The Hungry Moon by Ramsey Campbell
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Damn, I feel like I just got transported to a strange and weirdly glorious past, where epic horrors came with great, huge page-counts, in-depth character studies with multiple characters, a slow-burn degradation of society, a strange, often awe-inspiring supernatural entity, sometimes even lovecraftian, and a huge blow-out that leaves a very satisfying body count.

You know, like early Stephen King.

Indeed, since I know this came out in '86 during the true heyday of epic horror classics, I know it's totally riding on the tide. Indeed, I know this is a intra-author nod to Koontz's Moon, too. I never read Hungry Moon until now, probably because I thought it was a cash-grab knock off... but damn was I wrong.

It's entirely its own thing and wildly creative. Its reveals are very different from King or Koontz even if the whole FEEL of the first half is so in-tune with the others.

Suffice to say, I got blown away by this way-back machine.

And WHY THE HELL did I get the impression this was a werewolf novel? Spoiler alert: it's so much more, and much more interesting. Lovecraftian goodness.


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