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RECIPIENT OF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL HORROR GUILD, THE HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION, AND THE WORLD FANTASY ASSOCIATION!

WHERE CAN YOU HIDE WHEN THE EARTH WANTS YOU DEAD? In the all-too-immediate future, the day has finally come when crime, drugs, and pollution have made the cities of the world virtually uninhabitable. Gangs roam the streets at will, the police have nearly surrendered, and the air and water are slowly killing the residents who remain. But one small group of survivors has decided to escape the madness. Packing what they can carry, they head off to what they hope will be the unspoiled wilderness of northern Canada, intent on making a new start, a new life. But nature isn't that forgiving. For far too long mankind has destroyed the planet, ravaging the landscape and slaughtering the animals. At long last, nature has had enough. Now the Earth is ready to fight back, to rid itself of its abusers. A new day has come. But will anyone survive...

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3.3 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews)

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3.0 out of 5 stars DON'T KILL THE THREE EYED FROG, April 1 2004

By	Michael Butts (Martinsburg, WV USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

Hugh Cave must be a good writer..this is my first dose, and I found it to be a passable, if somewhat predictable, book. THE DAWNING takes place in some forseeable future when man has corrupted the earth so much, that it decides to strike back. A group of survivalists decide to go out and start all over, getting back to nature and away from its violence and waste. There's not a character who isn't derived from some other book, no scenario that can't be predicted and no fresh look at anything. It's not suspenseful enough to be scary and it's preachy and there's one character who keeps calling his wife "love" so much, it's saccharinic to say the least. A livelier pace may have helped, but if Cave is one of the grand masters of modern horror, this is not a book that showcases that talent.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Feel like a 359 page environmental sermon? Me neither . . ., Nov 26 2003

By	Michael S. Armstrong (Upstate New York) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Hopelessly predictable. Nauseatingly preachy. Cookie-cutter characters that would make Betty Crocker proud. Ridiculous B-movie monsters (one can just imagine the zippers on the giant frog costume.) Sound like a book that you want to read? Then please consider: there is no "horror" in this "horror" novel. The sacharrine-sweet characters could not be any less realistic ("Have you finished packing yet, love?" "No, dear, but I soon will be, then we can talk, hold hands, and pet the puppy." "That will be sunshine, love." You get the idea . . .) After about five minutes of reading, the reader will pretty much no where this one is going, and it's no place very interesting. I stuck with this book and read it fairly voraciously in the hopes that something surprising would happen. No such luck. There is not a single surprise in it. Not one. It is one long environmental morality sermon, with some Native Americans thrown in for apparently no reason at all. (One has to wonder what nature has in store for Hugh Cave to pay him back for all the poor trees that have been killed in order to publish his books!) The climax of the book, and I use the word loosely, is a full 20 pages before the ending of the book. The final 20 pages are spent rehashing the plot in case the reader is too much of a dunce to get it. We get it, we get it already! People bad, nature good. Sorry to be so negative but golly-whiz! My recommendation: forget this book and pick up something by Richard Laymon for a ride that will leave you gasping for breath.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not Bad, Jan 23 2003

By	Douglas E Wright (Whitehorse, Yukon Canada) - See all my reviews

This is the first book I've read by Mr. Cave. Even though it is predictible; I couldn't put it down. The writing is probably one of the most natural I have ever come across. Another for me is Nancy Kilpatrick's writing. The Dawning surprised me on how easy it was to read. I didn't find it boring or scary. But, it does make one think!

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3.0 out of 5 stars Actually 2 1/2 stars...
This was my first novel by High Cave and it was a "decent" book. It had a different end of the world premise than most others, so I give it points for a unique storyline. Read more

Published on Aug 21 2002 by Darren Jacks

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Book
Well for starters, it's not really scary. But it does keep you on the edge. It's really intresting and it's a page-turner. Read more

Published on Oct 12 2001 by mrs_hyde

5.0 out of 5 stars An interesting novel that I couldn't put down!
The Dawning is not the typical horror novel at all. In fact, its a character study of sorts with spookiness thrown in. Read more

Published on April 4 2001 by FloozyFlapper1926

4.0 out of 5 stars The Dawning
Very good story. Very good plot line and a wild group of characters that CBS would love to have on the next SURVIVOR series.

Published on Mar 23 2001 by D. Hensley