Trainland
Richard Denoncourt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
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· 2 ratings · 352 pages · Published: 10 Mar 2012
Jack Devins is a doting father and up-and-coming creative director at a Manhattan ad agency when a tragic accident takes the life of his beloved infant daughter.
Plagued by guilt, his alcoholic descent toward rock bottom is further complicated by strange occurrences - his watches and clocks begin ominously stopping at the same time each day; his daughter's voice calls to him from dark subway tunnels; and a disfigured vagrant starts stalking Jack.
Intent on getting to the bottom of these horrors, Jack is plunged into a world he never dreamed existed. As he slips through the cracks of reality, he lands in Trainland, a subterranean labyrinth and hellish megacity that is home to all sorts of supernatural terrors. His only hope in navigating this mysterious realm is the homeless vagrant - known as "the Burnt Man" - who seeks to help Jack make his way to a mysterious interdimensional train on the other side.
But the Burnt Man wants something in return, and Jack may be forced to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to save his daughter...unless he can solve the mystery of Trainland and defeat an ancient evil guarding the only way out...
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- dark 3
- hauntings 2
- supernatural 2
- mystery 2
- suspense 2
- ghosts 1
- paranormal 1
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