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NEWCASTLE
UPON TYNE
EVENING
CHRONICLE, UK -
reviewed by
Jonathan Lyden |
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Grubbs Grady is
a really awkward
boy who
accidentally
opens the door
to Hell. Evil
spirits have
killed his
parents and big
sister but
Grubbs manages
to escape alive.
When he tells
his story to the
police everyone
thinks he's gone
mad, that he's
imagined the
whole thing, and
lock him up for
being insane.
His uncle
Dervish visits
him in prison
and gradually
reveals the
curse hanging
over his family
-- as well as
the reason why
they're all
obsessed with
playing chess!
This is a much
more horrifying,
hair-raising,
fast-paced story
than any of the
Darren Shan
books or any of
the horror
stories you've
read before.
It's gory, full
of very real
demons and
werewolves --
and guaranteed
to give you
nightmares! |
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