The Heavens Rise
by Christopher Rice
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Pub Date Oct 15 2013 | Archive Date Dec 31 2013
Gallery, Threshold, Pocket Books | Gallery Books
Description
New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice brilliantly conjures up the shadowed terrors of the Louisiana bayou—where three friends confront a deadly, ancient evil rising to the surface—in the intense, atmospheric new supernatural thriller THE HEAVENS RISE (Gallery Books; October 15, 2013; $26.00).
It’s been a decade since the Delongpre family vanished near Bayou Rabineaux, and still no one can explain the events of that dark and sweltering night. No one except Niquette Delongpre, the survivor who ran away from the mangled stretch of guardrail on Highway 22 where the impossible occurred…and kept on running. Who left behind her best friends, Ben and Anthem, to save them from her newfound capacity for destruction…and who alone knows the source of her very bizarre—and very deadly—abilities: an isolated strip of swampland called Elysium.
An accomplished surgeon, Niquette’s father dreamed of transforming the dense acreage surrounded by murky waters into a palatial compound befitting the name his beloved wife gave to it, Elysium: “the final resting place for the heroic and virtuous.” Then, ten years ago, construction workers dug into a long-hidden well, one that snaked down into the deep, black waters of the Louisiana swamp and stirred something that had been there for centuries—a microscopic parasite that perverts the mind and corrupts the body.
Niquette is living proof that things done can’t be undone. Nothing will put her family back together again. And nothing can save her. But as Niquette, Ben, and Anthem uncover the truth of a devastating parasite that has the potential to alter the future of humankind, Niquette grasps the most chilling truths of all: someone else has been infected, too. And unlike her, this man is not content to live in the shadows. He is intent to use his newfound powers for one reason only: revenge.
THE HEAVENS RISE will lure readers to the bayou and keep them fascinated through to the end with vivid characters who conjure good, battle evil and never give up on true friendship.
About Christopher Rice:
Christoper Rice is the New York Times bestselling author of A Density of Souls, The Snow Garden, Light Before Day, Blind Fall, and The Moonlit Earth. The son of author Anne Rice and award-winning poet Stan Rice, he lives in Los Angeles, where he is the cohost of the internet radio show, The Dinner Party Show with Christopher Rice and Eric Shaw Quinn.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
“A masterful coming-of-age novel…Rice’s characters are complex and real, his dialogue pitch-perfect, and his writing intelligent and strong.”
—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review for THE HEAVENS RISE
“Christopher Rice is a magician. This brilliant, subtly destabilizing novel inhales wickedness and corruption and exhales delight and enchantment. Rice executes his turns, reversals, and surprises with the pace and timing of a master. THE HEAVENS RISE would not let me stop reading it—that’s how compelling it is.”
—Peter Straub
“My first foray into the world twisted by New York Times bestseller Christopher Rice [THE HEAVENS RISE] will absolutely not be my last. With rich, multi-layered characters merging into the lush backdrop of pre- and post-Katrina, south Louisiana, Rice had my attention from the start…In Rice’s world, nothing is as it seems. Every twist and unexpected revelation fell into place smoothly and kept me engaged, wanting to rush ahead to see what may be next. I’ll be first in line looking forward to the next amazing story.”
—Suspense Magazine
“Creepy, chilling, and almost impossible to put down all describe [THE HEAVENS RISE] by New York Times bestselling author Rice…This is a horror novel, but in the telling of this page-turner, Rice also manages to deftly address issues of race and class in the Big Easy.”
—Booklist
“Christopher Rice never disappoints with his vivid people and places and masterful prose. He will hold you captive under his spell as his images and emotions become your own.”
—Patricia Cornwell
“Christopher Rice has crafted a rich and haunting world in THE HEAVENS RISE. This story of a tormented family and the events that have led to their destruction and onward into the future is tense, tight, disturbing and made very real by a very talented author who obviously knows his way around the Big Easy. An excellent read!”
—Robert McCammon
“Christopher Rice has written an amazing horror novel with more twists and turns than a mountain road. You’ll think you know your destination…but you’ll be wrong.”
—Charlaine Harris
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781476716084 |
| PRICE | $26.00 (USD) |
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