They were young. They were looking for kicks. They decided to play an innocent game in a strange old house.
First it turned ugly. Then it turned brutal. Finally it became a nightmare of horror and violence.
None of them was ever the same again.
| Publisher | Ballantine |
|---|---|
| Year | 1984 |
| Format | Mass-Market Paperback |
| Pages | 194 |
| Country | USA |
| ISBN | 0-345-31237-6 |
A beautiful New York editor retreats to a quiet Maine beach town –
Nearby, a savage human family lurks in the woods, watching, waiting…
And before too many hours pass, five civilized, sophisticated people will learn just how primitive we all are, and that there are no limits to the will to survive.
The Suburbs.
A contented time in a quiet place for most.
But not for all.
For on a tranquil, tree-lined street, in a dark basement, fourteen-year-old Meg and her little sister Susan are about to learn everything there is to know about the savagery in the human heart.
And an entire neighborhood, young and old alike, will either turn away from the madness, or succumb to it, joining in the slow, sadistic torture of a victim too beautiful and too innocent for her own good. Here, only one young boy will dare to reach out to make an agonizing choice between love and compassion – and violence and evil.
Father & Son is a limited edition chapbook of a previously unreleased story, only available through Camelot Books, as part of a promotion.
