Nightflyer

by Christopher Fahy

Book Overview

"A shamelessly satisfying fantasy. . . The prose is that ideal compromise between plain and vivid that allows the story to unreel through the videocassette player of the imagination to maximum... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0515062170
• ISBN13: 9780515062175
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Jove Pubns
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

One of my favorite books.read it twice.once in 82 an again just recently..fahy is a helluva writer I

Classic 80,s horror fiction.should have been mentioned in paperbacks from hell..great characters an descriptive words are so wonderful.this book stayed with me for 35 years.

Nightflyer

This is a wonderfully written book about a slightly built boy that becomes enslaved to the school bully. The bully forces his new punk to cough up his lunch money everyday. Forgetting the school bully's lunch money one day, the forgetful punk is forced onto his knees and ordered to admit in front of everyone that he is indeed the bully's punk. Later in the book, the school bully forces his frightened punk to do his homework and wash and wax his car every weekend. Once when the punk refused to wash and wax the school bully's car one weekend, the bully said, "Look punk, if you don't have my car washed and waxed in 30 minutes, I'll grab you by the back of your shirt collar and physically make you wash my entire car with your tongue as I guide your head over the entire car." Needless to say, the punk washed and waxed the bully's car my hand. Fun book!

an out of body experience!

Have you ever wondered what it is like to leave your body?Well,this book is the answer.After discovering how to leave his body astrally,a boy uses the "power" to gain revenge on bullies at school and then his father...The ending is brilliant and I would definitely recommend this book...Nigel

A great horror thriller.

This is my favorite novel from Christopher Fahy. It made me a fan of his and I've been looking for his novels every since. A young boy, who leads a kind of tortured existence at the hands of schoolyard bullies and a cruel father, discovers an amazing talent: He can leave his body. As the boy's life begins to fall apart, he is lured towards the dark side of his new power and the hunger for revenge... This was a great read and Fahy did a fantastic job with it. Do yourself a favor and track it down. A must for horror/thriller fans.

A great horror novel about out-of-body experiences

A great horror novel about a boy who can separate his spirit from his body. During his out-of-body experiences, he has some of the powers of a ghost. His spirit can fly and pass through solid objects. He is invisible but he can see and hear.The characterizations of the boy, Jonathan Petrie, and his father, Doug, are particularly well done. Jonathan is in conflict with his parents, teachers, and the school bullies. First he uses his ability only as a temporary escape, exhilarated by the sensation of flying. Then he uses it in self-defense, and eventually for revenge against those he feels have hurt him.The story is fast-paced and engrossing with a large cast of characters.This novel would probably make a great gift for anyone who was a fan of the young-adult horror novels of R.L. Stine or Christopher Pike but has since outgrown them.