The Totem (Complete and Unaltered) (1994)įireflies: A Father’s Tale of Love and Loss (1988)Īmerican Fiction, American Myth: Essays by Philip YoungĮdited by David Morrell and Sandra Spanier (2000)Ĭopyright © 2005 Morrell Enterprises, Inc.Īll rights reserved. It will haunt readers for many nights to come. Danger, terror, and death await the creepers in a place ravaged by time and redolent of evil.Ĭreepers, David Morrell’s gripping joyride of a thriller, depicts every harrowing second in eight hours of relentless suspense. And after the group enters the rat-infested tunnel leading to the hotel, it becomes clear that he will get much more than he bargained for. On this evening, they are joined by a reporter who wants to profile them-anonymously, as this is highly illegal activity-for a New York Times article.įrank Balenger, a sandy-haired, broad-shouldered reporter with a decided air of mystery about him, isn’t looking for just a story, however. The five people are “creepers,” the slang term for urban explorers: city archeologists with a passion for investigating abandoned buildings and their dying secrets. Built in the glory days of Asbury Park by a reclusive millionaire, the magnificent structure-which foreshadowed the beauties of art-deco architecture-is now boarded up and marked for demolition. On a cold October night, five people gather in a run-down motel on the Jersey shore and begin preparations to break in to the Paragon Hotel.

THE DARKEST SECRETS LIVE…IN PLACES YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE Douglas Preston, co-author with Lincoln Child of BRIMSTONE and DANCE OF DEATH

“It’s been years since I’ve read a thriller as good as CREEPERS.Ĭrack this novel and it’s like an alien abduction of your brain-forget resuming your normal life until it’s finished.

The totem by david morrell