Hellstone

by Steven G. Spruill

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872167682
• ISBN13: 9780872167681
• Release Date: December 1980
• Publisher: Playboy Mass Market Paperbacks
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.

Customer Reviews

One of my favorite books

When I picked up this book for a couple books at a Half Price Bookstore I really thought it was going to be a typical monster book. The cover artwork is goofy, and you just don't expect too much from a book with a cover like that. However this book proves you can not judge a book by its cover. The story begins in Roman times with a band of Druids being pursued accross Scotland by a band of Roman Soldiers. Best first chapter ever. The minute you read the last line of the first chapter - I dare you not to be hooked on this story. To tell you anything about the story after that would ruin it for you. The book's big mystery and the reveal as to what is actually going on at Loch Ness for the last 1000 years is just too creative and fun to tell you. I love this book. I have read it 4 times and enjoyed it every reading. Recently I got rid of most of my library. Out of 2500 books I kept about 50 - and this was one of them. I encourage anyone who get the chance to read this book.

just short of spectacular

Based on the cover of this novel (some undefinable creature holding a stone covered in runes) I was expecting a cheap thrill of some rampaging creature ripping the heads off people or something along that lines. What I got instead was a rather smart thriller that was more Alistair MacLean than Stephen King. In fact, this was like a MacLean espionage thriller with quite a bit of Dean Koontz-like horror elements grafted onto it, as a research team attempts to uncover the mystery of the Loch Ness Monster, with various individuals attempting to sabotage the expedition. A mysterious stone covered in runes also features into the story. Though the writing is not quite polished enough to make it a must-read, and the novel is perhaps a bit too ambitious for its own good, those looking for something different and challenging should seek this out.