The Boy Who Killed Demons

Description

So begins the latest thriller by horror master Dave Zeltserman. The setting is quiet Newton, Massachusetts, where nothing ever happens. Nothing, that is, until two months after Henry Dudlow's thirteenth birthday when his neighbour, Mr. Hanley, suddenly starts to look ...different. While everyone else sees a balding man with a beer belly, Henry suddenly sees a nasty, bilious, rage-filled demon. Once Henry catches onto the real Mr. Hanley, he starts to see demons all around him, and his boring, adolescent life is transformed. There's no more time for friends or sports, or the lovely Sally Freeman-Henry must work his way through ancient texts and hunt down the demons before they kill any more innocent children. And if hunting demons is hard at any age, it's borderline impossible when your parents are on your case, and your grades are getting worse, and you can't tell anyone about your mission.

Dave Zeltserman is an award winning mystery, crime and horror author. His crime novels have been picked by NPR and The Washington Post for Best Books of the Year and his horror novels have been shortlisted by ALA and Booklist for best of the year. He lives in the Boston area.

Forget getting under your skin - gets under your fingernails. -- Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts Clever, witty, and dark as hell. -- Keith B Walters, author of Giving up the Dead Dave Zeltserman takes more risks than any other writer I know. -- Roger Smith, author of Mixed Blood Like Stephen King, Dave Zeltserman makes the incredible come alive.' * Bookreporter.com * A thrilling read with some genuine moments of heart in your throat tension. Pick up a copy and join Henry in his quest to save us all, or his descent into madness, either way The Boy Who Killed Demons will not disappoint. * Gingernuts of Horror * An adult/YA cross over novel that mixes smiles with those behind the sofa moments of foreboding; a kind of darker Adrian Mole aged 15-and-a-half with horror and added demons. * The Bookbag *