'A searing, propulsive, dread-filled exploration of the horrors of knowing and being known.' KIERSTEN WHITE, NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HIDE
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THIS PLACE HATES YOU...
Five high school friends, bonded by an oath to protect each other no matter what.
On a camping trip in the middle of the forest, they find something extraordinary: a mysterious staircase to nowhere
One friend walks up – but never comes back down.
Now twenty years later, the staircase has reappeared, and the friends return to find the lost boy – and what lies beyond the staircase in the woods…
FROM THE MODERN HORROR SENSATION COMES A NEW BONE-CHILLING MASTERPIECE.
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ACSEND THE STAIRS AND FALL INTO A WORLD OF TERROR:
'Chuck Wendig is one of my very favorite storytellers.' ERIN MORGENSTERN
'Wendig's wheelhouse is knowing exactly how to pluck heartstrings and prey on fears at the same time' SADIE HARTMAN
'Move over King, Chuck Wendig is the new voice of modern American horror' ADAM CHRISTOPHER
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This by-the-numbers horror outing from Wendig (Black River Orchard) introduces a group of five misfit friends who, as bullied and traumatized kids, formed The Covenant, a promise to protect one another. This vow was broken when, on a camping trip, their friend Matty vanished at the top of a mysterious staircase they found in the forest. Decades later, the staircase reappears, offering the group the chance to find Matty and make things right—but there's a gruesome puzzle waiting at the top of the stairs to be solved first. Unfortunately for readers, the solution to this puzzle lies at the end of an overlong pastiche of horror fiction clichés and abundant asides about geek culture that grow tiresome (at one point, one of the terrified protagonists takes a break from the action to recount the plot of the Legend of Zelda). Wendig tries to eke a captivating mystery out of these elements, but the narrative is weighed down by clumsy attempts to shock and the characters aren't fleshed out enough to carry the plot. Particularly underdeveloped is the one nonbinary character, Lore, who feels tokenized by the narrative. This disappoints.
