A stunning collection of short novels from bestseller Joe Hill, this new collection from an award-winning author makes compelling and powerful reading.
Four short novels from the author of THE FIREMAN and HORNS, ranging from creepy horror to powerful explorations of our modern society.
One autumnal day in Boulder, Colorado, the clouds open up in a downpour of nails, splinters of bright crystal that tear apart anyone who isn''t safely under cover. ''Rain'' explores this escalating apocalyptic event, as clouds of nails spread out across the country and the world. Amidst the chaos, a girl studying law enforcement takes it upon herself to resolve a series of almost trivial mysteries . . . apparently harmless puzzles that turn out to have lethal answers.
In ''Loaded'' a mall security guard heroically stops a mass shooting and becomes a hero to the modern gun movement. Under the hot glare of the spotlights, though, his story begins to unravel, taking his sanity with it...
''Snapshot, 1988'' tells the story of an kid in Silicon Valley who finds himself threatened by The Phoenician, a tattooed thug who possesses a Polaroid that can steal memories...
And in ''Aloft'' a young man takes to the skies to experience parachuting for the first time . . . and winds up a castaway on an impossibly solid cloud, a Prospero''s island of roiling vapour that seems animated by a mind of its own.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Orion
ISBN: 9781473221178
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 384
Tiempo de lectura:
7h 56m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 01/11/2017
Año de edición: 2017
Plaza de edición: Reino Unido
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Joe Hill
Joe Hill es autor de novelas superventas y premiadas como El traje del muerto (2007), Cuernos (2010; Nocturna, 2022), NOS4A2: Nosferatu (2013; Nocturna, 2020) -adaptada a la televisión por AMC- y Fuego (2016; Nocturna, 2017) -próximamente llevada al cine por la 20th Century Fox-. Además, ha cultivado el género del relato con El teléfono negro: Fantasmas (2005; Nocturna, 2023) y A tumba abierta (2019; Nocturna, 2021), el de la novela corta con Tiempo extraño (2017; Nocturna, 2018) y el del cómic con Locke & Key (2009-2013).