Darkness, Tell Us
An adventure turns sour in this chilling tale
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Publisher Description
An Ouija board's messages lead to danger, suspense and death...
Darkness, Tell Us is a gruesome horror novel from the hugely popular Richard Laymon, in the bestselling tradition of Dean Koontz and Stephen King.
At a party, six college kids play with an Ouija board - that same one that Professor Dalton swore never to touch again - not after Jake's death. And now a spirit is telling the students about a vast fortune, hidden in the mountains. But surely they won't be stupid enough to head off into the wilderness on the say-so of a 'toy'... would they?
What readers are saying about Darkness, Tell Us:
'This book was a brilliant, addictive and fast-paced read. I was completely hooked by the plot which instantly grabbed my attention'
'This book really catches your attention and if you love horror, seduction and suspense mixed together with a twist you really will LOVE this book'
'When I was reading this book I was completely drawn in by the story, the twists, the adventure...everything!'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
When horror author Laymon (Island) died in 2001, he left behind several unseen novels (and all signs indicate that he, unlike some other dead authors who continue to publish, actually wrote these books). This newest is middling Laymon which means that it moves like a bat out of hell and features gobs of titillating sex and jaw-dropping gore, plus a gentle underpinning of emotional truth. Laymon's strength is writing about adolescents; the six highlighted here are college students, three male and three female, who, during a party at the house of one of their professors, are prompted by a Ouija board to look for a "4-T-U-N-E" at a remote California locale, Calamity Peak. Road-tripping there right away, the six students two of whom mate in the book's affecting romantic subplot eventually encounter a machete-wielding madman who terrorizes them. Meanwhile, as depicted in cross-cut chapters, the professor and her new lover, concerned about the students' impetuousness, follow the six, only to fall prey to the madman themselves. A skeleton, a family secret, several surprising revelations and two more crazies thicken the plot, which is no more realistic than a fever dream but is embedded in hard reality through the sensuous immediacy of Laymon's prose. Any reader averse to high tension and rampant salaciousness should skip this over-the-top tale, but Laymon fans an ever-growing group will embrace it as wild, dirty fun. (On sale Mar. 11)
