Night of the Seventh Darkness

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With his previous bestsellers The Seventh Sanctuary, The Ninth Buddha and Brotherhood of the Tomb Daniel Easterman has established
himself as a prince amongst storytellers, a creator of fast-paced actbn and all too credible terror, comparable to Rider Haggard and the makers of Raiders of the Lost Ark. His new novel is even more exciting, more powerful, than its predecessors.
On a September afternoon a couple return from three months in Africa to their Brooklyn apartment. Rick and Angelina's marriage is stale: a tired, doldrums affair which will soon be shaken by appalling violence. Angelina, wearily watching a video, sees scenes of ritual murder,
bloody libations which stir memories of her Haitian roots. Her life becomes pervaded by the stench of decay and the remembrance of old loves, old allegiances, old times: times when men who are dead are not dead.
Although Angelina is sophisticated, a member
of the elite, not a woman to give credence readily to the horror myths of bad... Tovább

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With his previous bestsellers The Seventh Sanctuary, The Ninth Buddha and Brotherhood of the Tomb Daniel Easterman has established
himself as a prince amongst storytellers, a creator of fast-paced actbn and all too credible terror, comparable to Rider Haggard and the makers of Raiders of the Lost Ark. His new novel is even more exciting, more powerful, than its predecessors.
On a September afternoon a couple return from three months in Africa to their Brooklyn apartment. Rick and Angelina's marriage is stale: a tired, doldrums affair which will soon be shaken by appalling violence. Angelina, wearily watching a video, sees scenes of ritual murder,
bloody libations which stir memories of her Haitian roots. Her life becomes pervaded by the stench of decay and the remembrance of old loves, old allegiances, old times: times when men who are dead are not dead.
Although Angelina is sophisticated, a member
of the elite, not a woman to give credence readily to the horror myths of bad movies, her life is shattered by an atavistic knowledge which few can share. The Jewish police officer who becomes professionally and personally involved in the sudden deaths which surround her is one of the few who will learn of the ways in which the past is always with us: his journey towards knowledge takes him to alien countries, alien politics, alien rites. And only on the night of the seventh darkness will he attain his own truth.
Daniel Easterman was born in Ireland in 1949. He studied English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin, and Persian and Arabic at the University of Edinburgh. Between 1975 and 1979 he carried out research for his doctoral
thesis on Shi'ite Islam at King's College, Cambridge. He has lived in most parts of the British Isles, as well as in Iran and Morocco. For several years he was lecturer in Islamic Studies at Newcastle University. Now writing full-time, he holds an honorary post at Durham University.
Apart from his literary and academic interests he is involved in the promotion of alternative medicine. He lives in the north of England with his wife, a homeopath, and their cat, a tabby.
Praise for Daniel Easterman's bestselling novels
THE LAST ASSASSIN
'Blood is spilled remorselessly, and the shooty-bangs rise to a positive crescendo' The Times
'Blistering pace and twisting plot' Booklist
'A savage authenticity' Publishers Weekly
THE SEVENTH SANCTUARY
'Ingenious splendidly gruesome set pieces'
Evening Standard
'A literate, contemporary suspense thriller that zips along like Raiders of the Lost Ark compelling the plot twists and turns unexpectedly to the last page' Publishers Weekly
'A terrific book very well written' Isaac Asimov
THE NINTH BUDDHA
'A powerful new thriller from the spy master deadly' Belfast Telegraph
'A cracking good story that Is guaranteed to glue you to your chair'
Irish Independent
'A supple literate style keeps a colourful narrative crackling along splendidly'
Hampstead and Highgate Express
'The apparent streak of lightning that just passed was The Ninth Buddha heading for
the bestseller lists' Oxford Times
'Easterman . . . gives me history, action, magic and mystery. What else could I want?' David Morrell, Washington Post
BROTHERHOOD OF THE TOMB
'Once you pick up Brotherhood of the Tomb you will not be able to put it down. A real page-turner of suspense and surprises, it is a fine piece of writing'
Barbara Taylor Bradford
'Another hit from Easterman's pen . . . imaginatively believable' Evening Chronicle
'Original, exciting and frightening All the ingredients of a great thriller'
Belfast Telegraph
'A scary book, action-packed . hard to put down' New York Times
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