12/5/02
Book
Prey - Graham Masterton
Prey is one of my favourite novels by horror author extraordinaire Graham Masterton who also penned "Pariah", "Death Dream", and the Manitou novels amongst his career of over 70 books to date. Prey is a Lovecraftian inspired tale about David Williams who moves into a large house on the Isle of Wight to renovate it. He meets a lovely young woman and becomes involved with her. However as idyllic as everything seems there is something not right about the house. The angles seem to be off and time does not act like it should within the house. Worse yet, something part man and part rat is skulking around. David could ignore it, but he has his son staying with him in the house.
Prey is an excellent paced, gripping, horror joy ride. The characterisation is brilliant, the plotting top notch, and the settings vibrant. The elements borrowed from Lovecraft are excellently woven into the story and fit perfectly with the rest of the narrative. The tone of the novel is pitch perfect, and the voice is strong. There is nothing out of place in this novel. I placed it as my fourth favourite horror book. The only reason it did not rank higher was because I did not love the story as much as the books in the top three spots. It was just a matter of personal taste and nothing to do with the novel's quality.
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Bob Male)
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