Fever House

A Novel

De: Keith Rosson

Narrado por: Xe Sands

“Exciting, suspenseful, horrifying, and written at a flurry-of-punches pace. Read Fever House now.”—STEPHEN KING

A small-time criminal. A has-been rock star. A shadowy government agency. And a severed hand whose dark powers threaten to destroy them all.

A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

When leg-breaker Hutch Holtz rolls up to a rundown apartment complex in Portland, Oregon, to collect overdue drug money, a severed hand is the last thing he expects to find stashed in the client’s refrigerator. Hutch quickly realizes that the hand induces uncontrollable madness: Anyone in its proximity is overcome with a boundless compulsion for violence. Within hours, catastrophic forces are set into motion: Dark-op government agents who have been desperately hunting for the hand are on Hutch’s tail, more of the city’s residents fall under its brutal influence, and suddenly all of Portland stands at the precipice of disaster. . . .

But it’s all the same for Katherine Moriarty, a singer whose sudden fame and precipitous downfall were followed by the mysterious death of her estranged husband—suicide, allegedly. Her trauma has made her agoraphobic, shackled within the confines of her apartment. Her son, Nick, has moved home to care for her, quietly making his living working for Hutch’s boss.

When Hutch calls Nick in distress, looking for someone else to take the hand, Katherine and Nick are plunged into a global struggle that will decimate the walls of the carefully arranged life they’ve built. Mother and son must evade both crazed, bloodthirsty masses and deceitful government agents while exorcising family secrets that have risen from the dead—secrets, they soon discover, that might hold the very key to humanity’s survival.

Can you resist the hand? Find an excerpt from the next Fever House novel, The Devil by Name, at the end of the book.

©2023 Keith Rosson (P)2023 Random House Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Fever House subverts the ordinary devices of occult-themed fantasy and keeps readers in suspense until the last page—and primed for the next book.”—The Wall Street Journal

“[A] whirlwind mystery . . . that hurls [Rosson’s] genre-slashing ambition into the stratosphere.”—NPR

“A modern-meets-classic horror story that keeps the stakes high until the very last sentence.”—San Francisco Chronicle

It’s like the first season of your new favorite show

Fun and fast paced story.

Loved the narration although sometimes harder to listen to in the car. But otherwise great and perfectly matched the story.

Look forward to the next book.

Hits like a loan shark!

Doesn’t let up. Not a wasted beat. Just an apocalyptic maelstrom of a story. We’re just left to pick up the carnage!

Good story Bad narration

The narrator really detracts from the story. The narrator’s voice makes it hard to follow the story. I had to delisted in many places because the words were garbled.

Great story but absolutely terrible ending. It's like he gave up

Literally the worst ending to any book I've ever read or listened to. It's a great story right up until the very end

So metal

I love Xe Sands as a narrator but her voice shines best with a female protagonist. The story was really fun! As a former PDX and LA resident, I enjoyed the geography, and as a former indie rock nerd, I enjoyed the music talk. Also, strangely, I went to high school with someone named Matt Coffin? Weird. Is this song about us?

Fun! Imaginative! Well written and well read!

In a sea of boring formulaic books, Fever House is what you are looking for!

It’s fast paced, bold and gritty, with intelligent and well developed characters who are each on their own exciting and well thought out journeys.

This is an ambitious, epic scale book that promises a lot and then delightfully delivers, each arc masterfully launched and surprisingly, satisfyingly landed.

This comes down to the writing itself, phrase to phrase and thought to thought stitched together in an engaging flow that exceeds even the plot or subject of the story.

Theme, too often ignored, is delicately laced throughout, and despite the fast action of the plot, evokes emotion and connection to the human story Rosson tells.

Rare as it is, this story is actually FUN!
I am already looking forward to the next book!

Thank you!

Also, Xe Sands can read all my books. I tend to listen at a higher speed, and Xe was clear and emotive, with well conceived and clearly thoughtful character renderings, and a strong grasp of this complex story with all of its emotion and movement. It wasn’t merely read, it was obviously felt and expertly performed!

Thank you!

Something wrong with the volume

I had my device turned all the way up, and couldn't hear it. Something's wrong with the volume.

A fast-paced, heart-pounding ride through hell

I am not a horror fan, generally, but having read the authors other books, I was curious. I seriously could not stop listening to this book. Itching to read the sequel when it comes out.

Top notch from beginning to end

Simply one of the best new books I've read in ages. Real characters with fascinating backgrounds, praising and style that stays with you and a fascinating plot. The production was immaculate and the narrator was spot on. I would also like to add Stephen King's recommendation was one of the reasons I picked this up and I'm so glad I did.

excellent

I enjoyed this a lot. As an audio book the narrator was great. story was intense, well written and made me not want to stop listening.
great characters, some good humor elements thrown in keep it interesting.
Id recommend.