The Hope

You won't soon forget this book! Weird, quirky, dark and different, I HOPE you love it as much as I did!

The Hope is a massive ocean liner the size of a small city, that was funded by an eccentric philanthropist who killed himself shortly after its completion. It launched in spite of this bad omen, and now thirty-some years later has become a degenerate microcosm of society, with still no destination in sight. The story is composed of a series of vignettes, not necessarily complete in their own right, but which interweave and combine to form a greater scene. The ship's chief engineer tells a far-fetched story of deadly, unnatural vermin that infest the ship's inner workings. A teenaged drug addict finds her salvation through a kindly old woman with a special smile. A man is convinced that the ship is trying to kill his wife. A jaded misanthrope tends a haunted library. Turf wars erupt, passengers declare war on their neighbors, and the poor struggle to feed their children. Grim on the face of it but filled with black humor, it's nearly as funny as it is bleak. But when the deceptively simple yet chilling secret of the Hope is finally revealed, the irony in the name of the ship will become clear, and the despair you'll feel for the crew and passengers trapped on its endless voyage will be very, very real. A modern gothic classic worth seeking out.

THIS is a MARVELOUS Horror story, that takes place on a cruise ship one mile high and file miles long sometime in the future. The ship is haunted and so will the reader become. The story is presented in a series of short stories, which make it a fascinating read, as the characters slowly intertwine. I highly recommend to fans of Poe, Barker, and King.