{"product_id":"only-the-devil-is-here-9781504063401","title":"Only the Devil Is Here","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e gripping, cinematic supernatural thriller, shot through with unsettling imagery and startling insights into the nature of good and evil.” —David Demchuk, Sunburst Award–winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bone Mother\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Kidnapped from his foster home, six-year-old Evan desperately searches for a way to escape his brutally violent captor, Rook. Armed with supernatural abilities, Rook is no ordinary man, but then Evan is no ordinary boy. And it soon becomes clear that on their frantic journey through a world teeming with unimaginable horrors and unnatural predators, Rook is Evan’s only hope for survival . . .\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “With \u003ci\u003eOnly the Devil Is Here\u003c\/i\u003e, Stephen Michell announces himself as a new and powerful presence on the literary horror scene. This is curt, violent, poetic storytelling, a Cormac McCarthyesque journey from darkness into even deeper darkness, suffused from moment one on with gothic nighttime awe and terror yet also shot through with the slimmest threads of hope—intimations of numinosity, if not of salvation.” —Gemma Files, Shirley Jackson Award–winning author of \u003ci\u003eSpectral Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Michell subtly upends expectations with a genuinely insightful examination of the essence of good and evil. By the novel’s end, Michell delivers an invigorating chase story, a suspenseful horror-action hybrid with memorably warped characters, and terrific B-movie cinematic flair.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “How Rook acquired his superhuman strength and came to accept his unholy mission are just two of the many revelations Michell has in store for readers. Better still is the poignant father-son relationship that slowly builds between Rook and the orphaned Evan, who is also gifted with supernatural powers. A very promising debut from a new author to watch.” —\u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A very promising debut.” —\u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Subtly upends expectations with a genuinely insightful examination of the essence of good and evil. By the novel’s end, Michell delivers an invigorating chase story, a suspenseful horror-action hybrid with memorably warped characters, and terrific B-movie cinematic flair.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A gripping, cinematic supernatural thriller, shot through with unsettling imagery and startling insights into the nature of good and evil. Suspenseful, scary and unexpectedly moving, it’s a wild ride from start to finish.” —David Demchuk, Giller Prize–nominated author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bone Mother\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “With \u003ci\u003eOnly the Devil Is Here\u003c\/i\u003e, Stephen Michell announces himself as a new and powerful presence on the literary horror scene. This is curt, violent, poetic storytelling, a Cormac McCarthyesque journey from darkness into even deeper darkness, suffused from moment one on with gothic nighttime awe and terror yet also shot through with the slimmest threads of hope—intimations of numinosity, if not of salvation. For all you probably won't like where it takes you, it’s just so damn hard to turn away.” —Gemma Files, Shirley Jackson Award–winning author of \u003ci\u003eExperimental Film\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “An outstanding literary horror debut, the lean, muscular prose of which barely contains the bursting, profoundly human heart of the novel. \u003ci\u003eOnly the Devil Is Here\u003c\/i\u003e is the work of a natural storyteller at the start of what will doubtless be a very long, very promising career.\" —Michael Rowe, award-winning author \u003ci\u003eof Enter, Night\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Wild Fell\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eOctober\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A breathless debut that moves too fast to accommodate bulky backstory. As such, the true nature of the characters, their origins or intentions, are only ever glimpsed. Who’s good? Who’s evil? Is the division between one and the other really so neat? Michell keeps the details―the idiomatic abode of both God and the Devil―elusive. It’s in that murky moral unknown that \u003ci\u003eOnly the Devil Is Here\u003c\/i\u003e thrives.” —\u003ci\u003eBookshelf\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187916628311,"sku":"9781504063401","price":16.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/only-the-devil-is-here-9781504063401","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}