House of Reckoning is John Saul’s thirty-sixth novel. His first novel, Suffer the Children, published in 1977, was an immediate million-copy bestseller. His other bestselling suspense novels include Faces of Fear, The Devil’s Labyrinth, In the Dark of the Night, Perfect Nightmare, Black Creek Crossing, Midnight Voices, The Manhattan Hunt Club, Nightshade, The Right Hand of Evil, The Presence, Black Lightning, The Homing, and Guardian. He is also the author of the New York Times bestselling serial thriller The Blackstone Chronicles, initially published in six installments and now available in one complete volume. Saul divides his time between Seattle, Washington, and Hawaii.
“The storytelling is . . . undeniably powerful as it brings to
vivid life an adolescent’s zero-sum view of moral
realities.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Scary . . . It is the house that is the real star of the
story.”—Lincoln Journal Star
“John Saul has the instincts of a natural storyteller.”—People
Saul's (www.johnsaul.com) 36th novel-following Faces of Fear (2008), also available from Brilliance Audio-further justifies his reputation as one of the great masters of horror fiction. After her mother dies and her father is imprisoned for murder, 14-year-old Sarah Crane is shipped off to a Dickensian foster home. Her foster parents mistreat her, her new school is full of bullies, and her only two friends are a boy who hears voices and an art teacher widely thought to be a witch. Angela Dawe (Side Effects) skillfully narrates, but even her soft, precise voice cannot carry listeners over the slow spots. The novel's real strength is its end, rife with harrowing descriptions of some truly nail-biting scenes. Not one of Saul's best but guaranteed to please his fans. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 6/1/09.-Ed.]-Joseph L. Carlson, Vandenberg Air Force Base Lib., Lompoc, CA Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information.
"The storytelling is . . . undeniably powerful as it brings to
vivid life an adolescent's zero-sum view of moral
realities."-Kirkus Reviews
"Scary . . . It is the house that is the real star of the
story."-Lincoln Journal Star
"John Saul has the instincts of a natural
storyteller."-People
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