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The Manitou
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An ancient vengeful spirit attempts to return through the body of a terrified young woman in this horror classic by an award-winning “master of the genre” (Rocky Mountain News).
Phony psychic and conman Harry Erskine never really believed in the occult until Karen Tandy approached him with a rapidly growing tumor on her neck, complaining of dark and disturbing dreams. When the mass is revealed by doctors to contain something living, the stakes skyrocket—not only for Karen and Harry but for all humanity.
Something terrible is returning from the shadows to which it has been confined for centuries—a Native American monstrosity determined to destroy every vestige of the white race that oppressed and preyed upon America’s Indians. And unless a motley group of ill-prepared defenders can harness an ancient native magic, there will be no stopping the malevolent shaman’s terrible rebirth—and no escaping the wholesale carnage it will engender.
The Manitou introduced the great Graham Masterton to the canon of horror, instantly placing him among the genre’s elite. A longtime favorite for its bold originality, unrelenting creepiness, supernatural shocks, and otherworldly surprises that would have made H. P. Lovecraft proud, Masterton’s classic continues to stand tall alongside Stephen King’s Carrie, Peter Straub’s Ghost Story, and other unforgettable literary horror debuts.
Phony psychic and conman Harry Erskine never really believed in the occult until Karen Tandy approached him with a rapidly growing tumor on her neck, complaining of dark and disturbing dreams. When the mass is revealed by doctors to contain something living, the stakes skyrocket—not only for Karen and Harry but for all humanity.
Something terrible is returning from the shadows to which it has been confined for centuries—a Native American monstrosity determined to destroy every vestige of the white race that oppressed and preyed upon America’s Indians. And unless a motley group of ill-prepared defenders can harness an ancient native magic, there will be no stopping the malevolent shaman’s terrible rebirth—and no escaping the wholesale carnage it will engender.
The Manitou introduced the great Graham Masterton to the canon of horror, instantly placing him among the genre’s elite. A longtime favorite for its bold originality, unrelenting creepiness, supernatural shocks, and otherworldly surprises that would have made H. P. Lovecraft proud, Masterton’s classic continues to stand tall alongside Stephen King’s Carrie, Peter Straub’s Ghost Story, and other unforgettable literary horror debuts.
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“Przy pierwszym spotkaniu z autorem (“Zwierciadło piekieł”) byłam zadowolona, chwilami wręcz podziwiałam cały pomysł na fabułę, ale kręciłam nosem na zakończenie. Teraz już bardziej wiedziałam czego się spodziewać i nastawiłam się na lekki horror - tj. niekoniecznie taki, po którym będę się autentycznie bać, a raczej taki, który będzie po prostu ciekawy, chwilami wręcz zabawny, nie zawsze mający sens.
Początek od razu robi wrażenie. Cała historia mocno przypomina „Dziecko Rosemary” - poznajemy Karen, która w niepewności oczekuje na operację dziwnego guza i udaje się do jasnowidza w Nowym Jorku. Chłopak bardziej udaje i zgarnia kasę, niż faktycznie coś widzi, ale nawet on zaczyna rozumieć, że coś tu jest nie tak… Wygląda na to, że będzie potrzebował pomocy szamana…
Mocno enigmatyczny jest ten mój opis, ale naprawdę nie chce zdradzać za wiele! O wiele lepiej odkrywa się wszystko na własną rękę.
Superprodukcja i jej realizacja przez Audiotekę standardowo wbijają w fotel. Słyszymy brzęk zapalniczki, zaciąganie się papierosem, drapanie po brodzie, skrzypienie drzwi. Poza realistycznymi dźwiękami nie brak tu muzyki, która świetnie buduje napięcie. Ten audiobook idealnie pokazuje jak dobra realizacja potrafi wręcz dodać książce uroku - myślę, że całość nie byłaby równie interesująca, gdybym sięgnęła po książkę w wersji papierowej.
Trochę znowu nie do końca zagrał mi koniec. Historia fajnie się zaczyna i miała duży potencjał, ale jakoś tak urwała się i ostatecznie nie powaliła mnie na kolana. Z drugiej strony, nie na to się nastawiałam - podchodzę do tego typu audio raczej z oczekiwaniem rozrywki i z pewnością to właśnie dostarcza. Podsumowując - fani i fanki przerażających historii raczej nie będą usatysfakcjonowan_, jest to bardziej horror z kategorii tych mniej strasznych. Przypomina mi horrory klasy B, którym towarzyszy także trochę śmiechu i mniej realizmu.”
“My third or fourth reading over a few decades. A great classic horror novel from the 70s. Harry is a fantastic and humorous narrator. He alway had a wry attitude to the cosmic horrors that surround him. What else could a reader expect from a phony psychic who normally makes his living bilking old ladies for money with fake fortune telling.”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 Penthouse and Penthouse Forum magazines. His debut novel, The Manitou, 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 Scare Care, 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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