Episode 041 - M.J. Preston's The Equinox
In the 1980’s and 1990’s, Stephen King’s
prominence brought about a flood of mass market paperbacks to
bookstores, libraries, and supermarket checkout lines. Horror reading
had become the fad and anyone who had a manuscript seemed to have their
books published. Unfortunately most of them were horrible or mediocre
at best and by the end of the 1990’s
the horror market completely collapsed leaving only a handful of the
early authors having their books published for a mass audience.
Today a handful of great authors are
still about including Jonathan Maberry, Gord Rollo, and Brian Keene.
Others have dabbled within horror such as Douglas Preston, Michael
Crichton, Lincoln Child, and Scott Sigler, but many of their books cross
genres into techno-thrillers and science fiction. But for those
looking for a throwback to the writings of Stephen King, a new novel
from 2011 entitled The Equinox by M.J. Preston was released that brought
horror back to its core.
When a tribe of native people in the
Northwest Territories of Canada are snowed in from the world, they are
forced to resort to inhuman ways of survival. When a presence is drawn
to their suffering, an evil blankets over their continued existence
until a misfortunate occurrence results in the spread of the terror to
more populated lands. With its ensemble cast, the novel takes paths
that lead to a serial killer, demonic monsters, and a police department
that slowly discovers that there may be something deeper into the crimes
that have transpired in their small farming town in Manitoba.
Dark Discussions is joined by the
author of this fantastic novel which co-host Philip has stated is one of
the top ten horror novels he’s read since 2000. With the novel readily
available at such stores as Amazon and Barnes and Noble, folks should
go out and check their local library or get a copy for themselves.
For further information on M.J. Preston, check out The Equinox website
and the author page. Also you can listen to another interview by Mr.
Preston at Ron’s Amazing Stories #31.
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