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Dale Bailey

The Fallen Paperback – November 5, 2002

by Dale Bailey (Author)

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Ten years after leaving peaceful Sauls Run following his mother's tragic death and a terrible quarrel with his father, Henry Sleep returns home after the suicide of his father and finds a town in which a mysterious and horrific darkness is beginning to stir. Original.

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288 pages
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English
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Signet
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November 5, 2002
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4.25 x 1 x 6.75 inches
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0451207637
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978-0451207630
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Signet (November 5, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0451207637
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0451207630
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.25 x 1 x 6.75 inches

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DALE BAILEY is the author of eight books, including In the Night Wood, The End of the End of Everything, and The Subterranean Season. His story “Death and Suffrage” was adapted for Showtime’s Masters of Horror television series. His fiction has won the Shirley Jackson Award and the International Horror Guild Award, and has been a finalist for the World Fantasy, Nebula, Bram Stoker, Locus, and Manly Wade Wellman awards. His work has been reprinted frequently in best-of-the-year anthologies, including The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, and The Best Horror of the Year, among others. He lives in North Carolina with his family.

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WHENCE COMES THIS RUSH OF WINGS

Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2004

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I found THE FALLEN to be a much more enjoyable book than Bailey's subsequent HOUSE OF BONES. Bailey gives the story a foundation of atmospheric tension, a puzzling mystery, a connection between past and present events which he brings together in the final pages.
Henry Sleep is a likeable character; his past haunts him still and his relationship with Emily is strong, though tentative. Ben Stranger is another good character, a newspaper writer given a reprieve; Harold/Grubb is a complex and unique type of psychopath, whose conflict with his two personalities forms an important part of the plot.
Set in a rural West Virginia town, Bailey knows how to use blizzards and small town life effectively.
There are no real surprises here, but it's an entertaining journey and displays the writing talent of Mr. Bailey.

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Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2023

As expected

Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2022

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The price was excellent and the person I gave it to was appreciative.

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2017

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The story was a little confusing to me and the ending strange. I'm at a loss for words. 😜

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The Fallen

Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2013

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This book was part of my daughter's Wish List which makes shopping convenient...no need to wonder if the gift will be appreciated, no need to rush or deal with crowds or over-worked retail employees. She loved the book.

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Can’t Get THOSE Hours Back

Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2021

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I’m not even sure where to start. I believe this had the makings of a pretty good book but it never coalesced. I really don’t want waste a lot of time critiquing it, let’s just say I believe the author should have woven his threads a little tighter. Yikes!

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Three gems from 2002

Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2007

Each year brings a new crop of first novels, many of which are, quite predictably, substandard in terms of quality. Every so often, however, a first novel appears that sets itself apart from the pack; as readers, we experience that special thrill of recognition that announces, "Here is something special." 2002 was unique in that it saw the publication of several novels that provoked such a reaction, among them Alexander Irvine's A Scattering of Jades, Dale Bailey's Fallen Angels, and Glenn Hirshberg's The Snowman's Children.

The best of the three is Irvine's gripping secret history of the United States, which opens with the great New York fire of 1835 and ends in Mammoth Cave circa 1843. In between, it relates the story of newspaperman Archie Prescott who seemingly stumbles on the story of the century, one that centers on the mad ambitions of con man Riley Steen. Believing that great power and influence will accrue to him as a result of his schemes, Steen implements a plan to resurrect the Aztec god Tlaloc. This plan's first step is to animate Tlaloc's avatar, a Mesoamerican mummy known as the chacmool. Once revived, however, the chacmool proves to have a mind of his own, embarking on a journey of death and destruction. Having witnessed the chacmool's bizarre rebirth, Prescott follows the deadly creature across America, eventually coming to realize that their destinies are intertwined.

Masterfully weaving period detail, historical fact, and compelling characters both fictional and real (Edgar Allen Poe, Aaron Burr and P. T. Barnum all make cameos), Irvine creates an absorbing tale whose historical elements are as intriguing as its more fantastic elements. Irvine's imaginative energy brings the period to life in all its gaudy, dirty splendor, detailing a 19th century America whose glorious promise is diminished by the petty schemes and ambitions of the mere mortals who inhabit it. His greatest accomplishment, however, is to have made this tale of the fantastic a very human one, focusing on the passions, ambitions, strengths and failings of his expansive and variegated cast.

