Carrion Comfort

By: Dan Simmons

Narrated by: Mel Foster, Laural Merlington

Length: 39 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

"Carrion Comfort is one of the three greatest horror novels of the 20th century. Simple as that." (Stephen King)

"Epic in scale and scope but intimately disturbing, Carrion Comfort spans the ages to rewrite history and tug at the very fabric of reality. A nightmarish chronicle of predator and prey that will shatter your world view forever. A true classic." (Guillermo del Toro)

"Carrion Comfort is one of the scariest books ever written. Whenever I get asked the question Who's your favorite author? my answer is always Dan Simmons." (James Rollins)

"One of the few major reinventions of the vampire concept, on a par with Jack Finney's Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Richard Matheson's I Am Legend, and Stephen King's Salem's Lot. (David Morrell)

THE PAST...

Caught behind the lines of Hitler's Final Solution, Saul Laski is one of the multitudes destined to die in the notorious Chelmno extermination camp. Until he rises to meet his fate and finds himself face to face with an evil far older, and far greater, than the Nazis themselves...

THE PRESENT...

Compelled by the encounter to survive at all costs, so begins a journey that for Saul will span decades and cross continents, plunging into the darkest corners of 20th century history to reveal a secret society of beings who may often exist behind the world's most horrible and violent events. Killing from a distance, and by darkly manipulative proxy, they are people with the psychic ability to "use" humans: read their minds, subjugate them to their wills, experience through their senses, feed off their emotions, force them to acts of unspeakable aggression. Each year, three of the most powerful of this hidden order meet to discuss their ongoing campaign of induced bloodshed and deliberate destruction. But this reunion, something will go terribly wrong. Saul's quest is about to reach its elusive object, drawing hunter and hunted alike into a struggle that will plumb the depths of mankind's attraction to violence, and determine the future of the world itself...

©2009 Dan Simmons (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

It was worth all 39 hours.

Really quite brilliant! This is filler. fifteen words. fifteen words.fifteen words. fifteen words. fifteen words.fifteen words.

I would have enjoyed reading it myself more

the female narrator did an excellent job. the male narrator did great with voiced. but when reading parts that were meant to be action and more intense, he just read the way he read the rest of the book. and it's really really long:-) I fell asleep listening for eight hours and I don't think I missed much.

a classic by Dan Simmons!

A fantastic epic in a great cinematic style Carrion Comfort has remained one of my favorite novels for years. The performance of the two readers was really great especially the Fuller segments.

Action and story top notch.

One of the best listens I had in 2018. The plot was very well thought out, all the characters are filled out and developed. The story takes place in 1980 and I felt that the author did a superb job in making the setting feel like it was an older era. The narration was also very good. I would recommend this book to everyone!

Good

The book felt long by the end of it, but it was action packed and very suspensful at times so most of it was enjoyable and hard to put down. The characters were believable and the plot was interesting. I'd recommend this book to anyone that likes action, suspense, and, to a lesser degree, horror.

total psychic vampire madness

I just hope there is a movie and a sequel so I can revel in more of this absurdly absorbing story

An Engaging and Well Thought Out Thriller

An interesting premise, memorable characters, and a thrilling plot all contribute to this novel's success.

Psychic vampires ?

Requires a complete suspension of belief, but what vampire story doesn’t?
Overall, liked the good guys and Hated the bad guys.

4/5

A bit slow at parts, but it’s a well told, the performance is excellent and engaging, quite unique story, don’t regret buying it

Good book I would recommend

This was a very interesting listen, I enjoy how they take you back in time and then bring you to the 80’s. This only issue I have with the book is that people with the ability have such an over exaggerated scale of power, with no weaknesses other then being human. Some parts were just to hard to imagine, like even Professor Charles Xavier has limits and weaknesses!