Shaun Hamill

A tender and terrifying literary horror novel, the author's debut tells the story of a family that created a haunted house attraction called the Wandering Dark and the hereditary monsters--both metaphorical and all-too-real--that haunt them.aunt them.

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A Cosmology of Monsters

From the acclaimed author of A Cosmology of Monsters ("I loved it" —Stephen King) comes an epic contemporary fantasy, a mixture of The Magicians and It: a story of dark magic, terrible mistakes, and second chances. "You can never go home again," the saying goes—but Hal, Athena, and Erin have to. In high school, the three were students of the eccentric Professor Marsh, trained in a secret system of magic known as the Dissonance, which is built around harnessing negative emotions: alienation, anger, pain. Then, twenty years ago, something happened that shattered their coven, scattering them across the country, stuck in mundane lives, alone. But now, terrifying signs and portents (not to mention a pointed Facebook invite) have summoned them back to Clegg, Texas. There, their paths will collide with that of Owen, a closeted teenager from Alabama whose aborted cemetery seance with his crush summoned something far worse: a murderous entity whose desperate, driving purpose includes kidnapping Owen to serve as its Renfield. As Owen tries to outwit his new master, and Hal, Athena, and Erin reckon with how the choices they made as teens might connect to the apocalyptic event unfurling over the Lone Star State, shocking alliances form, old and new romances brew, and three unsuccessful adults and one frightened teen are all that stand between reality and oblivion. From one of the boldest, most brilliant voices in modern fantastical horror, The Dissonance is a thrilling and beautifully written story of magic and monsters, forgiveness and friendship.

The Dissonance

Une cosmologie de monstres

Die USA in den 1960er-Jahren: Harry Turner, ein geradezu fanatischer Verehrer von H. P. Lovecraft, macht sich an die Verwirklichung eines gewaltigen Vorhabens. Auf seinem Grundstück soll ein Geisterhaus entstehen, und zwar das größte und unheimlichste, das Amerika je gesehen hat. Harrys komplette Familie arbeitet an dem Projekt mit, obwohl seine pragmatisch veranlagte Frau und seine beiden Töchter die Augen vor der gruseligen Wahrheit verschließen: Die Monster, die im Geisterhaus der Turners ihr Unwesen treiben, sind echt. Der einzige, der diese Tatsache akzeptiert, ist der jüngste Turner-Spross Noah. Doch als er eines Tages beschließt, den Ungeheuern die Tür zu öffnen, wird das Leben der Turners zum Albtraum ...

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Music of the Abyss

Noah Turner sees monsters. His father saw them - and built a shrine to them with The Wandering Dark, an immersive horror experience that the whole family operates. His practical mother has caught glimpses of terrors, but refuses to believe - too focused on keeping the family from falling apart. His brilliant older sister Eunice can't exorcise them from her mind, no matter how many versions of the story she commits to paper. And his eldest sister, the dramatic and vulnerable Sydney, won't admit to seeing anything but the beckoning glow of the spotlight...until it swallows her up. Noah Turner sees monsters. But, unlike his family, Noah lets them in...

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« Dans Une Cosmologie de monstres, Shaun Hamill allie brillamment les univers angoissants de H.P. Lovecraft avec l'histoire contemporaine d'une famille menacée de destruction par des forces surnaturelles. Il réussit son coup, parce que ces braves gens pourraient être nos voisins. L'horreur ne fonctionne que lorsque nous nous attachons aux personnes concernées ; nous nous attachons aux Turner, et leurs cauchemars deviennent les nôtres. La prose de Hamill est sobre, tout simplement belle. Voilà à quoi ressemblerait un roman d'horreur signé John Irving. J'ai adoré ce livre, et je pense qu'il vous plaira aussi. » Stephen King La Famille Turner, de Vandergriff (Texas), se tient sur le seuil d'un monde terrifiant dominé par une cosmologie de monstres. Est-ce le leur ou est-ce le nôtre ? Shaun Hamill est américain. Une Cosmologie de monstres, appelé à devenir une ambitieuse série télévisée, est son premier roman.

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