Dale Bailey's Fallen is another winner. Set in the isolated mining town of Saul's Run, Pennsylvania, it tells the story of Henry Sleep, a young man who returns to his hometown to bury his father, whom the local police believe took his own life. Not willing to accept this conclusion, Henry begins poking around in his father's affairs. Suspense builds as Bailey artfully raises the stakes, plunging Henry into an investigation that uncovers unwelcome childhood memories and the fantastic secret of a town whose inhabitants almost uniformly live long, untroubled lives.

Although Bailey trods familiar ground in his debut (there are smatterings of works as diverse as IT, Ghost Story, and The Killer Inside Me), he does so with such confidence and bravado that similarities to other books are easily overlooked. At heart a mystery, the book's satisfying payoff is decidedly supernatural, calling to mind William Hjortesberg's Fallen Angel, although not for the reasons you might assume. The build up is slow, slow, slow, but it pays off grandly in the end. Bailey creates a palpable sense of menace and dread, made all the more unbearable due to the readers' increasing involvement with the book's winning cast.

Like Henry Sleep, Mattie Rhodes, the point of view character of Glen Hirshberg's The Snowman's Children, returns to suburban Detroit seeking answers to questions that have plagued him since childhood. Mattie is hoping to reconnect with old friend, Spencer Franklin, who, he hopes, will lead him to yet another friend, Theresa Daughrety. The trio share common backgrounds and, sadly, common traumas. In the late 1970's, they lived through a reign of terror created by the deplorable acts of "The Snowman," a serial killer who, over the course of several winters, abducted and killed several children. The killer's presence had a profound impact on their childhood, and influenced some unfortunate decisions on their part which they still struggle to deal with as adults.

For a first time novelist, Hirshberg displays an extremely deft touch, a sharp eye for detail, and a firm grasp of the delicacy and complexity of human relationships, especially those between youthful friends and between parent and child. It's depressing serial killer subplot aside, The Snowman's Children is at its core a novel about growing up, about either conquering or assimilating the events of childhood so that you can get on with your life. No matter how significant, letting your life be defined by a single event is the ultimate tragedy.

These are the kind of books that keep you reading well into the night; you're actually disappointed to discover you're reaching the end. Yet you can accept this disappointment, cherishing the promise that each author has shown and what that promise augers for the future. The novel is alive and well because writers like Irvine, Bailey and Hirshberg care enough to craft books like these, books with the power to renew our faith in written word.

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Nice Book For Horror Fans

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2014

I received this ebook from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Sauls Run is the epitome of small town America. Everyone knows each other and while not the most exciting place to live, it's safe and peaceful. Or so it seems. Like peeling back the latest of an onion, when you start looking closely Sauls Run is anything but average. First, there is absolutely no violence. Not even the occasional bar fight. Also, people generally die of old age in this town. There's really no illness or deaths resulting from violence. That is except for every few years there's a short cycle where there are fights, the occasional murder, and people die from cancer, heart attacks, etc... Then there's also the mystery of the "monstrous" creature living deep down inside the mines just outside of town. Does this strange entity have anything to do with the odd occurrances, and if so, why? Henry Sleep who ran from his hometown several years ago is back because his father who was the Reverend of Sauls Run supposedly committed suicide. Henry doesn't believe this though and he along with his estranged childhood friend, his ex-girl friend, and an old beat reporter band together to find out not only what really happened to Reverend Sleep, but also what is happening with the town, and what is the mysterious creature in the mines.First the bad news. The plot of The Fallen is extremely predictable. Starting with the title I knew (mostly), what the entity in the mines was, which led me to connect some of the other mysteries. But, the characters are truly interesting. I loved Henry and his determination to discover what's happening despite his inner voice screaming at him to leave. His friends were colorful, and even the villain went against stereotype. I actually found myself feeling a small amount of sympathy for him. I sped through the book thanks to the short chapters with each ending in a mini cliffhanger. I knew what was going to happen, but I had to make sure. Finally, I think the reason why this book appealed to me so much was that it reminded me of some of the early works by some of my favorite authors like Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Bentley Little. I would definitely recommend this to fans of horror that makes you stay up late.

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