Darkness Falling

It was a typical all-American backwater – until the night the monsters came.

When four employees of KMRT Radio investigate an unearthly light that cuts off communication with the outside world, they discover that something has taken the place of their friends and fellow townfolk, and imbued them with malign intentions. Little do they know, the phenomenon is not unique to the town of Jesman’s Bend…

FILE UNDER: Science Fiction [ Bodysnatchers | Zombypocalypse | Eternal Darkness | They're Back ]

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“Crowther’s twisted rapture is a fast-paced, character-driven, funny, gruesome apocalypse.”
- Stephen Baxter

“I was reminded of the best of Stephen King. It’s the smartest and most compelling end-of-the-world alien-zombie story I have ever read.”
- Adam Roberts

“This book is told with a sure hand and careful attention to detail; it's frightening where it should be, sensitive where it should be, and enthralling throughout.”
- Mike Resnick

"Peter Crowther is crafting the first great post-apocalyptic saga of the new century, one that may dwarf even such a benchmark work as The Stand."
- Lucius Shepard

"Anything that has Pete Crowther's fingerprints on it is evidence of quality. Snap it up."
- Joe R. Lansdale

“As intensely menacing and gruesome as any George Romero film. A virtuoso ‘tour de force’ by Pete Crowther.”
- Ramsey Campbell

“His writing is master storytelling at its finest — gripping, chilling and beautifully told.”
- Sarah Pinborough