I really enjoyed this very intense horror novel. McCammon does a great job of updating Poe's story of the Usher family. I have enjoyed other McCammon novels including Mine, Boy's Life, and Gone South. McCammon's style reminds me a lot of Stephen King and this novel compares favorably with some of King's best. I highly recommend this one!

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taken from a Poe tale

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The House of Usher has towered over a century with its apocalyptic warning against the powers of madness and evil. Yet the House of Usher is no mere tale. And neither did it really fall. Today the House of Usher is a multibillion-dollar corporate empire standing poised on the brink of its most devastating onslaught against an unsuspecting world...crafting fantastic superweapons that can level the planet...summoning demons of destruction from the darkest reaches of the earth. Unless one young heir to the House of Usher can, at long last, break the unyielding spell of terror. Before it breaks him.

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Robert McCammon is a true genious writer of horror fiction. I dont know why some have underrated this book, it kept me interested the entire way thru. His writing is so good you never want thet story to end!!
The Usher family has secrets upon secrets and its current head is dying. Who will take over the billion dollar empire? Why are children disappearing from the surrounding mountainside year after year? Everything this man has written needs to be read and read again. AWESOME!!

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I was reluctant to read this book because I wasn't interested in a reworking of Poe's The Fall Of The House Of Usher. I'm so glad I read this anyway because it was brilliant! It has pretty much nothing to do with the Poe tale. It is its own story. Intriguing, creepy, and just plain scary. The way the house is described and literally brought to life is storytelling at its finest! I urge all horror lovers to read this book!

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