Macdonald, 1987. British (and first hardcover) edition of this novel, originally published in 1986 as a paperback by Charter. Novel of a death cult which indoctrinates disaffected teenagers. A moving and profoundly disquieting novel whose sympathetic characters help vivify its sense of tragedy and horror. One of the best dark fantasies of the 1980s.
Dennis William Etchison was an American writer and editor of fantasy and horror fiction. He is a multi-award winner, having won the British Fantasy Award three times for fiction, and the World Fantasy Award for anthologies he edited.