The entire United States is suddenly hit by a surge of mass blindness. No one is immune, not even the most powerful man in the country. Thousands upon thousands are killed when planes fall from the sky and cars plunge into one another. Masterton brings back characters from his first novel, The Manitou, including “psychic” Harry Erskine and Amelia Carlsson. After conducting a séance, they discover Misquamacus, a.k.a He Who Went and Came Back, an ancient Algonquin medicine man, has returned to seek vengeance for all the wrongs committed by “the white man.” Masterton does an outstanding job with this apocalyptic tale. Although this isn’t the first he writes about these characters, Blind Panic
Contains: mild gore
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Tags: Horror, Review
That looks too gory for me.
That cover is something else.
I saw Abby’s comments about Dark Life and am anxious to read it too. Blind Panic reminds me of a movie release a few years ago with a similar premise of mass blindness, but the motive of an Algonquian medicine man sounds intriguing. Thanks for sharing.
WOW! That’s all I can say – wow. That cover just looks scary and the description frightening!
Hi Jenn, I ended up here ’cause of Jen Forbus’s recommendation. Your blog is great.
About Blind Panic, it seems like a terrific book, and a scary one indeed. BTW have you read Blindness (Ensayo sobre la ceguera) by Jose Saramago? It has almost the same premise ‘though it’s kind of a social critique instead of a thriller/horror book.
Thanks for the review and recommendation!
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January 25th, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Hi! It’s nice to “meet” you! No, I haven’t read Saramango’s Blindness but yes, I heard Blind Panic was very similar.
Holy cow.. that cover is scary. I do think I’d read it. I will abstain from your lovely giveaway at this time as I have The Bride Collector to scare the …out of me.
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January 25th, 2010 at 1:59 PM
Toni-Haha!! I saw that you were reviewing The Bride Collector! Dekker isn’t spooky (ghostly) scary, just creepy/eerie scary
Sounds awesome, I love Graham Masterton but haven’t read this one. My favourites to date are A Terrible Beauty & The Devil in Gray (really horrific LOL)
Please count me in!
PS. if you like a very scary, disturbing horror try Lee Moylan’s Once Upon A Nightmare … wicked!
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Oh! That cover would give me nightmares!