The Nightrunners [Kindle Edition]

Joe R. Lansdale (Author)

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Becky and Montgomery Jones are struggling to heal their relationship in the aftermath of a terrifying rape. Haunted by waking nightmares, Becky is convinced that her visions of death are actual premonitions, and that her attacker—who hanged himself in prison—will be coming for her. Her husband thinks it more likely that she's suffering post-traumatic hallucinations.

In fact, the gang responsible for Becky's assault has made a pact with The God of The Razor, a malevolent entity that demands as much blood, cutting and terror as they can feed it. Its first order of business is to have them finish what was started with Becky Jones. To make sure that they do it properly, Becky's dead rapist has decided to hijack a body and come along for the ride.

Dean R. Koontz described The Nightrunners as having a raw power that "grabs you and carries you right along," and there speaks a man who knows terrifying. A full-tilt, no-holds-barred tale of death, destruction, and moral corruption, The Nightrunners isn't for the faint-hearted. Don't blame Lansdale if you find your dreams haunted as well.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 322 KB
• Publisher: Gere Donovan Press; 1.0 edition (November 2, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00634UDHC
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,825 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over thirty novels and numerous short stories. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. His work has been collected in eighteen short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies. He has received the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker Awards, the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Grinzani Cavour Prize for Literature, the Herodotus Historical Fiction Award, the Inkpot Award for Contributions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, and many others. His novella Bubba Hotep was adapted to film by Don Coscarelli, starring Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. His story "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" was adapted to film for Showtime's "Masters of Horror." He is currently co-producing several films, among them The Bottoms, based on his Edgar Award-winning novel, with Bill Paxton and Brad Wyman, and The Drive-In, with Greg Nicotero. He is Writer In Residence at Stephen F. Austin State University, and is the founder of the martial arts system Shen Chuan: Martial Science and its affiliate, Shen Chuan Family System. He is a member of both the United States and International Martial Arts Halls of Fame. He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas with his wife, dog, and two cats.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Masterful, February 3, 2012

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This review is from: The Nightrunners (Kindle Edition)

I read this years ago and still love it now. Lansdale is one of my biggest influences and I read pretty much anything I can get my hands on. This is a terrifying and very disturbing book. The first time I read it I was in a very, very dark place. By the time I finished it, all wasn't right with the world, but it sucked a lot less. I allowed myself to fight the bad guys and BE the bad guys, and this combination helped me get a little balance. I've read it twice since and it is still just as disturbing, but so very good.

Lansdale is a skilled master, one of the best we have. If you like your fiction hardcore then you need to give this one a read. I'd give it more stars but I'm only allowed five.