The Waking Of The Stone
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Light foxing on book block. Clean text.
A taut work of British science fiction and horror, The Waking of the Stone by John Lymington chronicles the unsettling emergence of an ancient, malevolent force that threatens a quiet English community. Lymington, a master of understated dread, constructs his narrative with a creeping, atmospheric tension that draws readers deeper into a world where the boundary between the geological and the supernatural dissolves entirely. The story presents a village gripped by inexplicable and terrifying events as a dormant, primordial entity stirs to life, forcing ordinary people to confront something utterly beyond their comprehension. Written in the tradition of classic British weird fiction, the novel illustrates Lymington's signature ability to root cosmic horror in deeply familiar, pastoral settings, making the terror all the more visceral and immediate.
Author: John Lymington
Format: Hardback
Published: 1978, Hodder and Stoughton
Genre: Science fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Light foxing on book block. Clean text.
A taut work of British science fiction and horror, The Waking of the Stone by John Lymington chronicles the unsettling emergence of an ancient, malevolent force that threatens a quiet English community. Lymington, a master of understated dread, constructs his narrative with a creeping, atmospheric tension that draws readers deeper into a world where the boundary between the geological and the supernatural dissolves entirely. The story presents a village gripped by inexplicable and terrifying events as a dormant, primordial entity stirs to life, forcing ordinary people to confront something utterly beyond their comprehension. Written in the tradition of classic British weird fiction, the novel illustrates Lymington's signature ability to root cosmic horror in deeply familiar, pastoral settings, making the terror all the more visceral and immediate.