The Town

The Thomas's are living the American dream. They are Milokans, break away members of the Russian Orthodox Church who moved to the States for religious and cultural freedom. They worked hard to make a new life for themselves and their families. Gregory Tomasov lives in a Milokan community in California when he wins big in the state lottery. He quits his job; sells his home, and moves his wife and three children (Sasha, Teo, and Adam) to McGuane, Arizona because he wants them to grow up in a healthy environment where the old values still apply.The expedition starts out as an escape into rural suburbia, but turns into hell for the family and townsfolk. The home that Gregory bought harbors evil memories of a man killing his wife and three children before committing suicide. The arrival of the Tomasov clan signals the onset of strange behavior by the local residents and supernatural happenings. Malicious deaths and destruction follow. Only one person understands the malevolent events and how to stop them, but she prefers to not pay the price that evil demands.Bentley Little's writing is so colorful and creative, readers will wonder when they entered THE TOWN, and like the Hotel California, find it seemingly impossible to leave. Fans, who enjoy a creepy, frightening horror novel, will definitely relish this work. Mr. Little is a giant who stands along side King, Koontz, and Barker because he can make the audience believe the impossible.Harriet Klausner

Bentley Little just keeps getting better and better. Here he transplants an old Russian folktale to the desert southwest and comes up with a book that is both a terrifying horror novel and an insightful look at cultural assimilation. The only thing I wonder about is why Little doesn't graduate to a better publisher. Instead of promoting him to hardcover, Signet not only lets this immensely talented author languish in the paperback ghetto but they disrespect him. The bio at the back of the book says that he is the author of seven previous novels yet there's a list of his NINE previous novels at the front of the book. There's also no author photo even though every other Signet author from the extremely unphotogenic Judith Hawkes to the clownish Owl Goingback have had author photos since their very first books.Little is without a doubt the top horror writer working today. THE TOWN is another great book but Little should start looking for a better publisher.

Little has done it again! He has written another in his long line of chilling horror novels.This one has a russian-american who wins the lottery and takes his family back to his hometown where he grows and soon finds out about ancient evil preying upon his town and it's citizens.Little also brings in themes of religion and intolerance in this novel and how hate and violence of the past can stir up evil that threatens the present.All in all another macabre classic of small-town fright from the only man I know who can who writes novels that make Stephen King's look like bedtime stories