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by Bentley Little (Author) "I knew it." Sanderson kept repeating the words like a litany ..." (more)
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The overwhelming sense of doom with which Little (The Revelation) imbues his newest novel is so palpable it seems to rise from the book like mist. Flowing seamlessly between time and place (from the present-day hassles of HMOs to the once-uncharted territory of the American West), the Bram Stoker Award- winning author's ability to transfix his audience while relinquishing scant details about the foreboding evil is superb. Private investigator Miles Huerdeen is on a mission to find a link between the victims in a bizarre nationwide string of deaths dating back decades, his own recurring nightmares and an elderly client's prophetic handwritten list of dead men's names. Miles's world is suddenly turned upside down when he discovers his own fatherDwho suffered a fatal strokeDpurposefully striding around his bedroom, naked except for a pair of cowboy boots, having scared off his "God-Fearing Christian" nurse. Miles's obsession with his father's transformation into a zombie leads him to the families of other dead "walkers" and on a supernatural journey into the Arizona desert. Readers will gladly suspend disbelief for Little's deft touch for the terrifying, as he slowly reveals a shocking connection between the mindless army of reanimated corpses and their ultimate destination, Wolf Canyon, formerly a government-sponsored witch colony, where a vengeful resident's evil powers have yet to be fully unleashed. If booksellers are on their toes, they'll tell readers that Stephen King, a big fan of Little's work, was reading another book by this author at the time of his infamous accident. This novel has the potential to be a major sleeper in the horror category.
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The dead are getting restless...

Across the country, they have risen. And they seem to have a mission....

The walking has begun...

No one knows why they are walking. No one knows where they are going. And no one can stop them....

They are here.

From the acclaimed author of The Store, The Ignored, and The Town comes The Walking-and it's going to make Bram Stoker Award-winner Bentley Little the biggest name in horror. He's already got the critics screaming....

Bentley Little...

"...grabs the reader and yanks him along on a terrifying ride."-Gary Brandner

"...keeps the high-tension jolts coming...unlike anything else in popular fiction."-Stephen King

"...has created nothing less than a nightmarishly brilliant tour de force of modern life in America."-Publishers Weekly

"...is must reading for Koontz fans."-Harriet Klausner

"...is thinking person's horror." -Los Angeles Times

"...is a must for those who like horror with a bite." -Richard Layman
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5.0 out of 5 stars WALKING...NOT TALKING..., Sep 24 2006
By Lawyeraau (Balmoral Castle) - See all my reviews
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Once again, this Bram Stoker Award winning author brings it home with yet another, highly inventive horror yarn. Stephen King is a fan of this author, as he has declared this book "the horror event of the year." This is high praise indeed from this venerable master of the horror genre, and rightly so. This was the first book I ever read by this author and I have been hooked ever since, as this author's books are generally well-written, highly original, and genuinely creepy, as well as full of twists and turns in the plot. This one does not fail to deliver.

This book is really two stories. One takes place in the remote western frontier of the nineteenth century. The other takes place in the present. Both are compelling stories that are inextricably interwoven and intertwined. It seems that during the nineteenth century, an unusual group of people was the focus of ongoing persecution. One man, William Johnson, a member of his group, decided he wasn't going to take it this persecution lying down and secured permission from the United States government to start a colony of his people in a remote place called Wolf Canyon in the then Arizona Territory. This book tells the story of their town and what happened to it and its inhabitants.

In present day small town America, somewhere in the Southwest, something mighty strange is beginning to happen. Some people are dying but they are just not staying dead like they are supposed to. Instead, they begin to walk. They are an unstoppable force, as they do the unthinkable and walk purposefully with a seeming destination in mind. This is the mystery that confronted private investigator Miles Huerdeen, when his dead father decided to trip the light fantastic and begin to walk. Miles soon discovers that the walking dead have a connection to Wolf Canyon, but the reason why is what his journey will reveal.

