HEX - Hardcover

Heuvelt, Thomas Olde

3.73

37,249 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1444793217 ISBN 13: 9781444793215

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 2016

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The greats of fiction Stephen King and George R. R. Martin lead the fanfare for HEX, so be assured that Thomas Olde Heuvelt's debut English novel is both terrifying and unputdownable in equal measure.

Whoever is born here, is doomed to stay until death. Whoever comes to stay, never leaves.

Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a seventeenth-century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Blind and silenced, she walks the streets and enters homes at will. She stands next to children's beds for nights on end. So accustomed to her have the townsfolk become that they often forget she's there. Or what a threat she poses. Because if the stitches are ever cut open, the story goes, the whole town will die.

The curse must not be allowed to spread. The elders of Black Spring have used high-tech surveillance to quarantine the town. Frustrated with being kept in lockdown, the town's teenagers decide to break the strict regulations and go viral with the haunting. But, in so doing, they send the town spiraling into a dark nightmare.

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Review:

A wicked witch holds an upstate New York town prisoner. This is totally, brilliantly original. (Stephen King)

A great writer, the next genre superstar (Paul Cornell)

HEX takes the horror/thriller genre to a whole new level. It's deeply unsettling, wholly original, brilliantly written and contains scenes that will haunt you for a long time to come. I dare you to read it. (Sarah Lotz, author of THE THREE)

Spielbergian in the way Heuvelt shows supernatural goings-on . . . a fabulous, unforgettable conceit. (Guardian)

HEX is reminiscent of vintage Stephen King, and I can think of no higher praise. Chilling, moving and, in its odd way, not a little profound. (John Connolly)

A truly terrifying parable about mankind's depravity ... the story is not merely unsettling, it is horrifying ... read it if you dare! (Kirkus Reviews)

Olde Heuvelt's HEX sets ancient magic against contemporary technology to create a kind of dark fairy tale that seems ultimately believable in today's world. A terrific debut novel. (Jeffrey Ford)

Hidden tensions and human weakness trigger a witch-hunt that boils over into persecution, scapegoating and a shocking denouement. A powerfully spooky piece of writing. (Financial Times)

Thomas Olde Heuvelt's HEX is the BEST horror debut since John Ajvide Lindqvist's Let the Right One In. (Alan Kelly)

A thoughtful horror story, and one that is all the more chilling for its uncompromising view of humanity . . . HEX is a book that answers the question, "Where does evil come from?" (Robin Hobb, author of the Farseer Trilogy)

Book Description:

The incredible, horrifying thriller from the Hugo-winning author of 'The Day the World Turned Upside Down', perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman, Adam Nevill and Stephen King.

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