It took me quite some time and several attempts to get into this book, as it starts out quite (and unneccessarily) gory, but once I got over this I just could not put it down. This book again has several excellent ideas (some of them similar twists as in Mirror) and quite a good plot. Recommended reading for anybody who likes horror. Look forward to the involvement of Oscar Wilde -- excellent idea

I'd give up sex for ever If I couldn't read this again! The best of teh best! All u need is a comfy armchair on sun filled window, some herb tea, dougnuts and read on! The besr book out there.~

This is one Masterton novel that differs from the others. It is totaly well written and to the point. No here and there mistakes and no boring parts. I thought out of all the books i read of his this one had the BEST ending. It is a ending you would have never thought about. This book keeps you on your feet and you do not want to put it down. I RECOMMEND this book to the TRUE Masterton believers!!!

This book is one of the very few truly chilling books I've read. For me, it rates right up there with the best in horror. Character development is superb. The author creates a cast of people who could, quite literally, live next door to you - you develop an affinity with each member. You may wonder why I use the cinematographic terms... this book really draws you in, like a movie. (I'd cast someone like Ben Stiller as the male lead, and John Leguizamo as his side kick.) I watched this story, more than read it. The storyline doesn't lag once. It's written with pace, and as a commercial writer, I was impressed with the quality of his prose - the dialogue is natural, which is of paramount importance to me when I read novels. I'd love to give away the story but that'd be nasty. Suffice to say, I spend as little time as humanly possible looking in the mirror these days. It's a great read - get it if you can... if you dare.

This book earned Graham Masterton a place on my bookshelf next to King, McCammon, Straub, and Simmons; the masters of horror. Mirror is a brilliant, nightmarish novel about an evil child reaching out from the netherworld through an antique mirror. Hands down, it is one of the most gripping and entertaining horror novels I've ever read. If you consider yourself a fan of horror, seek this book out. Your collection has a huge gaping hole in it until you own a copy of this book!

Mirror, a horror novel originally published in the late 80s, is one of Masterton's finest. The story is top notch, well-crafted, and well-delivered. When TOR was publishing horror novels on a monthly basis, you could always look forward to a new Masterton title at least once a year.

The story centers around an fan obsessed with a child star who was murdered fifty years in the past, at the age of eight. The fan was so devoted to keeping the memory of the child star alive that he writes a musical based on the child's life. However, Hollywood has no takers for filming it.

The fan later discovers that some of items belonging to the child are available for sale. He purchases a mirror, later discovering that the child is still "alive" in the mirror. Later, when things take a turn for the worse, the fan discovers the truth behind the child's presence in the mirror. Then the real terror begins...

If you can find a copy of this one, it would be well worth your time to read. If you can't, pick up one of Masterton's recent novels published by Dorchester Publications under the Leisure horror line.

What can I say? ANOTHER masterpiece from the MASTER of HORROR! The gore and terror in this book seems almost real. I recommend this to anyone who loves a good cop on the hunt for the supernatural. only thing i wished was that there would be more confrontations with the Angel but there wasn't. Oh well this still made a great read and will be a great addition to anyones collection. MASTERTON is GOD of horror.

This is real horror. Reality bites as they say. The first section of the book is full of scenes that you thought impossible to happen so far. Masterton writes with vertigo power. It is true that this book may disturb some people but beyond its gore mask reality is hidden. A real masterpiece. A real classic.

i have read many horror novels and many by Graham Masterton, this is his best work so far. I couldnt put it down it kept me spellbound throughout the entire book. His attention to detail is superb, one can really start to believe that this could be a work of non-fiction if you dont have a good grasp of reality. Way to go and keep em comin

Graham Masterton has, on his official web site, admitted that he is in fact Alan Blackwood. In the dedication to the book Blackwood thanks his "agent" who happens to be Masterton's wife. He has also written under the name of Thomas Luke among others.

