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    The Homing
    The Homing
    The Homing
    Audiobook13 hours

    The Homing

    Written by John Saul

    Narrated by Tanya Eby

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    rom the bestselling author of "Guardian," "Creature," and "Black Lightning," a spine-tingling tale of all-consuming evil as riveting and chilling as any he has ever produced.

    It will be a sweet homecoming for Karen Spellman. After years of living in Los Angeles, the pretty, young widow and her two daughters are returning to the lush countryside of Pleasant Valley, where Karen grew up. In this verdant, fertile place, Karen hopes to find not only a refuge from urban chaos, but love, for she is going home to marry her high school sweetheart.

    But something sinister awaits her. Something as primal as nature, as demonic as hell itself. For long ago, a shadowy menace stalked Pleasant Valley. A menace forgotten, thought dead. But only sleeping.

    Now Karen's homecoming will become a confrontation with terror as she battles to protect her daughters from a malign, preternatural force that must satisfy its gruesome thirst for innocent prey . . .

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMay 6, 2014
    ISBN9781469292618
    The Homing
    Author

    John Saul

    John Saul’s first novel Suffer the Children became an instant bestseller, as have many of the thirty-three novels of dark suspense he has published since. Amidst this busy writing schedule, he divides his time between Seattle, Washington and Hawaii.

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    • 5/5
      I read this book a while back and once I started it i couldn't lay it down one of his best books
    • 5/5
      I read this book when I was a lot younger, didn't really remember it but enjoyed listening to the audiobook immensely. Same as Nathaniel. I'm loving this app also. Everything I could ever ask for. Thank you Scribd!
    • 4/5
      While certain parts of this book seem well-researched, other parts, specifically with the parasitic insects, seem like something from a cheesy sci-fi novel from the 60s. However, The Homing still has a fun story and an interesting premise behind it. I wish that I could have read another work of John Saul's before this, but unfortunately I had to read this one first. It's not bad, but it's not good either.
    • 3/5
      Not bad but then again, not his best. If you're new to John Saul, don't start with this one.
    • 4/5
      Saul knows how to keep you turning the page, but his perennial habit of killing off the seeming protagonists may be what keeps him number three in the king-koontz-saul race. Besides, the concept of virulent insects breeding in human's is so far out of the biological possibility, it's hard to accept. Fortunately, I just sat back and enjoyed the trip, and maybe that's what you are supposed to do, anyway.
    • 5/5
      Enjoyed this book.