Dawn Song

by Michael Marano

Book Overview

A modern dark fantasy classic returns with this new, Special Edition of Dawn Song , the soul-haunting novel from a Bram Stoker Award-winning author with a deeply powerful--and prescient--vision. Set... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812545478
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.7" x 1.0" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

It did not suck

I have read people comparing this to the "Vampire" series and I disagree. Ms. Rice will take entire chapters to make you feel like you know a person in her books. Mr. Morano, by using characters based on ordinary people with ordinary emotions and real life reactions to those problems, has been able to make each person in the book seem "real" in a few short pages. Not to mention that the main charecter of the book, a succubus, a _demon_, becomes something you root for. She is what she is and does not try to find "meaning" in her being "evil" like Ms. Rice needed to do for Lestat. I liked the Lestat books, but I would not put these two together.

A Fabulous Debut Novel

Beautifully and thoughtfully written, Michael Marano obviously knows both theology and horror, a combination which has alternately fascinated and terrified readers throughout the ages. Not only will DAWN SONG thoroughly capture the reader, it will educate and enlighten. This book is meant for strong-hearted, intelligent readers who want to think about what's going into their minds and prefer to challenge their ideals. A stunning first novel, and I'm eagerly looking forward to Marano's next novel.

Dawn Song is a scary, sexy, demonic, dreadfully good read!

You're going to hear a lot about Michael Marano's debut novel, Dawn Song. You're going to read all about how literary it is, how intelligent, how beautifully written, how subtle and scholarly. Okay, all that's true, but I'm here to tell you how hard it kicks butt.This book rocks. It's gripping, fascinating, bizarre, and most of all, scary. Set in Boston in the bitter winter of 1990, Dawn Song is the story of a desperate battle between two major princes of Hell. Both want supremacy over the Earth; Belial, the Unbowed One, seeks to obtain souls through eloquent entrapments and sensual conquests of human weakness, while Leviathan, the Enfolded One, just wants to infect the world with brainless violence. The Unbowed One sends a beautiful succubus to the Earth to carry out his will and spread his influence, which she does with innocently evil gusto. Many humans become entangled in her web of sex and soul-devouring death, including Lawrence, a naïve young gay man, and Ed, a brilliant, troubled professor of theology. When the nightmarish Enfolded One (who has basically caused the Gulf War by rolling over in his sleep) gets wind of the succubus's many horrific accomplishments, he reaches out into the human world, possesses a hapless teacher, and the brimstone really hits the fan. Dawn Song has all the good stuff. Sex, violence, beauty, madness, terror, paranoia, love, hate, hope and despair. Rest assured, you'll be taken on an emotional roller coaster as soon as you crack the cover. And you'll be scared. Will you ever. One of the most horrifying aspects of the whole story is the fact that (although you find yourself rooting for the sensual Unbowed One) no matter which one of the demonic lords may win in the end, we, the human race, are hosed. It's like the difference between being eaten by Hannibal Lecter or Leatherface. One may serve you up on a silver platter with a glass of Chianti, the other on a TV tray with a bottle of Yoo Hoo, but either way, you still end up et. It's not a ple! asant thought, and it gives the book a creeping aura of menace that sets the reader on constant edge.So check it out. Dawn Song will stretch your brain in directions you've never dreamed about. Just don't plan to sleep well for awhile.

A triumphant first novel

Dawn Song is a brilliant debut, superbly written, intelligently plotted, and skillfullly peopled with a most intriguing array of characters. It's chilling, and inspires such abject awe.... A magnificent tale of dark magick and human interrelations.

What a great book

It is frightening how good this book is. For a first book this has got to be one of the strongest releases ever. Michael Marano does a wonderful job of capturing the snobbish and desperate attitude of the typical Bostonian. His approach to demonology and the landscape of Hell is fresh and believable. There are a lot of characters to keep track of but they each have a unique personality which makes them all quite memorable. A fine book. I can't wait to see what he does next.