John Lymington

The Laxham Haunting (The John Lymington SciFi/Horror Library #18) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Ever since Ludwig was a boy he had been experiencing something strange in his home in Augsburg, Germany. But that was hardly surprising to many, because Ludwig's grandfather had been the local eccentric.

But one day, his grandfather's experiments got out of hand and the whole house was gripped by some incredibly strong external forceand Ludwig only just survived to tell the tale.

Many years later, when David Howard arrives at Laxham Rectory (where Ludwig's grandfather had spent his childhood) to take up his new post as curate, he is immediately aware of the strange sensations that fill the building. The village is rife with rumours of the light that seems to emanate from the rectory and even the vicar, not to mention his wife and daughter, are unusually tense and expectant. And when, for no apparent reason, a wall of the rectory collapses, leaving a single brick suspended in mid-air, everybody realises that the power surrounding them is of no earthly origin.

But David Howard is sure that is only the beginning.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Piccadilly
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798215040195
• Artikelnr.: 75907984

Autorenporträt

John Richard Newton Chance was born in Streatham Hill, London, in 1911, the son of Dick Chance, a managing editor at the Amalgamated Press. He studied to become a civil engineer, and then took up quantity surveying, but gave it up at 21 to become a full-time writer. He wrote for his father's titles, including "Dane, the Dog Detective" for Illustrated Chips, and a number of stories for the Sexton Blake Library and The Thriller Library. He went on to write over 150 science fiction, mystery and children's books and numerous short stories under various names, including John Lymington, John Drummond, David C. Newton, Jonathan Chance and Desmond Reid. Including 20+ SF potboilers, adding that he "made a steady income by delivering thrillers to Robert Hale (the UK publisher) at a chapter a week". His novel Night of the Big Heat was adapted to television in 1960 and to film, starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, in 1967.