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Critical Acclaim for the author: "[T]he thrills and horrors are engrossing." --Publisher's Weekly "[T]he thrills and horrors are engrossing." --Publisher's Weekly "[E]vocative of Stephen King." --Kirkus Reviews "[E]vocative of Stephen King." --Kirkus Reviews "Erik Henry Vick is certainly an author to fill you with nightmares." --Melinda Harris, Readers' Favorite Reviews "Erik Henry Vick is certainly an author to fill you with nightmares." --Melinda Harris, Readers' Favorite Reviews "Vick's prose is straightforward, pleasantly clever at times, with authentic dialogue, compelling characterizations, and scenes and backdrops set with the utmost care." --Robert W. Walker, TopShelf Reviews "Vick's prose is straightforward, pleasantly clever at times, with authentic dialogue, compelling characterizations, and scenes and backdrops set with the utmost care." --Robert W. Walker, TopShelf Reviews "Erik Henry Vick is a wonderful storyteller." --Divine Zape, ReadersFavorite.com "Erik Henry Vick is a wonderful storyteller." --Divine Zape, ReadersFavorite.com "Erik Henry Vick is the real thing, and I look forward to reading him for just as long a time as I have been reading Stephen King.xa0" --Ray Simmons, Readers' Favorite Reviews "Erik Henry Vick is the real thing, and I look forward to reading him for just as long a time as I have been reading Stephen King.xa0" --Ray Simmons, Readers' Favorite Reviews "Delivering an amalgamation of everything that is universally loved by fantasy readers Vick has the enviable ability to engage our dreams and lust forxa0far flungxa0adventure by creating highly original storylines that really resonate with his readers." --BookViral "Delivering an amalgamation of everything that is universally loved by fantasy readers Vick has the enviable ability to engage our dreams and lust forxa0far flungxa0adventure by creating highly original storylines that really resonate with his readers." --BookViral A selection of reader quotes "Erik Henry Vick is one of the best writers today." "Erik Henry Vick is one of the best writers today." "...like the old Stephen King..." "...like the old Stephen King..." "Scary as hell." "Scary as hell." "If you like Stephen King, Robert McCammon, or Clive Barker then check out Erik Henry Vick, you won't regret it." "If you like Stephen King, Robert McCammon, or Clive Barker then check out Erik Henry Vick, you won't regret it." "Erik Henry Vick writes as good Stephen King, but Vick scares me more."" "Erik Henry Vick writes as good Stephen King, but Vick scares me more."" "What a great storyteller!" "What a great storyteller!" "What a great book! What a great storyteller!" "What a great book! What a great storyteller!" "Does [Erik Henry Vick] really write in the chilling tradition of Stephen King, Joexa0Hillxa0and Deanxa0Kootz? Yes!" "Does [Erik Henry Vick] really write in the chilling tradition of Stephen King, Joexa0Hillxa0and Deanxa0Kootz? Yes!" "Erik Henry Vick ranks in the top five with Clive Barker and Stephen King!" "Erik Henry Vick ranks in the top five with Clive Barker and Stephen King!" "Cant waste money on this author. Your money is most well spent." "Cant waste money on this author. Your money is most well spent." "Somehow Erik Henry Vick is able to creatively combine all the best elements of individual genres into one entertaining story!" "Somehow Erik Henry Vick is able to creatively combine all the best elements of individual genres into one entertaining story!" "Erik Henry Vick gifts us with some of the most imaginative, vividly drawn world-building you are likely to read." "Erik Henry Vick gifts us with some of the most imaginative, vividly drawn world-building you are likely to read." "...think I've found my new favourite author." "...think I've found my new favourite author." "Erik Henry Vick has quickly become one of those few authors where I see they've got a new book out and I just get it even if I don't know what it's about, because I know it's going be a fantastic ride." "Erik Henry Vick has quickly become one of those few authors where I see they've got a new book out and I just get it even if I don't know what it's about, because I know it's going be a fantastic ride." "If you haven't read any of Erik Henry Vick's works, you are definitely missing out!" "If you haven't read any of Erik Henry Vick's works, you are definitely missing out!" Book Awards 2018 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Silver Medalist for Fantasy -- Errant Gods, Blood of the Isir, Book One 2018 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Silver Medalist for Fantasy -- Errant Gods, Blood of the Isir, Book One 2018 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Finalist for Horror -- Demon King, The Bloodletter Collections, Book One 2018 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Finalist for Horror -- Demon King, The Bloodletter Collections, Book One 2019 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Gold Medalist for Fantasy -- Rooms of Ruin, Blood of the Isir, Book Two 2019 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Gold Medalist for Fantasy -- Rooms of Ruin, Blood of the Isir, Book Two 2019 Top Shelf Magazine Book Awards Suspense First Place Winner -- Demon King, The Bloodletter Collections, Book One 2019 Top Shelf Magazine Book Awards Suspense First Place Winner -- Demon