Floating Dragon
by:
Peter Straub (author)
A catastrophe had struck Hampstead, Connecticut every thirty years since its foundation 300 years before - yet only Graham Williams, a writer and descendant of one of the original founders, had looked into the 'black summers' and their mysterious origins....
A catastrophe had struck Hampstead, Connecticut every thirty years since its foundation 300 years before - yet only Graham Williams, a writer and descendant of one of the original founders, had looked into the 'black summers' and their mysterious origins....
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780425062852 (0425062856)
Publish date: August 5th 2003
Publisher: Berkley
Pages no: 595
Edition language: English
Synopsis: Two monstrous evils. The quiet suburban town of Hampstead is threatened by two horrors. One is natural. The hideous, unstoppable creation of man's power gone mad. The other is not natural at all. And it makes the first look like child's play. ****** It took me over two weeks to finis...
Really 3.5 stars, or 7/10To read my full review, please visit Casual Debris.The populace of affluent Hampstead, Connecticut, and its outlying regions are unknowingly facing the fallout of leaked bioweapon DRG-16. Simultaneously a generation-dormant supernatural evil awakens to claim vengeance on the...
Perkins comes across as a bit of a wanker, and the economics/geopolitics is dumbed down rather than shocking. But it's an entertaining account of US imperialism in action.
It's been so long I can't remember anything, except that I loved Straub's writing. Time for a re -read I suppose.
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