Carrion Comfort (Unabridged)
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4.4 • 33 Ratings
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- $29.99
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- $29.99
Publisher Description
"Carrion Comfort is one of the three greatest horror novels of the 20th century. Simple as that." (Stephen King)
"Epic in scale and scope but intimately disturbing, Carrion Comfort spans the ages to rewrite history and tug at the very fabric of reality. A nightmarish chronicle of predator and prey that will shatter your world view forever. A true classic." (Guillermo del Toro)
"Carrion Comfort is one of the scariest books ever written. Whenever I get asked the question Who's your favorite author? my answer is always Dan Simmons." (James Rollins)
"One of the few major reinventions of the vampire concept, on a par with Jack Finney's Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Richard Matheson's I Am Legend, and Stephen King's Salem's Lot. (David Morrell)
THE PAST...
Caught behind the lines of Hitler's Final Solution, Saul Laski is one of the multitudes destined to die in the notorious Chelmno extermination camp. Until he rises to meet his fate and finds himself face to face with an evil far older, and far greater, than the Nazis themselves...
THE PRESENT...
Compelled by the encounter to survive at all costs, so begins a journey that for Saul will span decades and cross continents, plunging into the darkest corners of 20th century history to reveal a secret society of beings who may often exist behind the world's most horrible and violent events. Killing from a distance, and by darkly manipulative proxy, they are people with the psychic ability to "use" humans: read their minds, subjugate them to their wills, experience through their senses, feed off their emotions, force them to acts of unspeakable aggression. Each year, three of the most powerful of this hidden order meet to discuss their ongoing campaign of induced bloodshed and deliberate destruction. But this reunion, something will go terribly wrong. Saul's quest is about to reach its elusive object, drawing hunter and hunted alike into a struggle that will plumb the depths of mankind's attraction to violence, and determine the future of the world itself...
Customer Reviews
Good Book
Dan Simmons is awesome. I liked the premise, the characters, and the plot. The ending meandered a little too much and left me feeling half full.
Astounding
I would only like to say that of the literally thousands of books that I have read, or listened to, Carrion Comfort is without question the single greatest audiobook I have ever listened to. It also makes my top 5 in fiction/horror overall. This is one of those rare books you come across that makes other great works of fiction seem mediocre.
This is simply a masterpeice. The story is amazing and the characters are disturbingly real. However, the voice acting really brings it to life, with two narrators. It is very long, but it never becomes boring. The author never breaks pace, never gets into a hurry and the story never loses track.
It is a bit of an older book, (early 1980's), so keep in mind that it is *still* available in audio format, and still on every bookshelf in the US. It really will be the best $10 you could spend on an audiobook, and a total deal at that.
All Time Favorite
Multiple characters all tied together in a thrilling suspenseful roller coaster of a read!