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Evil lurks in the shadows of small-town Nebraska, awaiting its moment to be unleashed, in the New York Times–bestselling author's horror series debut.Black Wilder has waited a long time to come Whitfield, Nebraska. But he is no stranger to patience. A year, ten years, a hundred years. Time has no meaning for him. He just waits until the moment is right. Then emerges—silently and unmercifully.
As night falls heavily on the small prairie town, red-rimmed eyes look out from tightly shut show more windows. An occasional snarl rips from once-human throats. Shadows play on dimly-lit streets, deepening the gloom of the alleys, bringing with the darkness an almost tangible aura of fear.
For the time is now right. The Beasts are hungry. The Undead are awake. The putrid stench of evil hangs in the air. Now the inhabitants of Whitfield are about to be touched by . . . The Devil's Kiss.
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It's, as you can imagine from the title, a story about the age-old battle between good and evil. It's a story that makes you think about the way you treat your neighbor, your co-workers, or that person who always stops you to talk even when you may have something else to do. It might not make much of a difference now but someday it will. I found this to be a fast-paced enjoyable story with a lot of truths embedded between the lines. The main character is an ex-marine turned preacher who has no second thoughts or regrets about shooting a coven member.... staking a vampire... or blowing up a werewolf. Add in the "dark prince" and some witches and you have a war you will have no trouble remembering. If sex orgies, swearing and lots of show more violence offends you, you might want to stay away from this one. If you are a fan of this author's westerns, just be advised that this series is a "horse of an entirely different color". show less
Oof. This one was a doozy. It felt like it was written by a 12 year old Catholic boy with, at best, a cursory understanding 0f sex.........and honestly, I LOVED it.
SEX, SATAN, BEASTS, ROCK 'n' ROLL, GUNS, RAMBO-style shit. Yeah, this one's got it all.
I wish this had been made into a movie in the '80s. If you are looking for a horror movie experience, here it is. It's poorly written, full of typos, grammar and punctuation errors, BUT SO WHAT?!? Basically a B-Movie in novel form, it's great if you know what to expect. There's nothing literary here, but it's 100% F-U-N!........oh, and apparently, it's part of a trilogy.
Highly recommend if you are in the right mood. If you're highbrow and looking for "literary" horror - look elsewhere.
SEX, SATAN, BEASTS, ROCK 'n' ROLL, GUNS, RAMBO-style shit. Yeah, this one's got it all.
I wish this had been made into a movie in the '80s. If you are looking for a horror movie experience, here it is. It's poorly written, full of typos, grammar and punctuation errors, BUT SO WHAT?!? Basically a B-Movie in novel form, it's great if you know what to expect. There's nothing literary here, but it's 100% F-U-N!........oh, and apparently, it's part of a trilogy.
Highly recommend if you are in the right mood. If you're highbrow and looking for "literary" horror - look elsewhere.
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William W. Johnstone was born in Southern Missouri on October 28, 1938. He quit school when he was fifteen to join a carnival, but went back and finished high school in 1957. He worked as a deputy sheriff, spent time in the army, and then went into radio broadcasting, where he worked for sixteen years. He started writing in 1970, but was his first show more book, The Devil's Kiss, was not published until late 1979. He wrote over 200 books during his lifetime including the Ashes series, Code Name series, Mountain Man series, The First Mountain Man series, and Eagles series. Two of his books, Eagle Down and Dagger, were written under the pen name of William Mason. He died on February 8, 2004 at the age of 65. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Devil's Kiss
- People/Characters
- Black Wilder; Sam Balon; Nydia
- Important places
- Whitfield, Nebraska, USA
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- Fiction and Literature, Horror, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
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- PS3560 .O415 .D424 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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