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Basilisk

By: Graham Masterton
Narrated by: Adam Sims
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British horror author Graham Masterton does not sacrifice emotional realism for the sake of scaring his readers - but scare them he does. In Basilisk, Nathan Underhill's medical research into mythological creatures is compromised by someone else's genetic engineering of a living basilisk. This horrible beast can kill with a single look, and it happens to be on the hunt for victims. Masterton's fiction is especially adapted to other dramatic media like television, movies (The Manitou, 1978), and audiobooks. But no need for a huge cast when bringing the pages to life: Performer Adam Sims imbues every character of this chilling novel with individuality.

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The thrilling new horror from this best-selling author...

When one of his wife Grace's patients dies in unusual circumstances, stem-cell researcher Nathan suspects that someone else has been attempting the same experiments as him bringing mythical creatures to life only with much more success.

But then Grace herself is injured, and Nathan's life spirals into a nightmare as he is faced with an impossible dilemma: lose Grace forever, or breed more mythological beasts, at the cost of countless more human lives...

©2009 Graham Masterton (P)2013 Audible Ltd

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Kept me interested to the end

Being a lifelong fan of the horror stories from this era ...King, Herbert, Koontz, Masterton I was pleased to discover Masterton's stories in the plus catalogue. I am working my way through them on Audible, having read most of Masterton's work from the beginning (Manitou etc) many moons ago.
I almost skipped this one due to the downbeat review before me...glad I didn't...this is classic early Masterton and I found it as entertaining as anything else I have read by him or his compatriots. Suspension of disbelief is certainly not hard. Loved it.

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it's ok for a bit of fun but it's not good

its very basic. and it's not really about basilisks, but rather magic randomly. prepare your suspension of disbelief.
and the son is probably the most annoying character I have come across in a book.
the main character was.... well... He was average and made little sense.. I don't want to give anything away but it's not a very good book.

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