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HEX

On sale

28th April 2016

Price: £9.99

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Selected: ebook / ISBN-13: 9781444793222

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‘This is totally, brilliantly original’ STEPHEN KING

WELCOME TO BLACK SPRING, A PICTURESQUE TOWN WITH AN HORRIFYING SECRET…

A 17th century woman with her eyes and mouth sewn-shut walks Blacks Springs streets… enters its homes… and watches its people while they sleep.

They call her the Black Rock Witch.

So accustomed to her presence, the townsfolk often forget what will happen if her eyes ever open.

To protect themselves the Black Spring elders use high-tech surveillance to quarantine the town. Frustrated with the lockdown, the town’s teenagers decide to break the rules and go viral with the haunting.

But no one foresees the dark nightmare that awaits them all.

PRAISE FOR THOMAS OLDE HEUVELT:
‘Reminiscent of vintage Stephen King’ John Connolly

‘A powerfully spooky piece of writing’ Financial Times

‘Spielbergian… a fabulous, unforgettable conceit’ Guardian

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Reviews

Paul Cornell
A great writer, the next genre superstar
Kirkus Reviews
A truly terrifying parable about mankind's depravity ... the story is not merely unsettling, it is horrifying ... read it if you dare!
John Connolly
HEX is reminiscent of vintage Stephen King, and I can think of no higher praise. Chilling, moving and, in its odd way, not a little profound.
Sarah Lotz, author of THE THREE
HEX takes the horror/thriller genre to a whole new level. It's deeply unsettling, wholly original, brilliantly written and contains scenes that will haunt you for a long time to come. I dare you to read it.
Jeffrey Ford
Olde Heuvelt's HEX sets ancient magic against contemporary technology to create a kind of dark fairy tale that seems ultimately believable in today's world. A terrific debut novel.
Alan Kelly
Thomas Olde Heuvelt's HEX is the BEST horror debut since John Ajvide Lindqvist's Let the Right One In.
Robin Hobb, author of the <i>Farseer Trilogy</i>
A thoughtful horror story, and one that is all the more chilling for its uncompromising view of humanity . . . HEX is a book that answers the question, "Where does evil come from?"
Ann VanderMeer
Thomas Olde Heuvelt's HEX is a treat for all fans of dark fiction . . . a modern spin on the witch's curse story that forces us to take a closer look at ourselves. Who is really evil after all? It's may not be who you think. This is just the beginning and I can't wait to read his next one.
Fantasy Book Review
Olde Heuvelt has written a compelling story rich in imagination and history which is undeniably haunting. Hex is truly absorbing with an easy style of writing that leads you into the world of Black Spring and keeps you locked into the horrifying events as they unfold.
Brave New Words
An entertaining read with a chilling concept. Not for the faint hearted.
Financial Times
Hidden tensions and human weakness trigger a witch-hunt that boils over into persecution, scapegoating and a shocking denouement. A powerfully spooky piece of writing.
SFX
Equal parts Stephen King and The Cabin in the Woods, Thomas Olde Heuvelt's novel is a pop page-turner with an intriguingly weird ambience . . . a funny, surprising and eerie novel.
Sci Fi Now
A thoughtful and intricately constructed chiller
Bookbag
Thomas is a best-selling author in the Netherlands and about to take the world by storm. Having read Hex, I can confirm that the storm starts here . . . This is one of the scariest books I've read in a long time so I'm not surprised to hear that a big film/TV company is capitalising with a planned series.
Stephen King
A wicked witch holds an upstate New York town prisoner. This is totally, brilliantly original.
Sci-Fi Bulletin
The blackness and bleakness of King's PET SEMATARY, and the mix of the supernatural and the everyday that Connolly blends in the Charlie Parker novels . . . There haven't been many novels over the years that I've not wanted to read just before bedtime - but Hex is quite definitely one of them, and in some ways that's the best recommendation I can give it.
Guardian
Spielbergian in the way Heuvelt shows supernatural goings-on . . . a fabulous, unforgettable conceit.
Wall Street Journal
[HEX] was originally published in Dutch, but he has rewritten it very successfully for its American setting. Yet it keeps a touch of strangeness, of alienness . . . He has written five novels already, and publishers should be lining up to translate them.
George R. R. Martin
HEX is creepy and gripping and original, sure to be one of the top horror novels of 2016