Until She Sleeps [Hardcover]

Tim Lebbon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2002

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300 years ago, a white witchwho absorbed the nightmares of others, was buried alive in the basement of a church. When she is accidentally unearthed, the nightmares become reality and death follows.

It's up to thirteen-year-old Andy to stop her before she destroys the town.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Two unwitting workmen begin to knock down a long-sealed church basement, and soon it's curtains for them and many other hapless locals in a suburban English village in this mercifully short novel by three-time British Fantasy Award winner Lebbon (Face). The action shifts to two 13-year-old boys, Andy and Stig, which is appropriate enough, since the text reads much as though written by a 13-year-old boy for other 13-year-old boys. The plot germ revolves around a white (i.e., good) witch, who's absorbed others' nightmares for pay and been bricked alive into a crypt for some 300 years. With the crypt's opening, those nightmares are unleashed on the community with gory destructiveness. The author makes no attempt to explain why these nightmares are now so tangible when they merely originated from bad dreams. Sexual, scatological and pop cultural asides abound. Eventually, our Andy learns he's descended from the witch and, with a little help from some other 13-year-olds, comes to the rescue of the village and the troubled soul of his ancestor. All this is supposed to be scary, stirring and sweet, but many will find it merely disgusting, boring and tedious. At one point, a character thinks something "was straight out of a trashy horror movie." She could just as well be alluding to this book-which means, of course, that pre-adolescent boys and their like-minded older kin will love it.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Publisher: Cemetery Dance Publications; Limited edition (March 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1587670526
• ISBN-13: 978-1587670527
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,708,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I've been published for ten years now, and you can find out loads about me at my website www.timlebbon.net. I'm the author of over thirty books, including the Noreela series of fantasy books (Dusk, Dawn, Fallen and The Island), the NY Times Bestselling novelisation of the movie 30 Days of Night, and several books with Christopher Golden, including The Map of Moments and the forthcoming Secret Journeys of Jack London for Harper. I've also written several screenplays and some TV proposals. I've won several prestigious awards, and some of my work has been optioned for the big screen.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Incredible Read, January 25, 2011

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Jean Bartlett (Monroe, LA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Until She Sleeps (Kindle Edition)

I just couldn't put my Kindle down. The story of a witch who absorbed people's nightmare over 300 years ago and is now resurrected to spread hell and havoc on the unsuspecting town's people was simply to good to stop reading. I'm glad I have a light on my Kindle, because I read well into the night.

Who's the idiot that gave this book the bad review 10 years ago? I NEED to find more books by this author. Going to look for them now.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A witch story with a twist ending, January 29, 2011

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Brenda Laminack (Birmingham, Alabama) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Until She Sleeps (Kindle Edition)

The cover drew me into this book and I was sure glad it did. I've heard of the author, but never read anything of his before. That will all change now. I plan on buying everything from this author I can find. Highly recommended book.