Fans of Graham Masterton should really enjoy this book. It runs in the same vein as his earlier thriller novels such as Plague, Famine and The Sweetman Curve.

Kingdom Of The Blind is a fast paced action thriller focusing on the search for an extremely intelligent scientist and the information he possesses which will answer all of the mysteries of this book.

Certain author liberties have been taken- as they are when writing any book. Without revealing too much I will mention one.
How far can a Tomahawk missile really fly? Read the book and ask for yourself.

This book is very hard to find but well worth the time spent reading. For those of you interested in reading this book you can only hope the book is released in the US.

Where a little help can cause a lot of trouble.

"When a genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."
- Jonathan Swift

Micky an unambitious young man acts as a hero when he saves an old man from being taken away by a couple of angry men. This man, Dr Lugner, then tells Micky that if these men again find him he will post a cassette to him, he instructs him to listen to it and then make a 'decision' of what to do telling Micky it may bring him things beyond his wildest dreams.
Next thing Micky knows he is caught in a web of anger, determination and corruption involving important political figures, a mob of gangsters and everyone involved in his life from his employers to his dog.
The story also follows a private detective as he is blackmailed into taking up a case. Discover the motives of 'Cabbage patch' and 'Cuban' and how all of the characters eventually tie in together in this shockingly well-written novel. The main question that is probing at Micky's mind is why is everyone so intent on tracking down this Dr Lugner and why must he run from them?

Once again Masterton has produced a chiller that would have made Edgar Allan Poe proud. RITUAL is about a restaurant reviewer and his son who run afoul of a strange religious cult led by eccentric restauranter, M. Mussette, who take the sacrament of Holy Communion a little too literally: by eating each others flesh and blood. A standout scene involves a man being forced to slice off his own finger and then fry and eat it, it's got to be one of the most disgusting things I've read. For those of you with weak stomachs, you should avoid this one like the plague. Horror fans ought to enjoy it; but this is not a book to be picked up right after dinner.

This book is just like every other book of Masterton's. Great. I think all of Masterton's books are great especially this one. Every time I went to put the book down I had to pick it up again. All you'll want to do is keep on reading.

When it comes to horror, Graham Masterton has done it all, and quite successfully. Walkers is considered by many to be one of Masterton's most entertaining and most horrific efforts. And entertaining it is. Written at the end of the 1980s, when the big horror boost of that decade was waning, Walkers is a hold-no-barrels horror story that is all about pace. And blood.

The story gives us Jack, the All-American father who stumbles upon an old building on a dark, rainy night. He falls in love with the building and decides he wants to buy it to turn it into a resort hotel. Only, the building is still inhabited, and the people living there aren't quite ready to give away their home.

Ghosts? Not really. They are walkers, people who are trapped between two worlds. They come to the surface by merging into walls. But when they are accidentally set loose, the world itself will be faced with the most dangerous kind of monsters. And even worst, they kidnap Jack's son in the hopes of sacrificing him. A high body count ensues, and a race against time begins.

Is the book fun? Yes, brainless fun. Is the book entertaining? Yes. The suspense is great, the horror is original and the premise is quite fun. But don't expect a masterpiece out of Walkers. The characters are one-dimensional. And every time a secondary character comes into the story, it's not hard to guess what will happen to them. They all end up the same.

But what the book lacks in plot and plausibility, it gains in pacing. The whole thing can easily be read in one sitting. It's the kind of book where you just have to let go of all your notions of realism and just go with the flow. If you're capable of doing that, then you'll probably end up having a good time reading Walkers. It's not Masterton at his best, but it's still very entertaining.