King, The Bloodletter Collections, Book One 2019 Top Shelf Magazine Book Awards Finalist for Horror -- Demon King, The Bloodletter Collections, Book One 2019 Top Shelf Magazine Book Awards Finalist for Horror -- Demon King, The Bloodletter Collections, Book One Critical Acclaim for the author: "[T]he thrills and horrors are engrossing." --Publisher's Weekly "[T]he thrills and horrors are engrossing." --Publisher's Weekly "[E]vocative of Stephen King." --Kirkus Reviews "[E]vocative of Stephen King." --Kirkus Reviews "Erik Henry Vick is certainly an author to fill you with nightmares." --Melinda Harris, Readers' Favorite Reviews "Erik Henry Vick is certainly an author to fill you with nightmares." --Melinda Harris, Readers' Favorite Reviews "Vick's prose is straightforward, pleasantly clever at times, with authentic dialogue, compelling characterizations, and scenes and backdrops set with the utmost care." --Robert W. Walker, TopShelf Reviews "Vick's prose is straightforward, pleasantly clever at times, with authentic dialogue, compelling characterizations, and scenes and backdrops set with the utmost care." --Robert W. Walker, TopShelf Reviews "Erik Henry Vick is a wonderful storyteller." --Divine Zape, ReadersFavorite.com "Erik Henry Vick is a wonderful storyteller." --Divine Zape, ReadersFavorite.com "Erik Henry Vick is the real thing, and I look forward to reading him for just as long a time as I have been reading Stephen King. " --Ray Simmons, Readers' Favorite Reviews "Erik Henry Vick is the real thing, and I look forward to reading him for just as long a time as I have been reading Stephen King. " --Ray Simmons, Readers' Favorite Reviews "Delivering an amalgamation of everything that is universally loved by fantasy readers Vick has the enviable ability to engage our dreams and lust for far flung adventure by creating highly original storylines that really resonate with his readers." --BookViral "Delivering an amalgamation of everything that is universally loved by fantasy readers Vick has the enviable ability to engage our dreams and lust for far flung adventure by creating highly original storylines that really resonate with his readers." --BookViral A selection of reader quotes "Erik Henry Vick is one of the best writers today." "Erik Henry Vick is one of the best writers today." "...like the old Stephen King..." "...like the old Stephen King..." "Scary as hell." "Scary as hell." "If you like Stephen King, Robert McCammon, or Clive Barker then check out Erik Henry Vick, you won't regret it." "If you like Stephen King, Robert McCammon, or Clive Barker then check out Erik Henry Vick, you won't regret it." "Erik Henry Vick writes as good Stephen King, but Vick scares me more."" "Erik Henry Vick writes as good Stephen King, but Vick scares me more."" "Does [Erik Henry Vick] really write in the chilling tradition of Stephen King, Joe Hill and Dean Koontz? Yes!" "Does [Erik Henry Vick] really write in the chilling tradition of Stephen King, Joe Hill and Dean Koontz? Yes!" "Erik Henry Vick ranks in the top five with Clive Barker and Stephen King!" "Erik Henry Vick ranks in the top five with Clive Barker and Stephen King!" "Cant waste money on this author. Your money is most well spent." "Cant waste money on this author. Your money is most well spent." "Somehow Erik Henry Vick is able to creatively combine all the best elements of individual genres into one entertaining story!" "Somehow Erik Henry Vick is able to creatively combine all the best elements of individual genres into one entertaining story!" "Erik Henry Vick gifts us with some of the most imaginative, vividly drawn world-building you are likely to read." "Erik Henry Vick gifts us with some of the most imaginative, vividly drawn world-building you are likely to read." "...think I've found my new favourite author." "...think I've found my new favourite author." "Erik Henry Vick has quickly become one of those few authors where I see they've got a new book out and I just get it even if I don't know what it's about, because I know it's going be a fantastic ride." "Erik Henry Vick has quickly become one of those few authors where I see they've got a new book out and I just get it even if I don't know what it's about, because I know it's going be a fantastic ride." "If you haven't read any of Erik Henry Vick's works, you are definitely missing out!" "If you haven't read any of Erik Henry Vick's works, you are definitely missing out!" Book Awards 2021 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Gold Medalist for Supernatural Fiction -- Wrath Child, A Rational Man, Book One 2021 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Gold Medalist for Supernatural Fiction -- Wrath Child, A Rational Man, Book One 2020 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Gold Medalist for Horror -- The Hag, The Bloodletter Chronicles, Book Two 2020 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Gold Medalist for Horror -- The Hag, The Bloodletter Chronicles, Book Two 2020 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Honorable Mention for Urban Fantasy -- Mizvah: CLAW & WARDER Episode 3 2020 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Honorable Mention for Urban Fantasy -- Mizvah: CLAW & WARDER Episode 3 2020 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Finalist for Urban Fantasy -- Seduction: CLAW & WARDER Episode 1 2020 