- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Allen & Unwin; 1 edition (Nov 1 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 174114356X
- ISBN-13: 978-1741143560
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.4 x 3.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 499 g
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Product Description
A group of travelers are menaced by an unseen force in this chilling, supernatural horror tale. A truck driver, a schoolboy, a retired bank manager, and an eccentric country woman are among the group thrown together on the Silver City Highway—where they are able to go neither forward or backward—on a nightmarish journey that won't end. And when they run out of gas, the land seems to funnel them towards a homestead where a number of gory murders have occurred. Told from shifting perspectives by characters who seem to be hiding something, suspense builds as the group collapses under the escalating stress.
About the Author
Catherine Jinks is the author of Evil Genius, Gentleman's Garden, Pagan's Daughter, Spinning Around, and the YA ghost stories, Eglantine, Eloise, and Eustace.
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spooky tale of the outback, July 6 2007
By Avery Wade - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Road (Paperback)
A stellar reader and a well-drawn tale kept me tethered to my iPod. I am not regular devotee of horror, but this book succeeded in being genuinely weird and downright creepy. The reader was SUPERB at giving all the characters distinctive personalities. My only quibble is that I think the writer wrote herself into a bit of a corner--how do you get out of a no-win, Kobiyashi Maru scenario if you're not James T. Kirk?--and needed to wrap things up as quickly and tidily as possible. That meant, of course, that some of the worst and best people had to die, and you'll see whom from a long way off. A shame, but still not enough of a flaw to demote the book a star. Even King punts now and again (e.g., _Cell_).
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