Drood

I am in awe of Dan Simmons' Stephen King. Readers will race through the pages, drawn by the intricate plot and the proliferation of intriguing psychological puzzles' Publishers Weekly. A dazzling journey through a crooked, gaslit labyrinth and a tenebrous portraiture of the tortured minotaurs that dwell within. Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge - the abyss' Guillermo del Toro, film director. Peopled by characters worthy of Dickens novel . a fascinating book that adds to the speculative writings about the Victorian author's last and unfinished work. A must-read for all Dickens and Wilkie Collins admirers' Daily Mail. A rich and strange book the pages fly by' Daily Telegraph. A manic energy that compels shock and awe' Independent.