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Anonymous
Posted December 21, 2004
A GOOD HORROR BOOK
The 2nd Douglas Clegg I have read, and it was great! Certainly entertaining and scary. A must read for horror fans!
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Anonymous
Posted September 20, 2004
Don't play the Dark Game after sunset
Clegg writes yet another horror novel that keeps you on the edge of your seat. When Nemo has to return to his childhood home after his father's brutal murder he finds himself defending his sister because everyone believes that she killed her father. Someone, or something had a score to settle with the old man. Surely nothing human could have committed such a heinous act? But what, or who is responsible for what happened that night? Find out what dark secrets the woods, and the family, hold. Remember, The Dark Game has started, and once the sun goes down, it can't be stopped. When the sun goes down, The Dark Game, becomes very, very real.
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Anonymous
Posted February 27, 2004
Good mystery but a little predictable.
Very good story line. But I pretty much had figured out the ending with the first 2 chapters. I really was hoping for more of an unexpected ending.
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Anonymous
Posted January 3, 2004
A must for horror fans!
Nemo Raglan returns to his New England home town to solve the mystery of his father's death, a death that is linked to a game from his childhood. Atmospheric and terrifying! If you love horror, you have got to add this one to your collection.
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Anonymous
Posted November 11, 2003
Great!
This was the first Douglas Clegg novel I've read. And after reading it, I can say it will be the first of many! The suspense and characterization are simply superb. And Clegg has such a smooth flow to his writing, that it's impossible not to be pulled right in! A definate must-read for any horror fan!!
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Anonymous
Posted October 1, 2003
A great gothic novel
I enjoyed this book. I love a good gothic/mystery novel and Clegg does not disappoint!
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Anonymous
Posted September 1, 2003
Quite possibly the best Clegg ever!
Dark, engaging, frightening, perfect! Rarely has a book captured me so completely from beginning to end. MORE CLEGG PLEASE!
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Anonymous
Posted May 30, 2003
Clegg is the best Horror writer there is!
King and Koontz cant touch this guy, he is simply amazing, and his latest, The Hour Before Dark is his best to date. You will not find a better Horror Novel this year, or maybe in the past five years
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Anonymous
Posted May 8, 2003
Climbing to the top of the Horror genre
Douglas Clegg is giving horror writers a run for their money. Grab anything you can find written by this wonderful writer. He is able to catch your attention and hold on all the way through.
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Anonymous
Posted May 7, 2003
Another Hit for Clegg
Nemo Raglan is brought back to Hawthorn, the house on a small New England island, by the murder of his father. It was here that Nemo, his brother Bruno, and his sister Brooke played the Dark Game, a game that still haunts the three of them. This is the story of dark and dangerous secrets hiding behind the face of family. The characters are written very well, and at times you can almost believe you are there with them. The mystery behind the whole book is eerie, and builds to a tremendous climax. Doug Clegg has quickly become one of my favorite horror authors, right up there with Stephen King and Dean Koontz. If you haven't tried him yet I highly recommend that you do.
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Anonymous
Posted February 1, 2003
Awesome and compelling...
Douglas Clegg is a great writer of our time. This book is a wonderful story that is frightening and yet has a calm beauty about it. Clegg sends the reader on a journey, in this case to a little New England island with harsh winters and horror... I fell in love with the characters and the scenery. I highly recommend this book.
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Anonymous
Posted March 14, 2003
Dark Games and Terror
The brutal murder of his father brings Nemo Raglan back to Hawthorn, the house on the small New England island he has fled many years before, for reasons he only partially understands. He is reunited with his younger brother, Bruno, and his beautiful sister, Brooke, whose fragile emotional state seems headed for a mental breakdown. The three siblings are bound by the childhood traumas of their mother¿s desertion, their father¿s punishment in the ancient stone smokehouse where he was murdered and the Dark Game, the secret game they had played in childhood, whose hypnotic embrace they have never escaped. In THE HOUR BEFORE DARK, Douglas Clegg peels back the layers of a family¿s dark past to reveal a hideous secret. Within the walls of Hawthorn lie the clues to a mystery that has haunted the two brothers and their sister from childhood and to the supernatural evil that is slowly taking over their lives. Douglas Clegg won both the Bram Stoker Award and the International Horror Guild Award for his short story collection THE NIGHTMARE CHRONICLES. Now In his finest literary effort to date, Clegg establishes himself firmly as one of the leading authors in the horror genre. He pulls the reader in immediately and builds suspense until it¿s hard to breathe. Great characterization that puts the reader inside the skins of the leading characters, pacing that gradually builds to a shocking climax, intriguing setting and a haunting mystery combine to make this one of the best novels I¿ve read in a long time. I had the privilege of writing the first review of this book for a top horror magazine, and I am happy to report that it is now a strong contender for a 2002 Bram Stoker Award. If you love horror, hold onto your chair; THE HOUR BEFORE DARK is a powerhouse of a read.
