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Overview

Gregory Summers knows who he is. Greg is an ordinary man in a mundane job with a contented wife and a future snug enough to struggle for. Greg knows the answers to the questions.

Except, one day he doesn't. That day he returns home to discover that his wife no longer recognized him at all, that his wife is in fact married to another man called Greg Summers.

Perhaps it is an elaborate hoax, a conspiracy to unnerve and derange him. Yet that wouldn't account for the extraordinarily vivid flashbacks to his early years, or the stray memories that come from nowhere and belong to an entirely separate man. A man called Jameson.

One of these men is a lie, and neither wish it to be he.

On the run from a creature that cannot exist, his comfortable truths irrevocably shattered, Greg finds his knowledge of the world suddenly questionable. If he doesn't know himself, what can he trust himself to know?

Greg Summers and Richard Jameson are about to discover that the fight to survive is all in the mind.

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Popek

Haunting and frightening, Cuckoo is a clever blend of mystery and horror with just a taste of science fiction for spice. Wright, a Scottish author with genuine talent, uses the concept of writing "cross genre" (merging two or more genres into one tale) in an interesting way. Using flashbacks for at least one-half of the story, he hands the reader pieces of the puzzle one at a time, keeping them in suspense until the last piece is in place at the very end.
The beginning is a bit slow with a nameless person in a surreal situation that involves pain, but the reader doesn't know who is inflicting the pain or why when the sufferer has a sudden flashback memory of scalded lobsters.
The next moment, the meaning of the flashback becomes clear as Gregory Summers escorts his mistress into a lobster restaurant for an illicit evening of extramarital fun and games. The pace picks up. Feeling guilty about the affair but justifying it in his own mind preoccupies him so much that he overlooks a strange series of events involving his identity. Gregory is catapulted into an unreal situation in which his identity is ripped from him, and he discovers that another man has stolen his life. No one recognizes him as Gregory Summers. He soon discovers that not only has his life been stolen, but everyone he meets and all the identification on him identify him as someone named Richard Jameson. He begins to question his own memories, his sanity.
In the effort to gain his life back, he breaks into his own home and confronts his wife who doesn't recognize him and thinks he is a madman. He is befriended by a young man who believes him and is willing to help him discover what's happening to him. The tension increases as he is thwarted in his efforts by painful accidents, fiery explosions, strange creatures and a surprising turn of events with his mistress. He is on the verge of discovering who is doing this to him and sets out to get revenge, but his burning thirst for "why?" leads him into the darkest den of an even darker creature with motives he wishes he hadn't learned. The twist ending comes as a real surprise. Those that like mysteries with the flavor of horror will enjoy this book.
—Foreword
Jewel Dartt
Cuckoo is an incredible blend of suspense and sheer horror that builds into a terrifying climax. After reading Cuckoo I was afraid to turn off the lights and go to bed. Warning: Don't read Cuckoo at night. Richard Wright's first novel is a winner in the horror genre. Horror Fans buy this book. you will not regret it! 5 Stars!
— Midnight Scribe Reviews
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Lisa DuMond
Possibilities and questions. That's what Cuckoo boils down to. It is impossible to get through a white-knuckle reading of this chilling blend of science fiction and horror without building up a headful of questions. The irresistible urge to 'figure things out' is going to meet up with the immovable wall of a complex, constantly surprising plot.

Wright's vision would seem too abstract to control, but he is the master of this nightmare from start to finish.
— SF Site, MEviews

S. Joan Papek
Haunting and frightening, Cuckoo is a clever blend of mystery and horror with just a taste of science fiction for spice.

Wright, a Scottish author with genuine talent, uses the concept of writing "cross genre" (merging two or more genres into one tale) in an interesting way. Using flashbacks for at least one-half of the story, he hands the reader pieces of the puzzle one at a time, keeping them in suspense until the last piece is in place at the very end. The twist ending comes as a real surprise. Those that like mysteries with the flavor of horror will enjoy this book.
— ForeWord Magazine Jan/00; Millennium Science Fiction & Fantasy, Jan/00

Scribes World Reviews
Gripping to the end, this tale takes hold of the readers mind with piercing talons and doesn't let go until the final word. Don't miss it! 4 stars!

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781463762032
  • Publisher: CreateSpace
  • Publication date: 9/6/2011
  • Pages: 278
  • Sales rank: 894,771
  • Product dimensions: 5.25 (w) x 8.00 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Meet the Author

Richard Wright is an author of strange, dark fictions, currently living in India with his wife and daughter. In the sixteen years since writing his first novel Cuckoo, his short stories have appeared widely in the US and UK press, most recently in diverse anthologies such as Dark Faith, and Wildthyme In Purple. In 2010, Shroud Publishing released his novella Hiram Grange and the Nymphs of Krakow, and his novel Thy Fearful Symmetry is forthcoming.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 5, 2001

    cukoo

    A real page turner, although the ending was a little disappointing.

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