Unidentified

by Matthew J. Costello and Matthew Costello

Book Overview

As inexplicable horrors erupt around the world, humanity is about to be made extinct. The only hope for survival lies with those who must penetrate the very heart of evil: a peculiar house in the hills, sealed for years from outsiders by those in power, where an imprisoned force not of this world has waited an eternity to break free. (July)

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425185176
• ISBN13: 9780425185179
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

you are not spoon feed

the book is very good is you liek to try to figure these things out but if you want to be spoon feed then you are not going to like it as much.

a page turner

Having recently finished the "Da Vinci Code", I decided thrillers with an international setting were for me. So I tried "Unidentified." Not only did fit the bill, but it was an even better read! The setup was both breathtaking, and intriguing, and as the book moved deftly between London, Scotland and the U.S., I felt as if I myself were the international traveller. I don't want to give away any of the plot, so suffice it to say that Costello has created a unique and unforgettably scary twist on the haunted house genre, resulting in a page-turner you won't want to put down. And as an added bonus, it really made me think. What a great summer read! (Just don't read it before going to bed).

An All-New Haunted House But...

Be warned that this 'horror' novel treads into the realm of quantum physics, quantum biology and --gasp -- science fiction.Lovecraft, at least, would have been intrigued. A Literary Guild selection (rare for an original pb).

great horror tale

In the Glen Coe range of the Scottish Highland lies an odd shaped house in the middle of nowhere. They don't know the real name of the man who built it and all the work was contracted out to various builders around the world. People who actually built the house were killed in a series of seemingly unrelated incidents. The house is surrounded by electrical barbed wire and soldiers armed with heavy artillery as if the occupants expected an invading land army.Sophie MacDonald's father is in hiding, doing research on the house when he is killed. Sophie travels from England to Glasgow following her father's last instructions to meet with another professor who was studying the house. Maddy is asked by the authorities to go in the house following the disappearances of her brother and her friend after gaining access to the perimeter of the house. Maddy's friend Nick travels to Glen Coe to try and keep his pal out of trouble. These three people, working together, are the only hope an unknowing world has for its continued survival.Matthew Costello is rapidly gaining the acclaim reserved for superstars such as F. Paul Wilson and Stephen King. UNIDENTIFIED is the best kind of horror novel, a slow revelation of the problem, a short time to fix it, and a climatic ending with all the pieces falling into place. The characters are likable, especially teen-aged Sophie who copes with a burden that would break most adults.Harriet Klausner