I've been reading a lot of Graham Masterton lately and with each book, I've turned the last page with more appreciation and wonder at his talent and imagination. I finally got around to reading WALKERS recently and it blew me away. Masterton really outdid himself with this one. It is one of the fastest moving novels he's ever done and in some ways, his most outrageous. I felt like I had jumped into a moving car when I sat down to read it... Jack Reed comes across his life's ambition in the woods of Wisconsin: an old derelict building that was once a sanitarium known as The Oakes. Abandoned for almost 60 years, Reed sees potential in it as a future resort or country club. He learns very quickly, however, that it harbors dark and dangerous secrets and it has chosen him to open it's Pandora's Box of horrors. 135 patients vanished inside the place in the 1920's and they have been living inside it's very walls. Not behind the walls, mind you, but IN the walls. They will stop at nothing to free themselves, including kidnapping Reed's own son. And once they are free of the confines of The Oakes property, they go on a bloodthirsty spree across the city and state... Masterton pulls no punches with WALKERS. It is unapologetically bloody and fast moving, (almost, but not quite, to a fault.) Highly recommended for horror fans who think they've read it all...

Walkers is one horror novel that rivals anything written by Stephen King or similar authors of the horror genre.Graham Masterton does it again with this chilling novel.Masterton is known for his candid brand of horror writing without getting the reader lost or sidetracked. The first story of Masterton I read back in the 70's was The Manitou (story and movie about an evil ancient Indian spirit entering the world through a tumor in a woman's neck !). The major difference in Walkers is the story and action move at an alarming rapid pace without ever losing the reader or the reader's interest!

The central character Jack finds himself yearning for a greater prospective goal in his midlife. He thinks he finds this realization in an old abandoned 60 year old building which once housed 137 criminally insane patients. He soon discovers the building's horrific secret when his only 9 year old son suddenly vanishes. What is the link between his son's enigmatic disappearance and the abominable secret hidden in the structure of the sanitarium's walls? You must read the book to find out !

I highly recommend this title based on it's author's incredible and otherworldly imagination. This is not a novel about ghosts, nor about a haunted house (in the typical sense). The novel almost echoes a resemblance to a late 80's to early 90's film called People Under The Stairs (or vice versa)... What the reader discovers is that for every fear or phobia he or she might have or think they have, this novel by Graham Masterton will surely instill yet another one ! Do not read this novel alone at home near a brick wall...In fact, you may never look at any of your walls, ceiling, or cellar the same way again !...

I think it was very interseting novel. First time I read it when it was published. Second time in 1992. It was fun to read. I think I enjoyed it more the 2nd time...

I read the book twice. IT WAS GREAT!!. I loaned it to a friend and he LOST IT. I have been looking for another copy for many years. Sadly to say it is currently not being published.

Does anyone have a copy they would like to sell?

I read this book when I was a teenager. I loved this book, but it was borrowed and never returned. I have wanted to read it again, but can not find it. If anyone has a copy, I would like to purchase a copy of it.

Just finished this book this afternoon and I just HAD to write a review, it was that good.

I won't go into the plotdetails, other than that most of the reviewers before me (in my opinion) had this pretty well down as a horror/ thriller kind of book, although I don't think of this as a mystery. The cover and backblurb already gave away too much of the plot for that!

I agree with Jimmy Lay that Masterton is an absolute hero to those reading or aspiring to be writers of horror. His books are always clever thought of and usually involve somekind of legend or myth (is this case the TENGU of the title, a Japanese demon) and a band of less than perfect people who have to confront and/ or defeat this evil.
I myself am a real gorehound and Masterton never disappoints in that department. Before you go thinking that I'm somekind of sick individual let me just explain that I not only read horror to be scared, but also to be thrilled, downright shocked, and sometimes even revolted. In my opinion horror serves somekind of deep need (fantasy?) in that the things that happen to the characters in these books will never happen to the one who's reading it (we can hope) and that he, or she can safely return to their normal life after been finished with it.

