![]() ![]() There are other versions of earth in play, the walls between those realities grown porous. ![]() There’s a monstrous serial killer involved, one who planned to kill 99 little girls, and even more monstrous entities. They’re looking for a fresh start, but instead they find themselves sucked into an ancient battle between good and evil, one with consequences for not only their family, but maybe for the entire world. Nate and Maddie Graves and their teenage son, Oliver, have moved into the old house where Nate grew up with his abusive father. The Book of Accidents is set in Pennsylvania coal country. With The Book of Accidents, Wendig takes his first stab at straight-up horror, and not surprisingly, he knocks it clean out of the park and into the parking lot. ![]() The guy can write science fiction, dark supernatural thrillers, and post-apocalyptic fiction, all of it breathtakingly good. Most importantly, writers who have somehow managed to burrow into my brainmeat and figure out exactly what it takes to make my reading pleasure center light up like a Christmas tree.Ĭhuck Wendig is one of those authors. These are writers who consistently hit triples, and usually hit home runs. For me, that means I know for a fact that I will, at a bare minimum, be entertained by what they write, and more likely I will treasure that book and my friends won’t be able to shut me up about it. These are writers whose new books always zoom to the top of my TBR pile, and whose backlists I’m continually exploring. Like a lot of readers, I’m sure, I have a list of go-to authors. ![]()
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