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Anonymous
Posted February 26, 2003
Great book!
This is a great book...Clegg has quickly become one of my favorite writers. I highly recommend picking up a copy of THE HOUR BEFORE DARK.
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Anonymous
Posted September 16, 2002
A great, page-turning horror read!
Doug Clegg has a winner here in The Hour Before Dark. It is not only well-written, but the content is fresh as well as scary. Oh, to be able to write like that! Next to Stephen King, (sorry, Doug), Clegg is my very favorite author. I've read other novels by him, but this is by far his best. Can't wait for the next one!
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Anonymous
Posted September 19, 2002
Stephen King Reincarnated!
if you're looking for that old Stephen King feeling.. that familiar creepy chill, you won't be disappointed with this book! in fact you'll wonder if you're not reading something by King himself ;-) very very enjoyable read!
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Anonymous
Posted October 19, 2002
Challenging Stephen King
This book has 370 pages of combined total suspense and horror. It will make you keep reading page after page after page. I couldn't let go of this one. Clegg's imagination and art is growing rapidly. Soon he'll have us in his hands, like Stephen King has us now. Looking for your next and coming hardcover.
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Anonymous
Posted October 6, 2002
The Hour Before Dark
This is a great book from start to finish..I couldn't put it down...Doug Clegg is a fantastic horror writer, and this is one of his best...Everyone should check it out!
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Anonymous
Posted October 6, 2002
The Hour Before Dark
A horror/suspense book that slowly builds and hynotizes you into it. The story of the Raglan family of New England who are bought together after their father's violent death. There are many dark secrets linked to a dark game they played in childhood. Horrifying secrets, which are revealed. Although gently lulling you in with attention to environment, everyday detail, and character development, this book eventually becomes very savage, intense, and frightening. By the end you care deeply about the characters and feel you know them, which makes it more so. A very good, hypnotic,and exciting book.
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Anonymous
Posted October 6, 2002
Couldn't put it down!
I started reading this and just couldn't stop until I was done - I LOVE Clegg's work, but this was an especially gripping piece. READ IT!! Play the Dark Game!
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Anonymous
Posted October 8, 2002
PLAY THE DARK GAME FOR THE SCARE OF A LIFETIME!!!
If Stephen King is the ¿Master of Horror,¿ then Douglas Clegg (author of THE NIGHTMARE HOUSE, INFINITY, BREEDER, and YOU COME WHEN I CALL YOU) is definitely the ¿Prince of the Macabre!¿ In Mr. Clegg¿s newest book, THE HOUR BEFORE DARK, he takes us to Burnley Island, which is just off the coast of Massachusetts and is the home of Gordie Raglan, the owner of the Hawthorn property. When Gordie is brutally murdered by a psychopathic killer and his body later discovered in the property¿s smokehouse by his daughter, Brooke, the local police are soon stumped as to who could have committed such a heinous crime. The oldest son in the Raglan clan, Nemo, quickly returns home from Washington, D.C. to be with Brooke and his younger brother, Bruno, hoping that the three of them might be able to figure out why someone would want to murder their father and who the killer is. It isn¿t long, however, before something mysterious and dangerous in the Hawthorn house causes old, forgotten memories that the three siblings had wiped from their minds as children to once again surface. Part of it has to do with their mother abandoning the family for another man over twenty years before. Another part is the smokehouse and the terrible things that once transpired there. Finally, and certainly more frightening, are the memories of the Dark Game that they used to play as kids and what once happened to them when they broke the rules and continued playing the game well into the evening. To eventually save their sanity and their lives, Nemo and his brother and sister will have to delve into the past to find the answers to their father¿s secrets, the power of the Dark Game, and the identity of a killer who¿s still eager to shed more blood. THE HOUR BEFORE DARK is a powerful testament to the writing skill of Douglas Clegg. This is an author who knows how to grab the reader by the jugular in the first few pages and not let go till he¿s gotten the very last drop of blood out of us. He writes characters that are fully formed with the same fears and desires and psychological problems as our closest friends. Well, maybe not the same fears and maybe a lot more in the way of mental disorders. All three of the Raglan children have trouble loving and trusting and being close to another human being; but, then again, don¿t we all? Mr. Clegg also has a unique talent in being able to show the innocence of childhood with flashbacks and how quickly it can be taken away without a second¿s notice. And, yes, the atmosphere of the Hawthorn house has been created to perfection with its strange eeriness, beckoning shadows, and unexplainable voices that come from out of nowhere. One can easily imagine death lurking around every corner, anxious to claim its next victim. As for the Raglans, the author has structured a family with very special secrets¿secrets that can kill like a sharp knife through an eye socket. This makes THE HOUR BEFORE DARK the ideal Halloween gift for those of you yearning to experience the true essence of fear!
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