Darkfall [Import] [Paperback]

S. Laws (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: UK: New English Library; New Ed edition (1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 045058173X
• ISBN-13: 978-0450581731
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,250,625 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book truly horrified me!, August 17, 2003

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FloozyFlapper1926 (Somewhere in the 20's) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Darkfall (Mass Market Paperback)

Its always rare to find a book that is original and as compelling as Law's "Darkfall" and this is one to read if you enjoy smart horror novels. Its Christmas Eve and the employees at an office building are dancing and drinking the night away during a thunderstorm. When the caretaker of the building begins to hear ear-splitting sounds, he rushes up to find everyone has disappeared and the only sign of trouble is a severed hand. Inspecter Cardiff, an unhappy suicidal man, is called to the scene and from there the story unfolds. He has heard this story before and he has police go find a thief by
the name of Jimmy Devlin to help unlock the mystery of what has happened.

What none of them realize is that what is happening here is even more horrifying than thought. The thunderstorm isn't normal and the occupants of the building have been absorbed into the walls and floor. What is worse is that some of them are returning in monstrous form and its a struggle to survive the night. At the same time, they have to struggle with a team of secret agents being led by a madman bent on self-destruction and "enlightenment"

This is the single best horror novel I've read in years and its sure to become a horror classic. There isn't a boring moment and its viceral horror at its finest.

It doesn't get better than this.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Read the first half, and skim the rest., June 2, 2005

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Louis Brown "DarkWood" (Luray, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Darkfall (Mass Market Paperback)

This book plays like a made-for-TV movie on the Sci-Fi Channel. The story has great potential in the beginning, but lackluster characters lead the way into a mundane action filled ending.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Darkfall - Not Really Scary for a Horror Novel, December 30, 2005

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Kelly Houser (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Darkfall (Mass Market Paperback)

Think of all of the energy one lightning storm can hold. Imagine if that amount of energy could affect the physiology of people and places? That's exactly what Stephen Laws did in his novel "Darkfall." A corporate high rise in England sits empty on Christmas Eve. Just moments before, the building had been full of office parties and employees. After a particularly harsh round of thunder and lightning, everyone in the building, except the janitor, disappeared into thin air. The police are called in, but what can they do? Hopefully find the answer to this menacing phenonmenon before anyone else disappears.

The description of this novel really does it more justice than the author did. The writing, well it was just plain bad. The plot had potential, but the author thoroughly bungled it. The entire storyline came off as cheap and fake. I was really hoping for a good mystery, but all this novel has to offer is bad writing. I am not sure I would recommend it to anyone.