Carrion Comfort A Novel
Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons is a reprint edition published by St. Martin’s Publishing Group on November 24, 2009, featuring 800 pages in English. This novel intertwines historical and supernatural elements, following Saul Laski, who escapes the horrors of the Chelmno extermination camp during Hitler’s Final Solution. His journey reveals a secret society with the ability to manipulate humans, leading to a confrontation with an ancient evil that transcends the atrocities of the 20th century.
Readers will encounter a narrative that explores the darkest aspects of human nature and the psychic abilities of a hidden order that influences global violence. As Saul’s quest unfolds, it delves into the complexities of power and aggression, culminating in a dramatic reunion of the society’s most powerful members. This edition presents a blend of horror and thriller elements, offering a unique perspective on historical events and the supernatural forces that may shape them.
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Embraced by giants such as Stephen King and Dean R. Koontz, Dan Simmons’s Carrion Comfort was originally published by Warner Books in 1989, and remains a classic of dark fantasy and horror.
“One of the three greatest horror novels of the 20th century. Simple as that.” –Stephen King
THE PAST… Caught behind the lines of Hitler’s Final Solution, Saul Laski is one of the multitudes destined to die in the notorious Chelmno extermination camp. Until he rises to meet his fate and finds himself face to face with an evil far older, and far greater, than the Nazi’s themselves…
THE PRESENT… Compelled by the encounter to survive at all costs, so begins a journey that for Saul will span decades and cross continents, plunging into the darkest corners of 20th century history to reveal a secret society of beings who may often exist behind the world’s most horrible and violent events. Killing from a distance, and by darkly manipulative proxy, they are people with the psychic ability to ‘use’ humans: read their minds, subjugate them to their wills, experience through their senses, feed off their emotions, force them to acts of unspeakable aggression. Each year, three of the most powerful of this hidden order meet to discuss their ongoing campaign of induced bloodshed and deliberate destruction.
But this reunion, something will go terribly wrong. Saul’s quest is about to reach its elusive object, drawing hunter and hunted alike into a struggle that will plumb the depths of mankind’s attraction to violence, and determine the future of the world itself…
“Epic in scale and scope but intimately disturbing, Carrion Comfort spans the ages to rewrite history and tug at the very fabric of reality. A nightmarish chronicle of predator and prey that will shatter your world view forever. A true classic.” —Guillermo del Toro
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