Get Your Free Audiobook
Sepulchre
Non-member price: $28.87
Editorial Reviews
With hard-hitting, jarringly gruesome detail that recalls Stephen King and Dean Koontz, Sepulchre finds James Herbert delving into some of his favorite themes, including psychic cognizance and the dark side of spirituality. Actor Jonathan Keeble has lent his macabre mutterings to a considerable swath of Herbert’s’ catalog, and his vocal dexterity is clinical here, as he seamlessly weaves between brooding atmospherics and intense action sequences. Keeble is grizzled and garish as antihero Liam Holloran, a mercenary bodyguard who finds himself in the employ of a psychic with a secret. That would be Fritz Kline, who gained his clairvoyant powers in a Faustian deal with a Fallen Angel from ancient Sumeria. Kline’s unholy pact has mortal consequences for the psychic and his steward.
Publisher's Summary
The bodyguard. There is a house, hidden away in a small valley, that holds a dark and dreadful secret. The house is called Neath. There is a psychic who lives in that house who is part of its secret. His name is Kline. There is a guardian of the house, and of the psychic, and of the secret. He is known as The Keeper. Together, in unholy union, they serve a force whose existence threatens mankind itself. But now a terrible danger is sensed and an outsider must protect them all.
The outsider is Halloran, and he is unaware of the insidious evil he must face. He will learn of a multinational corporation's strange method of detecting new mineral resources; he will combat men who thrive on the worst of physical corruption; he will find love of a perverse nature; he will confront the darkness of his own soul. And eventually Halloran will discover the horrific and awesome secret of the Sepulchre.
James Herbert was one of Britain’s greatest popular novelists and our #1 best-selling writer of chiller fiction. Widely imitated and hugely influential, he wrote 23 novels which have collectively sold over 54 million copies worldwide and been translated into 34 languages. Born in London in the forties, James Herbert was art director of an advertising agency before turning to writing fiction in 1975.
His first novel, The Rats, was an instant bestseller and is now recognised as a classic of popular contemporary fiction. Herbert went on to publish a new top ten best-seller every year until 1988. He wrote six more bestselling novels in the 1990s and three more since: Once, Nobody True and The Secret of Crickley Hall. Herbert died in March 2013 at the age of 69.
Critic Reviews
“Herbert was by no means literary, but his work had a raw urgency. His best novels, The Rats and The Fog, had the effect of Mike Tyson in his championship days: no finesse, all crude power. Those books were best sellers because many readers (including me) were too horrified to put them down.” (Stephen King)
“There are few things I would like to do less than lie under a cloudy night sky while someone read aloud the more vivid passages of Moon. In the thriller genre, do recommendations come any higher?” (Andrew Postman, The New York Times Book Review)
“Herbert goes out in a blaze of glory” ( Daily Mail)More from the same
What members say
Average Customer Ratings
Overall
-
4.5 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars2
-
4 Stars2
-
3 Stars0
-
2 Stars0
-
1 Stars0
Performance
-
4.5 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars2
-
4 Stars2
-
3 Stars0
-
2 Stars0
-
1 Stars0
Story
-
4.5 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars2
-
4 Stars2
-
3 Stars0
-
2 Stars0
-
1 Stars0
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Kathleen
- 19-02-2016
Gripping, frightening, fantastic
Beautifully read, a terrifying, brutal story mixed with moments of passion, excitement and intrigue. James Herbert is the British Stephen King
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- jennifer
- 31-05-2014
Sepulchre
This is a very dark story I love James Herbert and this story did not disappoint, A bodyguard is employed to take care of a very special psychic but when he stays at his property all is not has it seems, there is a lot more to this dark psychic and he has a lot more in store for his bodyguard! There is a lot of graphic detail and some disturbing parts extremely gory too, but if you like all that then this is the story for you.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Phil
- 09-07-2015
Dark and sinister!
The narration was superb for this story. Each character was brought to life and given a real individual feel, which added another dimension to the book.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Vanessa Woods
- 20-07-2019
Totally Thrilling!!
Another masterpiece by James Herbert. The depth he gives each character draws you in and Jonathan Keeble is such a magnificent narrator. At the end I wanted more!
Excellent.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 04-08-2018
Sepulchre
I thought that the performance was excellent and the book was pretty good as well. On to the next.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Lancaster Joe
- 13-04-2018
Brilliant Combination
Herbert is one of my favourite authors and Sepulchre is one of his best. Brilliantly written and with a sensational performance from Jonathan Keeble, never fails to deliver. I would very much recommend this.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- andrew
- 04-12-2017
A deeply disturbing book by the master of Horror
This book is filled with wonderful twists and Turns it takes you to the dark corners of Herbert's imagination it's very deeply plotted a thoroughly enjoyable listens superbly read by Jonathan Keeble who brings so much enthusiasm to the characters who creepy voice of Klein is very memorable it thoroughly deserves five stars.