Dark Carnival [Paperback]

Keith Ferrario (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 29, 2001

The small town of Arkham awakes to find a traveling carnival outside its borders. Lilith's Carnival seems a simple diversion. Or is itfor those special enough to receive a red ticket? It's good for any show, but of course, it's their choice to use itit's always their choice.Sheriff Jim McNee finds it odd a carnival would appear overnight. The owner, a tall, black haired, beauty, explains that in the darkness they simply took a wrong road and, since she loves playing to small towns, decided to setup. However, the disappearance of several townspeople and the brutal death of one teenaged boy soon cast a dark cloud over the carnival.Johnny Solom, a man on the run, convicted for the disappearance and assumed murder of his girlfriend, followed the trail back to Lilith's Carnival, the last place he saw her alive. Johnny doesn't know of the dark evil that awaits himan evil that could consume himan evil that knows who he is.These men, destined to meetone man running from the law, the other is the lawboth have one thing in common: discovering the secret of the Dark Carnival.

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About the Author

Keith Ferrarios greatest influence for stories and writing style is the old black-and-white monster movies he still enjoys to this day. He has one previously published horror novel and lives in Minnesota. For more on Keith, visit his website.http://www.keithferrario.com

Product Details

• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: IUniverse (May 29, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595182798
• ISBN-13: 978-0595182794
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,342,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spine Tingling, August 5, 2002

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Amanda Rowell (Marietta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dark Carnival (Paperback)

I have read all of Keith's books and this is my favorite. From the very first page I was hooked. It starts out with a small carnival that goes from town to town. Obviously this is no ordinary carnival. The carnival has various shows that people can choose to see (freak shows, fortune telling shows etc). The key word here is choose. As Lilth constantly states "it is always your choice." No one is ever made or forced to attend one of these shows it is always by choice. So basically what happens to them is of their own choosing. Once someone has chosen to go to one of these shows, they become a fixture in the show based on some weakness of character or wrong doing on their part. That is the freakiest part of the whole book. It is the scary fear of the unknown because I was constantly wondering what was going to happen next. I read this book in one day because I could not put it down. It was completely action packed without one slow point in the entire book.