NOS4A2

A Novel

De: Joe Hill

Narrado por: Kate Mulgrew

The spine-tingling, bone-chilling　novel of supernatural suspense from the #1　New York Times　bestselling author of　The Fireman　and　Horns—now an AMC original series starring Zachary Quinto, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Ashleigh Cummings.

""A masterwork of horror.""—　Time

Victoria McQueen has an uncanny knack for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions. When she rides her bicycle over the rickety old covered bridge in the woods near her house, she always emerges in the places she needs to be.

Charles Talent Manx has a gift of his own. He likes to take children for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the vanity plate NOS4A2. In the Wraith, he and his innocent guests can slip out of the everyday world and onto hidden roads that lead to an astonishing playground of amusements he calls Christmasland. The journey across the highway of Charlie's twisted imagination transforms his precious passengers, leaving them as terrifying and unstoppable as their benefactor.

Then comes the day when Vic goes looking for trouble...and finds her way to Charlie. That was a lifetime ago. Now, the only kid ever to escape Charlie's evil is all grown up and desperate to forget. But Charlie Manx hasn't stopped thinking about Victoria McQueen. On the road again, he won't slow down until he's taken his revenge. He's after something very special—something Vic can never replace.

As a life-and-death battle of wills builds, Vic McQueen prepares to destroy Charlie once and for all—or die trying.

great book

loved it. a great book for any fan of the unusual. I highly recomend it.

Builds up suspense quite well

Was not a fan of Kate's performance, but when 80% in to the story, I warmed up to it. I feel like having such believable characters is what made this story well worth the listen, and the interesting take on Christmas sure adds a special dimension. However, be ready for excessive use of similes...Hill is quite the fan.

On the edge of your seat horror reading!

I really enjoyed the t v. series and had to have more of the storyline. So glad I did. Even with the book deviating from the t.v. series (or is it the other way around), I wad able to connect the dots. I look forward to the sequel and hope it's available soon.

Joe Hill Makes His Own Mark

Would you consider the audio edition of NOS4A2 to be better than the print version?

Kate Mulgrew's performance adds SO much to the atmosphere of this story that I can't imagine getting into it as much with static print.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I liked Vic and Lou both, neither of them were perfect, both were very flawed and very human but together they were strong. Together the brought about good things and I like that it took them working together to do so.

Which scene was your favorite?

I really like the first time Vic uses her Inscape, you could feel the wonder and mystery of it and you got the thrill she felt.

If you could take any character from NOS4A2 out to dinner, who would it be and why?

Lou, I'm as big of a geek as he is so we'd have a lot to talk about.

Any additional comments?

Joe Hill has truly found his legs as a writer and his father, Stephen King must be so proud. Joe certainly has his father's gift of suspense and weaving complex tails, but he also has his own voice and is very good and crafting a story.

Great Story; Awesome Narration

Another amazing story from Joe Hill. Kate Mulgrew gives the book a powerful narration that really pulled me into the tale. Well worth a credit!