Horns: A Novel [Paperback]

Joe Hill's critically acclaimed,New York Timesbestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning debut chiller,Heart-Shaped Box, heralded the arrival of new royalty onto the dark fantasy scene. WithHorns, he polishes his well-deserved crown. A twisted, terrifying new novel of psychological and supernatural suspense, Horns is a devilishly original triumph for the Ray Bradbury Fellowship recipient whose story collection,20th Century Ghosts, was also honored with a Bram Stoker Award—and whose emotionally powerful and macabre work has been praised by theNew York Timesas, "wild, mesmerizing, perversely witty…a Valentine from hell."

TheNew York Timesbestselling author ofHeart-Shaped Boxreturns with a relentless supernatural thriller that runs like Hell on wheels . . .

Merrin Williams is dead, slaughtered under inexplicable circumstances, leaving her beloved boyfriend Ignatius Perrish as the only suspect. On the first anniversary of Merrin's murder, Ig spends the night drunk and doing awful things. When he wakes the next morning he has a thunderous hangover . . . and horns growing from his temples. Ig possesses a terrible new power to go with his terrible new look—a macabre gift he intends to use to find the monster who killed his lover. Being good and praying for the best got him nowhere. Now it's time for revenge . . .

It's time the devil had his due. . . .

[A] compulsively readable supernatural thriller...Hill spins a story thats both morbidly amusing and emotionally resonant. The explanations for Igs weird travails wont satisfy every reader, but few will dispute that Hill has negotiated the sophomore slump.Hornsis a well wrought tale with intellectual merit. Not only are we entertained, we are challenged to think as well.On the strength of two masterly thrillers2007s Heart Shaped-Box and his newest HornsHill has emerged as one of Americasló