Three men are offered a million dollars each if they will spend a month in an isolated Pennsylvania mansion, The Pines. There they will confront madness, murder, and the ultimate evil – so that their... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Chet Williamson has once again written a horror story that is both inventive and scary. When five people are sealed inside a fortess-like mansion on Pine Mountain, one knows he will probably be dead before their 31 days are done. Three know they will be worth a million dollars each. However, they find out very soon that the old stories about the house are true and they are not alone.If things get too bad, they all have emergency keys that will release the steel plates closing off doors and windows. But very soon, their numbers are lowered. Those left struggle to survive until two men stationed outside the house open the doors. If only they weren't the only ones making plans.Soulstorm is a quick read, a real page-turner, with believable characters. Readers who like this book might also enjoy Williamson's Ash Wednesday. Both may be out of print, but they are worth finding.
An outstanding horror novel
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
I was surprised to find no other reviews for this book. It really is an exceptional horror novel on many levels. The plot borrows from Matheson's Hell House and Jackson's Haunting of Hill House, but Williamson brings lots of interesting ideas to the table and does an outstanding job with it. A group of characters are offered large sums of money to spend a month in a mansion in PA that is rumored to be haunted. It is indeed and the entity that lives there is as evil as they get. The characters are interesting and believable, the scares are fresh and inventive, and the story moves quickly. By now, this book is kind of hard to find, but if you enjoy good writing and good horror, then track it down. It's well worth it.
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