Back to the novel. TENGU the novels' most chilling scene is by far the opening. It had me hooked from the beginning and made meread 80 pages of this book in one sitting. It's extremely nasty, shocking and gory (I know, that's precisely the way I want it) and completely blows you away. It's kinda on par with the opening of his later, most sadistis novel MASTER OF LIES.
The rest of the book isn't anyless though, and don't you go thinking there's a happy ending in store for you. It all ads up to a brilliant novel.

I highly recommend this, and all of Masterton's other works by the way. Thank God I haven't read them all and still have a few copies stashed away for special occasions!

When a Japanese businessman uses ancient mythology to bring a demon back to life, all hell breaks loose in this riveting horror novel that you won't want to put down. Graham Masterton does what he does best here - uncompromising gore and sex scenes, an unpredictable plot, strong characters who may seem larger than life but make his stories more entertaining and an explosive climax! The plot here - the Jap villains use mythology to wreak revenge on America for the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. An original twist and a brilliant, attention-grabbing intro! THE BEST OF MASTERTON. And to think I've been reading crap like TOM CLANCY'S NET FARCE, if technothrillers have got that bad then I'm returning to horror for a bit.

I've read almost all of Masterton's books and love his originality, storytelling, unpredictability, and (I have to admit) the very graphic, creative gore. There is always at least one gore scene in his books that will make you think, "well, I don't think anyone's ever thought of something that horrible yet". This book has of course the violence and gore but it is not what I remember it for. I remember it for the opening scene, in which it says right off the bat (so I am not spoiling anything here) that the character he is introducing has 10 minutes to live. I read this something like 10 years ago and still remember his description of how the woman is sitting around, doing mundane things like reading the paper, totally unaware that the clock is ticking and she is wasting her precious last few minutes of life, unbeknownst to her. I also cannot forget the ending (which I will NOT spoil). If you've read it, you know why, it's totally bold, shocking, and unforgetable. I read the last page over and over, because I couldn't beleive what had happened, and also because I was so impressed with the writing. Definitely one of Masterton's best, along with Prince of Lies, Mirror, Feast, and Famine (the last two were masterpieces, in my opinion). Especially worth tracking down if you're a Masterton fan.

A young boy becomes the portal for a ferocious Dreambeast and the Dream Warriors show up to do battle, but first they need to find help. Second book in the Dream Warrior series is a tad familiar, but still enough fun to recommend to Masterton's fans.

This is about a kid who, when asleep, unleashes something horrific. part two of the night warriors, it is a brilliantly done novell and i recommend this to anyone who is a gore fanatic and masterton lover!!

THE BEST BOOK I READ IN YEARS

The collapse of the Soviet Union robs the center of this political conspiracy thriller of some of its oompf, but Masterton's professional skill at combining suspense with just the right amount of humor, kinky sex, and over the top comic book violence still makes it a fun read. Several American citizens uncover the horrible truth about the true forces running the US government. Tongue in cheek approach gives this conspiracy thriller a playful edge that helps it go down easy. Recommended.

What an excellent idea. Just when you thought you knew all about the recent history of the United States, along comes this well-known horror book writer and completely changes your focus. If you want to know, why Kennedy was assassinated and what really happened to Marilyn Monroe, read this book. Seriously, this is a unbelievable plot idea and once you are into this book you might not be able to put it down too fast.

Graham Masterton has among the wildest and wooliest imaginations of anybody working in the field today--so much so that I can't even identify for sure which "field" it is that "Ikon" belongs to. I guess it's closest to the genre of espionage fiction for which he's written about half a dozen entries. Masterton is fond of conspiracies, and "Ikon" is so dense with them that I'd be spoiling it to give any of them away. Suffice it to say that the plot revolves around John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, a mysterious Soviet agent, and a pile of ordinary-Joe characters who get caught in the middle of the whole thing entirely by accident. It's a tough call, but this is probably Masterton's most enthrallingly bizarre novel, up there with earlier paranoid wonders such as "Fireflash 5" and "The Sweetman Curve," two of his best and least available. You'll gasp, you'll laugh, you won't be bored for a second.