Lord Samper's Library

  Page Count: 368 Pages This week has been a real week for reading horror, so much so that I don’t want to break the streak now. I’m making it official; I don’t know whether it will be another novel, or some short stories, but I’ll be keeping it ‘horror related’ for the rest of the week (or until something else catches my eye, whichever comes first). Lets see how it goes… Anyway :o) I last read ‘Outpost’ (just over) fifteen years ago so when I saw a copy on the shelf, at Waterstones, not so long ago, I thought it was time for a re-read. I had vague memories of an oil rig, a world shattering virus and… that was it :o) That was all I needed though, I was in the mood for something apocalyptic and the blurb certainly promised that… They took the job to escape the world, they didn’t expect the world to end… Kasker Rampart is a derelict refinery platform moored in the Arctic Ocean. A skeleton crew of fifteen fight boredom and despair as their wait for a relief ship to take them home. But...

  Page Count: 515 Pages After reading a couple of reviews for ‘Coffin Moon’, I was keen to find out, for myself, what Keith Rosson was all about. I couldn’t quite stretch to a hard-back copy of ‘Coffin Moon’ (that has since changed) so I thought I’d start with ‘Fever House’ and see where the journey took me. I’d already polished off a few chapters and as yesterday was a quiet one, I took the opportunity to sit in the comfy chair and see how far I could get with the rest of the book. The next thing I knew, it was the evening and I was finishing the last few pages. I can’t remember the last time that happened so that should really tell you all you need to know but that wouldn’t make for much of a post here. Lets see if I can go a little deeper than just a sentence… ;o) A small-time criminal. A has-been rock star. A shadowy government agency. And a severed hand whose dark powers threaten to destroy them all. When leg-breaker Hutch Holtz rolls up to a rundown apartment complex in Por...