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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPan Macmillan
ISBN-100330522620
ISBN-139780330522625
eBay Product ID (ePID)117295399
Product Key Features
Book TitleShrine
Number of Pages544 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
TopicOccult & Supernatural, Horror, Thrillers / General, Thrillers / Supernatural
GenreFiction
AuthorJames Herbert
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight13.6 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsThrills and chills galore from the bestseller Herbert ... his best yet... the build-up to the horrifying climax is subtle and sophisticated.
Dewey Edition19
Volume Number1
Dewey Decimal823/.914
SynopsisNow a major film called The Unholy starring The Walking Dead 's Jeffrey Dean Morgan. In James Herbert's horror novel Shrine , innocence and evil have become one . . . A little girl called Alice. A deaf-mute. A vision. A lady in shimmering white who says she is the immaculate conception. And Alice can suddenly hear and speak, and she can perform miracles. Soon the site of the visitation, beneath an ancient oak tree, has become a shrine, a holy place for thousands of pilgrims. But Alice is no longer the guileless child overwhelmed by her new saintliness. She has become the agent of something corrupt, a vile force that is centuries old., A modern miracle builds conflict between sceptics and believers, but will divine power be harnessed for good or evil?, Innocence and evil have become one A deaf-mute little girl called Alice has a vision--a lady in shimmering white who says she is the immaculate conception. Suddnely, Alice can hear, speak, and perform miracles. Soon the site of Alice's visitation, beneath an ancient oak tree, becomes a shrine, a holy place for thousands of pilgrims. But Alice is no longer the guileless child overwhelmed by her new saintliness. She has become the agent of something corrupt, a vile force that is centuries old.