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The Hymn
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The shocking suicide of his beautiful fiancée has left Lloyd Denman devastated. Though outwardly happy, Celia Williams chose to set herself on fire, ending her young life in the most excruciating manner imaginable. Haunted by her death, Lloyd vows to uncover the truth behind her bizarre actions. An answer may be waiting for him in the California desert, where ashes and bone are all that remain of a busload of passengers who perished in an apparent mass suicide by fire that has the police baffled.
But Lloyd's desperate search is pulling him deeper into the circle of the Salamanders—a world domination cult born of the same dark and ancient secrets that spawned Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. And once in, there may be no way out for Lloyd, except through the terrible purifying agony of flame.
A gripping masterwork of supernatural suspense from one of the very best in the nightmare business, Graham Masterton's
is a breathtakingly original tale. Combining terrors both psychological and supernatural with the mystical secrets of Native American shamans and Nazi butchers alike, the award-winning, critically acclaimed author of
spins a web of darkness guaranteed to ensnare fans of Stephen King, Peter Straub, and other masters of first-class horror.
Originally published as
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“Over the past couple of years, I have been building up a collection of vintage horror paperbacks; as I absolutely love the cover art for many of them, and am curious to read as much horror as possible from over the decades as it is my favourite genre. Finally jumped into reading one with Graham Masterton’s The Hymn; as a buddy read with my “Master of Horror” friend, Peter.
My only issue with this book is the middle felt so slow to me, I’m not sure exactly why that was, but that’s why it took me much longer than expected to finish. However, when the horror action was happening, it was very good. There are some shades of folk horror/paganism, mixed in with the occult and paranormal, and World War II/Nazi-related horror themes. This is explored more towards the end, as most of the story reads like a detective-thriller novel. It’s an interesting and unique blend of genres, it even has some moments of humour thrown in.”
About Graham Masterton
Graham Masterton was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1946. He worked as a newspaper reporter before taking over joint editorship of the British editions of
and
magazines. His debut novel,
was published in 1976 and sold over one million copies in its first six months. It was adapted into the 1978 film starring Tony Curtis, Susan Strasberg, Stella Stevens, Michael Ansara, and Burgess Meredith. Since then, Masterton has written over seventy-five horror novels, thrillers, and historical sagas, as well as published four collections of short stories and edited
, an anthology of horror stories for the benefit of abused children. He and his wife, Wiescka, have three sons. They live in Cork, Ireland, where Masterton continues to write.
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