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"With his customary style and economy, Christopher Golden has penned a powerful and haunting tale."

-- Clive Barker, author of Galilee and Weaveworld

"Kept me reading long into the evening on more than one night. Golden delivers . . . good, old-fashioned storytelling . . . and he doesn't back away from the consequences of the darkness he has set upon his characters. I liked his deft touch with his characters, his crisp prose, and how he lets the story unfold. And I especially liked the relationship Golden built between his characters . . . We should all be so lucky as to have such friends."

-- Charles de Lint, author of The Onion Girl and Forests of the Heart

"The Ferryman is a compulsive read, one I finished in a single sleep-deprived night. The characters are easy to care about, the story unpredictable and involving. Rarest of all, Golden conveys the terrible sadness of the supernatural in a way few authors have managed."

-- Poppy Z. Brite, author of Lost Souls and Drawing Blood

"An intelligent, compelling ghost story in the classic horror tradition. . . Harrowing . . . Superior characterization, an exquisitely detailed setting and superbly orchestrated suspense."

-- Publishers Weekly

"A gripping tale from a genre master."

-- Booklist

"Once in a very long while, a horror novel will come along that is so believable and frightening that it will live on in the reader’s mind forevermore. The Stand and The Exorcist were such books and so too is The Ferryman."

-- Harriet Klausner

"A horrifying, disturbing assault . . . Tight, focused and almost claustrophobically intimate, it's a must read for those yearning for a really terrifying experience."

-- Fangoria Magazine

"Readers (will) wonder if Christopher Golden is actually a pseudonym for a collaboration between Dean Koontz and Peter Straub."

-- BookBrowser

"The Ferryman (is) shot through with a sadness that sometimes gently aches and other times deeply wounds. Golden's subtle and clever way with a plot really shines. Spencer makes a stellar second-tier bad guy, the kind of jerk you don't just love to hate; you want to beat him to death with a coal shovel. A year later, I can recall quite clearly the feelings that Straight On 'Til Morning stirred up while reading it. It's not every book I can say that about, but I fully expect to be able to say the same thing about The Ferryman come the spring of 2003."

-- Brian Hodge, in Hellnotes

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