The inseparable Byker Chapter: six boys, one girl, growing up together in the back streets of Newcastle. Now memories are all that Richard Eden has left, and one treasured photograph. But suddenly, inexplicably, the images of his friends start to fade, and as they vanish, so his friends are found dead and mutilated. Something is stalking the Chapter, picking them off one by one, something connected with their past, and with the girl they used to know. ‘The plot is brilliant, the writing superb. It’s absolutely terrifying - a living nightmare’ Starburst ‘One of the most inventive writers on the British horror scene’ The Times
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"The plot is brilliant, the writing superb. It's absolutely terrifying - a living nightmare"
The inseparable Byker Chapter is about six boys, one girl, growing up together in the back streets of Newcastle. Now memories are all that Richard Eden has left, and one treasured photograph. But suddenly, inexplicably, the images of his companions start to fade, and as they vanish, so his friends are found dead and mutilated. Something is stalking the Chapter, picking them off one by one, something connected with their past, and with the girl they used to know. This edition of "Spectre" is the author's preferred edition, revised and updated and featuring re-instated scenes, plus a new afterword.
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Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited. Hard cover. Very good condition with lightly bumped top corner of front board, very small ding with light damage to top of spine, otherwise very fine with little use, age or wear, very clean and bright with good color and tight binding. Signed by author, limited edition 96/100. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 40706
Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS, Colyton, DEVON, United Kingdom
Hardcover. First edition thus (& 1st printing). Supernatural novel, the author's second book, first published in 1986 and ollowing GHOST TRAIN (1985): '' follows a man whose childhood friend group is systematically wiped out by a supernatural entity linked to a dark secret from their past''. This new edition is the author's preferred text, with many textual changes and restoring material that had been left out (at the editors whim) of the original 1986 Souvenir Press edition. There is now also a new six-page afterword by the author. LIMITED EDITION: 100 numbered copies signed by the author (the only hardcover edition, the rest of the print run was paperback). Fine copy as issued without dustjacket (as new). Signed. Seller Inventory # 12040