BOOK REVIEW: The Dead Men Stood Together by Chris Priestley
Edgar Allan Poe's stories are dark and have caused many a disturbing nightmare. Along the same tones, this author has managed to create an even darker world that will leave you gasping for air.
Chris Priestley retells old folk tales and fables to bring horror alive. In this book, he retells the famous old Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Crazy words begin a gripping story of madness, demons and death.
Home from the sea, a boy's uncle entrances him with tales of life aboard ship and of foreign lands. Soon the boy decides to join his uncle on his next voyage.
But a violent storm blows the ship off course and the crew find themselves marooned in a sea of ice. As their despair grows, an albatross seems to befriend the sailors and restore hope. But seized by an evil madness, the uncle kills the great bird with his crossbow, and so condemns all on board to unimaginable horrors in which life in death is the greatest...
In this original and darkly compelling fable, the author does for the Ancient Mariner what he did for Frankenstein's Monster in the highly acclaimed Mister Creecher. This story will grab you by the neck and shake you violently, be ready for the tremors...
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