The Forbidden, Frank Tallis
The Forbidden, Frank Tallis
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The Forbidden

Author: Frank Tallis

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 9 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/15/2014


Synopsis

The Alienist meets The Exorcist in Tallis' novel of psychological suspense, as an ambitious young doctor explores the dangerous border between science and the supernatural.1873. When the ambitious Doctor Paul Cl├®ment takes a job on the island of Saint S├®bastien, he has dreams of finding cures for tropical diseases. After witnessing the ritualistic murder of a young boy who was allegedly already dead, he is warned never to speak of what he has seen. Back in fin de si├¿cle Paris, Paul's attention turns to studying the nervous system and resuscitation through electricity. Paul is told of patients who apparently died and were brought back to life, claiming to have witnessed what they believed to be Heaven while they lay between life and death. Using forbidden knowledge he swore never to use, he attempts to experience what everyone else has seen, but something goes horribly wrong. When Paul returns to the land of the living, is it possible that he could bring something else back with him, an unspeakable evil so powerful it can never be banished?

About Frank Tallis

Frank Tallis is a writer and practicing clinical psychologist. He has held lecturing posts in clinical psychology and neuroscience at the Institute of Psychiatry and King’s College London and is one of Britain’s leading experts on obsessional states. In 1999 he received a Writers’ Award from the Arts Council of Great Britain, and in 2000 he won the New London Writers Award.

About Simon Vance

Simon Vance is an award-winning actor and an AudioFile Golden Voice with over fifty Earphones Awards and thirteen prestigious Audie Awards. He was named Booklist’s very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009.


Reviews

Si sois amantes del terror, embarcaros en la lectura de esta novela os resultará una experiencia sorprendente y espeluznante. No puedo más que decir que su lectura me ha dejado totalmente satisfecha porque he encontrado una novela que me ha dado todo lo que esperaba de ella y mucho más. ¿Cómo es est......more

Goodreads review by Roy

Sometimes, you wander in to a bookshop and buy something because the cover just sort of piques your interest. This was one of those times. After picking this one up, I read a review on here suggesting that it was a horror novel, and not a particularly good one. Having read the book, I can see where t......more


Quotes

“Thrilling. What we have here is a proper scare-your-socks-off horror tale. Tallis weaves real historical figures into the narrative and conjures up fin-de-siècle France beautifully, but his main intention, excellently achieved, is to jolt even the hardiest of hearts.” Financial Times

“If you’re looking for the best in popular fiction, Tallis is well worth seeking out.” Washington Post

“Demonic possession drives the plot of this polished supernatural thriller…Tallis knows how to elicit fear in his readers, with first-rate prose and atmospherics.” Publishers Weekly

“Written in a lightly ornamented style to match its Victorian setting, this is a full-on horror story that grabs us pretty much from the first paragraph and doesn’t let go until it’s good and ready to. For fans of gothic horror, a tasty treat.” Booklist