Cold at Heart [Paperback]

Brian A. Hopkins (Author), Donald W. Schank (Illustrator)

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Amazon.com Review

Cold at Heart is a fast-paced yarn about two manly men, a wildlife photographer, a biologist who studies wolves, and the biologist's Nordic beauty of a daughter, who encounters a fierce, intelligent, shapeshifting monster in the wilds of the Arctic Circle. Brian Hopkins's writing is a welcome throwback to the best of the horror/fantasy/adventure tales that used to appear in American pulp magazines from the 1930s through the 1950s. He adheres to the same storytelling principles of economical characterization, vivid descriptions, lots of action, and a bang-up ending. Even the scene where the blonde babe gets naked right off the bat is forgivable in the context of goodhearted, retro fun. Praises are due to Starlance Publications for having the cojones to publish a novella--that satisfying length for a supernatural tale--as a stand-alone paperback.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Starlance Pubns (December 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962703079
• ISBN-13: 978-0962703072
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,861,714 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I WANT TO SEE MORE, July 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Cold at Heart (Paperback)

An amazingly rich read. Brian Hopkins tackles a myriad of subplots with relative ease, bringing everything tightly together. There are no loose-ends...only straight-forward prose that kicks and screams. Though COLD AT HEART is a relatively short work, it shows his ability to handle longer pieces, and I sincerely look forward to reading him again. Well done!

3.0 out of 5 stars Promising, January 4, 2010

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hrladyship (Las Cruces, NM United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cold at Heart (Paperback)

Cold at Heart is a short novel and the premise has promise. A different sort of monster in a desolate part of the world, populated by wolves and not much else. Unfortunately, the story and its execution are somewhat the same. Several missteps in grammar, plot development, characterization, etc., cause the reader to stop and wonder: "Did I misread that? Is something missing?" Flashbacks are more distracting than informative. In the end, this is a short, pleasurable read of horror that has little literary value, and makes one glad that it wasn't longer. Had it been longer, this reader probably would not have finished it. As it is, I wasted little time, found the ideas interesting, and wished for better execution.