Shadowland

Name: Shadowland
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Author: Peter Straub
ISBN: 9781455830268

Author: Peter Straub

Narrator: Phil Gigante

Unabridged: 16 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 06/05/2012

Categories: Fiction, Horror

Synopsis

First setting: an all-male prep school in Arizona, where two sensitive freshmen form a bond based on their interest in magic tricks. Second setting: the labyrinthine house of a weird magician uncle in New England, where the two boys spend a memorable summer being trained in the art of illusion. Or is it real magic? Third setting: an alternate world where dark forces are at play—forces that first show up at the school, but intensify their power throughout the summer.Only one of them will make it through

About Peter Straub

Peter Straub is a New York Times bestselling author, most famous for his work in the horror genre being honored as a grand master at the 1998 World Horror Convention. He has won the World Fantasy Award for Koko (1989), and the Bram Stoker Award for his novels The Throat (1993), Mr. X.(1999) and Lost Boy, Lost Girl (2003) as well as for his collection of short stories, 5 Stories (2007). He lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Leo on August 06, 2020

This book I read when I was a teenager. It is a fantastic book by a literary great. Finished reading it again recently while I was away. I enjoyed it again. Five stars.👍🐯......more

Goodreads review by Maciek on December 24, 2010

Peter Straub came to prominence in 1979 with Ghost Story, an old fashioned spooky ghost tale which I wasn't really a fan of (though I appreciate it). A year later, in 1980, he published Shadowland, a coming of age novel which can be classified as dark fantasy with horror elements. This time, I say,......more

Goodreads review by Dave on September 20, 2022

" If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you." 4.25⭐'s Initial Thoughts Not sure how to start with this one. In the wake of the sudden and unexpected death of one of horr......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on June 26, 2019

This book is.... severely weird. I have a lot of thoughts. Review coming soon.......more

Goodreads review by Dirk on March 08, 2013

Revisited Review I really enjoy this kind of horror. Shadowland has an elaborate build up, and the reader invests quite a bit in the story before things start going awry. This means that you actually do care about what happens next… There’s also a very “real world” feel to the events, however bizarre......more