Book Info
Name of Book : The Shadow People
Author : Graham Masterton
Publisher : Head of Zeus
Publication Date : 1 March,2022
No. of Pages : 352
Format : E Book
Why did I choose the book?
It has been a long time that I have read any cult horror. So, when The Shadow People by Graham Masterton was available on Netgalley, I requested it right away.
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Author Introduction
Graham Masterton's debut as a horror author began with The Manitou in 1976, a chilling tale of a Native American medicine man reborn in the present day to exact his revenge on the white man. It became an instant bestseller and was filmed with Tony Curtis, Susan Strasberg, Burgess Meredith, Michael Ansara, Stella Stevens and Ann Sothern.
Graham Masterton was born in Edinburgh in 1946. His grandfather was Thomas Thorne Baker, the eminent scientist who invented DayGlo and was the first man to transmit news photographs by wireless. After training as a newspaper reporter, Graham went on to edit the new British men's magazine Mayfair, where he encouraged William Burroughs to develop a series of scientific and philosophical articles which eventually became Burroughs' novel The Wild Boys. At the age of 24, Graham was appointed executive editor of both Penthouse and Penthouse Forum magazines. At this time he started to write a bestselling series of sex 'how-to' books including How To Drive Your Man Wild In Bed which has sold over 3 million copies worldwide. His latest, Wild Sex For New Lovers is published by Penguin Putnam in January, 2001. He is a regular contributor to Cosmopolitan, Men's Health, Woman, Woman's Own and other mass-market self-improvement magazines.
He lives in Surrey, England (sadly his wife, Wiescka died in April 2011). He has just finished writing a black thriller featuring Ireland's only female detective superintendent, Katie Maguire, set in the Cork underworld; and a dark fantasy, Jessica's Angel, about a girl's search for five supposedly-dead children.
Blurb
Jerry Pardoe and Jamila Patel hunt down a ritualistic cult inspired by Neothilic cannibals in the new chilling horror from Graham Masterton.
A BURNING PYRE
The smell of roasting meat alerts police to squatters in an abandoned London factory. But when they arrive, the place is empty... except for a gruesome pile of scorched human heads.
AN ANCIENT RITUAL
DS Jamila Patel and DC Jerry Pardoe have solved bizarre crimes before, but nothing as spooky as this. Arcane markings on the factory wall lead them to a terrifying cult in thrall to a Neolithic god. A god who demands the ultimate sacrifice from his followers.
A CULT OF CANNIBALS
Now Londoners are being abducted off the city streets, to be mutilated, roasted and eaten. Can Patel and Pardoe save the next victim from this hideous fate? Or will they themselves become a human sacrifice?
My Opinion
Very Different and Unusual
The Shadow People by Graham Masterton is a very unusual book which we do not come across. An extremely scary plot with sharp twists and turns are going to hook you up right from beginning. The climax was a cherry on the top. Although, the plot got a little bit flat in the middle, but, it picked its pace and everything was fired up again. The plot encircles around cannibalism, Satan worship and horror. I really liked the book and would like to read more from the author.
I would, definitely, give the book 5 stars. Thanks to Netgalley and Head of Zeus for giving me an opportunity to read and review the book.
Character Portrayal
Characters of The Shadow People by Graham Masterton are basically, policemen and the cannibals. The plot does not leave much space for the characters to reveal much about themselves. They are too much engulfed by the story.
Narrative Style
The narration of The Shadow People by Graham Masterton is from author's POV. Not a hard one to read and understand.
Ratings
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