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Snowman
The Terror
Graham Masterton
Pan Books London 2000
stan bardzo dobry minus
str. 218 + 218
format 11 x 18 cm
waga 245 g
Snowman
When Jack Hubbard enrolls in West Grove Community College, he's assigned to Jim Rook's remedial English class. Soon the California campus and student body, sweltering in a torrid June, are experiencing mighty strange goings-on. A water fountain freezes solid; a men's room is coated with giant ice crystals; a classmate wearing Jack's sweatshirt is frozen to a handrail and can be removed only minus his arms; the school pool completely freezes, trapping several in its depths and killing one. What's behind the freaky weather? Spirit-sensitive Rook (Tooth and Claw, 1997 etc.) and his Tarot-reading cat (don't ask) concur that it's a vengeful Inuit spirit who was promised Jack's soul by his dad in exchange for leading him to safety from a crisis-stricken Alaska expedition, only to see the old man renege on the deal. Rook takes off for Alaska with both Hubbards, his cat, a magic mirror, and a supply of Snickers - just the equipment that will allow him eventually to confront the spirit demon in Dead Man's Mansion, a northern folly built by a survivor of the Titanic, who may have made his own pact with the hood-shrouded, ice-spewing spirit. If you think Snickers will sustain you on a trek through the tundra, you'll undoubtedly think Rook is the most beloved teacher since Mr. Chips.
The Terror
This is the third in Graham Masterton's Rook supernatural horror series. The Terror sees a new student joining Jim Rookís Special Class II for remedial English, a young Mexican boy called Rafael Diaz. He seems pleasant enough at first and fits into the group nicely, but this is probably due to the fact that heís offering to rid the other pupils of all their deepest, darkest fears (such as spiders and the dark) by way of an ancient Mayan cleansing ritual. Unfortunately Rafaelís dabbling backfires, and when some of the kids end up dead, Jim Rook has to try and figure out why. Actually itís not all that difficult, as he discovers when the physical embodiment of all these ecleansedí fears pays him a visit at his flat - and tears the place apart. Now the race is on for Jim to find a way to destroy this creature only he can see before it claims yet more lives, making itself more powerful in the process. |
