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A Winter Haunting

Seasons of Horror, Book 2

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A Winter Haunting

By: Dan Simmons
Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
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Dale Stewart's life has become a shadow of what it once was. A respected college professor and successful novelist, he sabotaged his career and his marriage with an obsessive love affair that ended badly.

With darkness closing in on him, Dale decides to return to his boyhood home in Illinois. Drawn by a recurring nightmare that has plagued him since his youth—and a troubling certainty that something is waiting for him there—he hopes to exorcise his demons.

In the last hours of Halloween, he reaches the outskirts of the dying town of Elm Haven. There, he moves into the abandoned farmhouse that was once the home of his closest boyhood friend, the strange and brilliant Duane McBride, who lost his young life in a grisly "accident" back in the terrible summer of 1960. Hoping to find peace in isolation, he settles in for the long, harsh winter.

But Dale is not alone. Soon after he arrives, cryptic messages begin appearing mysteriously on his computer screen while he struggles to work on his novel. He sees black dogs roaming the grounds. And an old enemy has reemerged, a bully who seems as determined to persecute Dale as he was in childhood.

©2002 by Dan Simmons. (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc. and used by arrangement. Ghosts Horror Supernatural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary Winter
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Not Dan Simmons best. Get significantly better in the final chapters. Drags a lot in the middle.

Weird Sequel

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If you’re after something that’s not too demanding and has the occasional chill, this is okay. It kept me engaged until the end. The narrator, Bronson Pichot, is very good and perhaps even made this a little better than it may be on paper.

An enjoyable diversion

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Wished there was more, very enjoyable to listen to, loved the narrator, love the author.

Great story, reads beautifully

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loved this audio book, Dan Simmons is one of my favourite authors of all time and doesn't fail to deliver a good ol' Dan style horror. The actor was good too, liked this all round.

Classic Horror novel, a great audio book

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Author spent more time researching ancient languages than developing characters. Very of its time- the female characters have no depth whatsoever.

A few scary moments

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