Darkness

Name: Darkness
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (6 reviews)
Author: John Saul
ISBN: 9781469292564

Author: John Saul

Narrator: Angela Dawe

Unabridged: 12 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 04/01/2014

Categories: Fiction, Horror

Synopsis

Ted and Mary Anderson have just returned home to Villejeune, Florida, to start again. Little do they know that they will soon be drawn into a nightmare of unholy ceremony and unutterable horror.… The small town of Villejeune, Florida, lies far enough from the inquisitive eyes of strangers and even the reaches of the law that a community with its own customs, rituals, and deadly rites has grown there. In order to start fresh after a failed job prospect and unexpected emotional trauma for their teenage daughter, Ted and Mary Anderson have returned home to Villejeune, unaware of the growing malevolence there. Soon, they are thrust into a nightmare as their sweet but troubled daughter, Kelly, is pulled into the darkness that seems to have consumed the town. Like the other children in Villejeune, her life and her very soul are soon threatened by the shadowy, ancient evil that drives the residents of Villejeune to commit their terrible deeds.

About John Saul

John Saul's first novel, Suffer the Children, was an immediate million-copy bestseller. His other bestselling suspense novels include Perfect Nightmare, Black Creek Crossing, and The Presence. He is also the author of the New York Times bestselling serial thriller The Blackstone Chronicles, initially published in six installments but now available in one complete volume. Saul divides his time between Seattle and Hawaii.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sandra on February 06, 2021

Sixteen-year-old Kelly Anderson (from Atlanta) has been dreaming of a very old, sinister man trying to reach out to her for most of her life. She sometimes catches a glimpse of him in her mirror. Kelly also doesn’t feel like she fits in with the other kids. Eventually, an unhappy Kelly tries to comm......more

Goodreads review by Supratim on May 12, 2018

Welcome to Villejuene, a small secluded town situated at the edge of a vast, dangerous swamp. The swamp rats – the people of the swamp live a primitive live and have minimal contact with the civilized world. In the swamp there is also the Darkman and his dark rites involving blood and infants. The p......more

Goodreads review by Dirk on January 16, 2015

The children of the Dark Man lurked in the shadows. Okay. This is pretty eerie. I think one of the challenges when writing macabre tales about the grotesque or fantastical is to make the reader believe. Even when there is a scientific element to the story, it is easy for this kind of thing to veer off......more

Goodreads review by Michael on August 13, 2022

Years ago the Andersons left town with a dream. Now they are back. To live out a nightmare. Something has been waiting for them. Something unspeakably evil. It feeds on the young and the innocent. And soon it will draw their teenage daughter into its unholy embrace.... A secluded town of crazy sickos......more

Goodreads review by Jim on December 01, 2016

When I first started reading many years ago John Saul was one of my first authors. During those years I left behind his works and after reading this one I have no idea why. This is a supernatural thriller that takes place in the swamp. There is a cult of children that follow the Dark Man. The Dark M......more