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Finalist for Urban Fantasy -- Seduction: CLAW & WARDER Episode 1 2019 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Gold Medalist for Fantasy -- Rooms of Ruin, Blood of the Isir, Book Two 2019 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Gold Medalist for Fantasy -- Rooms of Ruin, Blood of the Isir, Book Two 2019 Top Shelf Magazine Book Awards Suspense First Place Winner -- Demon King, The Bloodletter Collections, Book One 2019 Top Shelf Magazine Book Awards Suspense First Place Winner -- Demon King, The Bloodletter Collections, Book One 2019 Top Shelf Magazine Book Awards Finalist for Horror -- Demon King, The Bloodletter Collections, Book One 2019 Top Shelf Magazine Book Awards Finalist for Horror -- Demon King, The Bloodletter Collections, Book One 2018 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Silver Medalist for Fantasy -- Errant Gods, Blood of the Isir, Book One 2018 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Silver Medalist for Fantasy -- Errant Gods, Blood of the Isir, Book One 2018 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Finalist for Horror -- Demon King, The Bloodletter Collections, Book One 2018 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Finalist for Horror -- Demon King, The Bloodletter Collections, Book One PLEASE NOTE: This book contains the novels Nightmare and Blackened. The Bloodletter Collections: Demon King--Book One The Hag--Book Two Our Lady Chaos --Book Three Erik Henry Vick is the award-winning, best-selling author of The Bloodletter Collections , and The Blood of the Isir series. Visit his website erikhenryvick.com for additional information. Read more
Features & Highlights
- 2019 Top Shelf Book Awards Suspense First Place Winner
- Only three children survived the terrors of Oneka Falls, New York in 1979.
- Each of them paid a terrible price and had to survive as best they could—wrapped in fantasy, the comfort of amnesia, or the silence of self-imposed isolation. Twenty-eight years later, they are drawn together to once again face the town's horrible secrets--the horde of demons infesting Oneka Falls.
- But the strongest of the demons is the one who terrorized them as children…
- Can they survive another confrontation with the
- Demon King
- ?
- Critical Acclaim for
- Demon King
- :
- ★★★★★ “Vick’s dark, tense thriller pits young kids—and their older selves—against a demonic evil and his twisted daughters in Upstate New York... Vick bounces the story line between eras effectively, and the tension never lets up. Stephen King fans will enjoy spotting the references that Vick sprinkles throughout in homage... [T]he thrills and horrors are engrossing.”
- --Publisher's Weekly
- ★★★★★ “While favorably compared to Stephen King’s IT––in particular––and King & Koontz in general, by hundreds of reviews, I found the novel just as close to Stranger Things...“
- --Robert W. Walker, TopShelf Reviews
- ★★★★★ “Vick’s (
- Errant Gods
- , 2017, etc.) supernatural horror story is evocative of Stephen King’s work in its use of a small-town setting and a gang of friends facing a powerful evil.”
- --Kirkus Reviews
- ★★★★★ “What do you get when you mix elements of fear, mystery, suspense, foreshadowing and a perfectly gripping plot? Give up? Well… if all of these elements are woven together in a seamless piece of writing, you will end up with one fantastic horror story! This is exactly the case with Erik Henry Vick’s novel,
- Demon King
- .”
- --Leonard Tillerman, leonardtillerman.com
- ★★★★★ “
- Demon King
- is a novel that is impossible to put down. Gripping and intense are only two words to describe the effect of the story, but if horror is your pleasure, that is all you need to hear. Erik Henry Vick is certainly an author to fill you with nightmares. Fabulous story. I loved it!”
- --Melinda Harris, Readers' Favorite Reviews
- ★★★★★ “
- Demon King
- is a terrifying, thrilling and gripping novel that captivated as well as frightened me from the start...a unique novel with a multi-layered plot that is full of captivating mystery...did have me reading the book in the light!”
- --redheadedbookloversblog.com
- What readers are saying:
- ★★★★★ "This book was like the old Stephen King…"★★★★★ "The best horror story I’ve read in years! Read the entire book in two days, couldn’t put it down!”★★★★★ "Sophisticated and well written. Scary as hell."★★★★★ "Awesome characters, and scary monsters. Fast paced, and creepy, creepy."★★★★★ "This is a fast-moving, vivid tale, told with bright imagination and fresh ideas."★★★★★ "Read it straight through - haven't had a book grab me like it did right from the get-go in a long time.”★★★★★ "This book is now on my list as one of my best 5 ever."★★★★★ "…really excellent book, the type of classic horror novel that no one seems to write anymore…"★★★★★ "If you love Stephen King or Dean Koontz, you will love this!"★★★★★ "Right from the start of the book you are drawn into a dark world full of shadows and ancient evil"★★★★★ "Great story that really hooks you in and keeps you up late to see what happens next."
- Awards for
- Demon King
- :
- 2019 Top Shelf Magazine Book Awards Suspense First Place Winner2019 Top Shelf Magazine Book Awards Horror Finalist2018 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Horror Finalist
- This series has scared over thirty-five thousand readers. Now it's your turn.
