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    The Hides

    By Kealan Patrick Burke

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    The Bram Stoker Award-nominated sequel to THE TURTLE BOY.

    It's been almost seven years since the events of Myers Pond. Seven years since a child rose from the dead, seeking Timmy Quinn's help in finding a murderer, a search that left more questions than answers in its terrifying wake. But for Timmy, the dead never leave. They're everywhere, reaching out to him, and there is nowhere to hide from their quiet desperation.

    Following a nightmarish encounter at home, Timmy's search for peace takes him to his grieving grandmother, and a small harbor town on the South coast of Ireland.

    But no peace can exist in a place whose past is colored by hate, betrayal and murder, and it is not long before Timmy realizes his haven has become a cage.

    And in the very foundations of an old crumbling factory, the dead are gathering, uniting.

    To save his life and the lives of those he loves, Timmy Quinn must step behind the Curtain, into the realm of the dead and face something far more terrifying than he has ever encountered before...

    "Burke is a newcomer worth watching." - Publishers Weekly

    "One of the most original authors in contemporary horror fiction" - Booklist

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKealan Patrick Burke
    Release dateDec 17, 2010
    ISBN9781452434025
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    The Hides
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    Kealan Patrick Burke

    Born and raised in a small harbor town in the south of Ireland, Kealan Patrick Burke knew from a very early age that he was going to be a horror writer. The combination of an ancient locale, a horror-loving mother, and a family full of storytellers, made it inevitable that he would end up telling stories for a living. Since those formative years, he has written five novels, over a hundred short stories, six collections, and edited four acclaimed anthologies. In 2004, he was honored with the Bram Stoker Award for his novella The Turtle Boy. Kealan has worked as a waiter, a drama teacher, a mapmaker, a security guard, an assembly-line worker at Apple Computers, a salesman (for a day), a bartender, landscape gardener, vocalist in a grunge band, curriculum content editor, fiction editor at Gothic.net, and, most recently, a fraud investigator. When not writing, Kealan designs book covers  through his company Elderlemon Design. A movie based on his short story "Peekers" is currently in development as a major motion picture.

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    • 3/5
      This one is a hard one for me. While I truly enjoy Burke's writing style, there were some major plot holes that I had a hard time getting past in this one. The beginning one-third of the story was a head-scratcher as I tried to make sense of what and why they were going to Ireland. The middle third, the story picks up steam as Timmy's Grandma divulges the secrets of her past. The last third, while action packed and climactic, was a muddled mess that left more questions than answers. I've been told through other people and reading an excerpt from Vessels (Timmy Quinn # 3) that more is explained in Vessels and it will all make more sense. My question is - Then why make it so unclear in The Hides? You risk losing the reader for the next saga, Vessels. But, I'm willing to pick up Vessels and see if it makes the frustration The Hides provided for me, all worth while.
    • 5/5
      In my opinion there are only two authors currently producing dependable horror fiction; two authors who hit the mark every single time: Joe Hill and Kealan Patrick Burke. I grew up reading King and Koontz, but Stephen King's endings have been lackluster as of late, and Dean Koontz has completely lost his knack. Hill has yet to let me down, while Burke makes me utterly sick with envy. I've read numerous stories from Burke and enjoyed every one of them, whether they be full-length novels, novellas, or shorts. Every single one has been four-star reads or above. His characterization is brilliant, making even the most sickening characters sympathetic (KIN). His monsters are the stuff of which fever dreams are made (THE TENT), and his plots are twistier than an amusement park ride, and just as terrifyingly entertaining (JACK & JILL). He can be dark, funny, poignant, or flat out disgusting; basically everything a horror fan looks for in their fiction.

      Like many of Burke's fans, I found him through his novella, THE TURTLE BOY, and instantly fell in love with his ability to tell a story. It would be over a year before I jumped back into the series, though, and I regret that wholeheartedly.

      THE HIDES has one of the best openings I've ever read in a book. The prologue can almost be read as a standalone short story, as it has a full tale to be told, and one shocker of a twist.

      The middle of the book is Burke doing what Burke does best: character interaction. Timmy's conversation with the librarian stands out the most. Yes, the scene is really nothing more than exposition, but Burke tackles it through realistic dialogue. He made a town's history interesting; something that usually bores me to tears. I enjoyed Timmy's back and forth with his father, as well, especially the scene where they share a smoke.

      Now on to the meat of THE HIDES. This book is scary. The spirits that pop up are notable, and will stay with you long after you're done reading the scenes in which they appear. The hanged man really got to me, as did the woman clinging to the buoy. If you're looking for nightmares, seek no further.

      Finally, the ending. I picked up THE HIDES because I'd just been disappointed by another book (STEELHEART) and was surprised to find the action I missed there present inside the pages of THE HIDES. There's a very clear image in my head as I type this of a woman blasting from the water and coming down like a boulder atop an ambulance. But even before that, there's the reveal of the titular monster. This part really shocked me, as I had no idea The Hides was going to be the, so to speak, boss battle. Burke's monstrosities never fail to chill me, but this big baddie had me wetting my Superman undieroos in fear for Timmy's life. I do believe I'll refrain from wearing leather anything for a while.

      In summation, read everything Kealan Patrick Burke writes. Like, yesterday.