Eutopia

Eutopia
Authors
David Nickle
Publisher
Open Road Media
Tags
horror
ISBN
9781926851945
Date
2011-04-15
Size
1.46 MB
Lang
en
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This debut horror novel by the author of short story collection Monstrous Affections "establishes him as a worthy heir to the mantle of Stephen King" (National Post). Set in 1911, Eutopia "mixes utopian vision, rustic Americana, and pure creepiness. . . . Nickle blends Little House on the Prairie with distillates of Rosemary's Baby and The X-Files to create a chilling survival-of-the-fittest story" (Publishers Weekly). Situated on the edge of the woods and mountains of northern Idaho, the tiny settlement of Eliada is an industrialist's attempt to create heaven on earth. But its secrets are soon to be unveiled, as Jason Thistledown, the sole survivor of a mysterious plague in Montana, and Andrew Waggoner, a black doctor nearly lynched by the KKK, delve beneath the faade of the utopian mill town. What they discover is science warped by ideologyand an unearthly monster that preys on the...