The author seamlessly weaves these two tales together, creating a highly inventive and entertaining story. As the connection between the past and the present is made clear and the two stories meld into one, the reader is kept spellbound. This author knows how to put together a tale of contemporary horror, making the reader believe the unbelievable. This author is right up there with the best contemporary writers of the horror genre. Those who enjoy this genre will not be disappointed by this book and will, undoubtedly, be looking to read this author's other works.
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4.0 out of 5 stars These boots are made for walking, July 4 2004
By E. A. Lovitt "starmoth" (Gladwin, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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Horrible deaths await the characters in this book--undeserved deaths, for the most part--but I was able to read "The Walking" through the night without turning on extra lights or calling extra cats into the bedroom for company. Horror is the 'oh yuk, how can these hideous events be happening' reaction. Terror is knowing that in the darkness, if you reach for the light switch, something will realize exactly where you are.

That said, this novel is hard to put down. It has likeable, interesting characters and an evil vampyr named Isabella, who has understandable motives for murder. Bentley Little's finest descriptions are reserved for her vengeful killings. The story jolts forward with death after gruesome death, but the reader finally catches on to the reason for the murders and the walking zombies, without too much prodding from Bentley Little. It's always a pleasure to deduce whodunit and why without a flat-out, often tedious explanation from the author.

This novel's main protagonist, a nice-guy private detective named Miles Huerdeen is asked to investigate the mysterious stalking of an old man. Another one of his cases ends abruptly when his client is torn in half, lengthwise. Old men are dying horrible deaths all around him. Then his own father dies, walks out of the morgue and disappears.

Several hellish visions and deaths later, Miles realizes that a monster is waiting for him in the depths of Wolf Canyon, where a village of witches had been deliberately drowned by a government hydroelectric dam.

"The Walking" isn't the scariest or most gruesome horror novel I've ever read--go to Stephen King for those superlatives--but it is clever, non-stop reading.

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1.0 out of 5 stars This book is a waste of time., May 14 2004
I bought this book on an impulse at an airport, because the cover has quotes from Stephen King and Dean Koontz, saying how great it is. What a disappointment. The most glaring negative is the characters. They are all so phoney, predictable, and with all the depth of a pizza box. How can you get into a story when you don't give a damn about any of the characters?

Skip this one, unless you are reeeeeaaally bored.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not the Little I'm Used To
This one is the fourth Bentley Little book I've read, and ranks last as far as my prefrences are concerned. Read more
Published on May 2 2004 by S. Sommerville

5.0 out of 5 stars A Walking Thrill-Ride!
This was my first foray into the literary world of Bentley Little and I was uber-impressed. He kept me turning pages until I had paper-cuts! Read more
Published on Feb 17 2004 by Jerry Gaither

4.0 out of 5 stars A captivating horror novel.
Bentley Little is one of the best authors in horror today. Even with his "slips", you're guaranteed a good read with in-your-face-horror and edge of your seat suspense... Read more
Published on Nov 11 2003 by Jim Lay

3.0 out of 5 stars I'm Walkin' Here!!!!!
This is the fourth Bentley Little novel I've read, and out of those four, two of them, The Ignored and now The Walking, have plots so strange they almost defy a quick back cover... Read more
Published on Sep 6 2003 by Daniel V. Reilly

4.0 out of 5 stars Three-and-a-half stars for this witchcraft novel
The back of this book is irritatingly misleading-- this is *not* a zombie book-- the walking dead are a small aspect of the novel which has more to do with witchcraft and revenge... Read more
Published on Aug 20 2003 by frumiousb

4.0 out of 5 stars Witchraft and Zombies, yay!
Why not the most intellectual of fares, The Walking is a still a very entertaining read. There were several parts scattered throughout the novel that acually gave me the... Read more
Published on Dec 17 2002 by M. Shane Klein

3.0 out of 5 stars Not one of his best
"The Summoning" knocked my socks off, but this one is a bit of a letdown and not one of his best. Read more
Published on Dec 13 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Slows to The Crawling near the end
One of the things that I've discovered about Bentley Little's books are that he seems to have a hard time ending them. Read more
Published on Nov 19 2002 by Mike Kazmierczak

4.0 out of 5 stars the walking
I think that this book is great. It is kinda hard to understand. I am enjoying reading it. Anyone that likes Bentley Little's writing, This book is the one. ...
Published on Nov 12 2002 by Amanda Drummond

4.0 out of 5 stars pretty chilling
I have to admit, sometimes I think ol' Bently gets a little too far out into left field. However, I really enjoyed this book. Read more
Published on Oct 29 2002 by agnes bonaparte

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