{"product_id":"2940014377973","title":"The Hour Before Dark","description":"As Children, They Played the Dark Game...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA riveting gothic novel of mystery and horror -- from bestselling and award-winning novelist Douglas Clegg  -- The Hour Before Dark begins with a terrifying event...When Nemo Raglan's father is murdered in one of the most vicious killings of recent years, Nemo must return to the New England island he thought he had escaped for good . . . and the shadowy home called Hawthorn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Douglas Clegg has become the new star in horror fiction, and THE HOUR BEFORE DARK is his best and most exciting novel to date. This is pure imagination, and it is wearing speed skates.\" - Peter Straub, author of Ghost Story and, with Stephen King, The Talisman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...An eerie psychological tale of supernatural horror that builds suspense gradually as the characters slowly peel back the layers of their past and face the terrors of their shared childhood. Clegg approaches horror with a stark and vital simplicity that is utterly convincing. Fans of Stephen King and Dean Koontz will appreciate this atmospheric gem.\" -- Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I was compelled to keep turning the pages as fear...raised my pulse to racing level from cover to cover.\" -- DarkEcho\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere Comes a Candle to Light You To Bed...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Nemo unravels the mysteries of his past and a terrible night of childhood, he witnesses something unimaginable...and sees the true face of evil...while Burnley Island comes to know the unspeakable horror that grows in darkness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Publishers Weekly Starred Review:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Suspenseful and relentlessly spooky, told in economical prose yet peopled by characters as fully realized as one's own blood kin, this is at once the most artful and most mainstream tale yet from one of horror's brightest lights.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"... A dark,psychologically astute novel that pushes beyond the horror genre\u003cbr\u003eand into raw suspense...THE HOUR BEFORE DARK is a powerful and deeply engaging novel of disturbance and redemption...highly recommended to any reader who enjoys Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or Pat Conroy.\" - The BookReporter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"In his finest novel to date, Clegg establishes himself firmly as one of the leading authors in the horror genre...Hold onto your chair;  THE HOUR BEFORE DARK is a powerhouse of a read. - Cemetery Dance Magazine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A gripping read that is refreshingly character-driven, yet still produces a palpable sense of dread.\" - Fangoria\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBooks by Douglas Clegg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Children's Hour\u003cbr\u003eGoat Dance\u003cbr\u003ePurity\u003cbr\u003eDark of the Eye\u003cbr\u003eThe Words\u003cbr\u003eWild Things\u003cbr\u003eNightmare House\u003cbr\u003eBad Karma\u003cbr\u003eRed Angel\u003cbr\u003eNight Cage\u003cbr\u003eMischief\u003cbr\u003eThe Infinite\u003cbr\u003eThe Abandoned\u003cbr\u003eThe Necromancer\u003cbr\u003eIsis\u003cbr\u003eThe Hour Before Dark\u003cbr\u003eYou Come When I Call You\u003cbr\u003eNaomi\u003cbr\u003eThe Nightmare Chronicles\u003cbr\u003eThe Machinery of Night\u003cbr\u003eBreeder\u003cbr\u003eThe Attraction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Douglas Clegg's Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Douglas Clegg knows exactly what scares us, and he knows just how to twist those fears into hair-raising chills...\" - Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of the Rizzoli \u0026amp; Isles series. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Clegg is the best horror writer of the post-Stephen King generation.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Bentley Little, author of The Policy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Clegg delivers!\"\u003cbr\u003e-- John Saul, bestselling author of Faces of Fear and The Devil's Labyrinth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Clegg is one of the best!\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Richard Laymon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Douglas Clegg is a weaver of nightmares!\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Robert R. McCammon\u003cbr\u003eauthor of The Queen of Bedlam and Speaks The Nightbird.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTags: horror, thriller, suspense, supernatural, paranormal, murder, crime, New England, island, mystery","brand":"Alkemara Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173641306352,"sku":"2940014377973","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014377973_p0.jpg?v=1763947375","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014377973","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}