The Night Will Find Us

By: Matthew Lyons

Narrated by: David Bendena

Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

School’s out for summer, and that means one thing to Parker, Chloe, and their four friends: a well-deserved camping trip in the Pine Barrens, a million-acre forest deep in the heart of New Jersey. But when old grudges erupt, an argument escalates into the unthinkable, leaving one of them dead and the killer missing. As darkness descends and those left alive try to determine a course of action, the forest around them begins to change....

In the morning, more of the group has vanished and the path that led them into the woods is gone - as if consumed by the forest itself. Lost and hungry, the remaining friends set out to find help, only to realize that the forest seems to have other plans - a darker, ancient horror lies dead and dreaming in a lake in the center of the woods. And it’s calling to them.

Meanwhile, deep in the trees, the killer is still at large, and one of the group’s own has started to transform and warp into something other. Something inhuman. Something that wants to feast.

Banding together to survive, the friends soon begin to understand the true nature of the horror waiting for them in the Pine Barrens - and that not all of them will make it out alive.

©2020 Matthew Lyons (P)2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Not enough victims, great otherwise.

very atmospheric, emotionally detailed and full of visceral horror. verging on Lovecraftian. Would love to see a sequel or something of the sort.

Great Thriller!

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. It's fast-paced and suspenseful. I highly recommend this book!

Good but not really great

I liked the story and I really liked the lovecraft influence and horror aspects. However, it really has a more slow pace and more than a few loose ends.

Just okay…

Wasn’t good and wasn’t bad. The story lost me a few times and it didn’t really explain much about what was going on.

Completely Forgettable

There's not much more to say because this book is hard to even remember. This is a book and a story you've probably read 100s of times before. Its interesting enough to finish but you'll completely forget it exists as soon as its done. Also, not scary at all.

Unique, a strength and a curse

There were many opportunities to make this a basic story of teens being killed in the woods, but it isn't that. I feel like the main character of this book is the environment it is in.Since the location is the most fascinating part about this whole book.The way the author describes things and the world he paints is very vivid in the natural aspects and is pretty conservative, I believe, in the dark and more gruesome moments. I feel there is a bit missing tho, more characters to sympathize with and more of an emotional connection to them. As it stands it isn't bad by any means but the characters are a bit lack luster just in the fact they seem to come almost as secondary to the events and darkness of the setting and the evil. however, abstract evil and more cosmic like horror is hard to describe and paint but the author did a great job on giving enough to show the reader of the hell that waits in the woods but not enough that it over exposes it and it becomes uninteresting. I do believe there's enough left unexplained for a sequel, but the way it stands the reader is left with questions and they're a bit haunting of what is in those woods. Just like any survivors that make it out, the question of what happened, what was it, and is it gone or still around leave a nice after taste when the find word is read. I think there could've been more, could've delved deeper, but these solutions would only present more problems or exasperate the already existing ones. So all in all, a solid book for what it is and what I believe it is intended to be, but the turn to more dark and deeper horror is welcome and also feels a bit lackluster when the dust has settled. Good story tho, if you want something unique but also a forest horror story then this one is for you.

One Of The Best Horror Novels Of 2020

The Night Will Find Us is one of the best horror novels I've read this year. Matthew Lyons creates his own nightmare world in the Pine Barrons of New Jersey. A group of young campers discover the monsters of this forest when one of the campers commits murder among his friends, an act that triggers the evil that dwells within the big woods.

The writing is of the quality of horror greats like Andy Davidson and Nick Cutter. Don't miss out on this killer novel of terror.

5 Stars*****

Not my favorite, but was decent enough

While it was decent overall, I found myself just thinking what is the actual point? Is literally everyone going to die and that's just all? Gory detail after gory detail got to be a bit too much and way overdone at times. Just as I was thinking that the book was wrapping up and somehow I had listened to over 10 hours of audio, I look down to see how much time was remaining, there was still five hours left. So I'm thinking to myself there is no way there are still five hours left. What in the world could this author possibly write about where 5 more hours was still needed? I was ready to just call it quits and pretend that everyone died and that was it. But, I pressed on.

With that being said, I must add that the way the last hour or so tied the whole book together was nice. It helped make sense of some of the confusion I had throughout the book. The significance of the tree changing in meaning was definitely a nice touch that I enjoyed. Last note, the readers "girl" voice literally made me laugh out loud at times. He did an amazing job with expressing the overall feel and emotions that were present. His voice didn't lull me to sleep, which is always a plus!

Loved it!

The reading was amazing, great performance :) story was just scary enough with great twists. I really enjoyed it!

Great story!

This was a surprise! I really enjoyed the story and the narrator was excellent! I came to really care about the characters.