The Uncanny, Andrew Klavan
The Uncanny, Andrew Klavan
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The Uncanny

Author: Andrew Klavan

Narrator: Michael Page

Unabridged: 11 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 09/01/2008

Categories: Fiction, Horror

Synopsis

The Uncanny is the story of Richard Storm, a producer of horror movies. He comes to England searching for the real counterpart of the ghosts that have made him rich. At a party he reads aloud the classic British ghost story which inspired his Hollywood career, and suddenly, uncannily, starts a chain of actions that literally brings to life his first horror movie. Harper Albright is a hunter, a rider of the tide of the Uncanny, whose credo is simply, "Believe nothing." Once young and beautiful, she has devoted her life to seeking out and destroying the evil Iago, her former lover, now the hunter of their son. Harper must destroy Iago before he can find all the clues to recreate the Philosopher's Stone, which will give him immortality at the cost of his son's life. With Richard's reading at the party, Iago's trail suddenly grows hot. A trail of ghost stories stretching from Storm's films back to the Middle Ages provide the clues which will lead to Iago.

About Andrew Klavan

Andrew Klavan is the author of such bestselling novels as True Crime, adapted into a film by Clint Eastwood, and Don’t Say a Word, adapted into a film starring Michael Douglas. His novels have been nominated for the Edgar Award four times and have won twice. He lives in Southern California. Visit the author's website at www.AndrewKlavan.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sheila on January 01, 2017

4 stars--I really liked it. What a fun little horror novel. I thought it was going to be a ghost story--and it was--but it was also about horror movies and cults and family and love and loss as well. I really enjoyed the "vintage" ghost stories interspersed in this novel, and also enjoyed the hunt for......more

Goodreads review by Matt on November 19, 2012

I picked this book up on a whim while looking for a book by another author who, by the laws of alphabetical order was right next to The Uncanny. The title seemed interesting as did the cover. NEver judge a book by its cover, isn't that what they say? Whoever the mysterious 'they' are who uttered that......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on March 10, 2017

It was almost a 3 rating, but I did keep checking how many pages were left before it would end. Every once in a while it would spark so I kept on, finally to the end.......more

Goodreads review by Stephen on September 25, 2013

I got to The Uncanny about a month too early, as it's a great story for Halloween season. It's also one that cries out to be made into a movie--so much so that I'm tempted to try and write a screenplay for it, just as an exercise. The main character is a retired filmmaker, so perhaps he has somethin......more

Goodreads review by Mary on August 11, 2012

When American horror film director Richard Storm first arrives in London, he has his own secret mission. Part vacation, part research, he finds renewed purpose in working at a magazine which features weird phenomena - Bizarre. The owner and editor is herself a curiosity and opens up a whole new worl......more

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