The Talisman

Night Hunter #2

by Robert Faulcon (Pseudonym)

Out on the bleak coast, the land itself held memories of blood and betrayal. Memories that had summoned both the evil and the innocent in a dark and hellborn quest...

For Dan Brady the talisman could be a precious clue in his desperate quest to discover where the occult power that had abducted his family was keeping them. But a force had been unleashed, a foulness from the dark past that threatened a whole community. And only Dan Brady could confront it...

Genres: Horror, Occult Detective, Fantasy, Pulp

200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

A pseudonym used by Robert Holdstock.

Reviews

[Jack Tripper · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here's the cover of my 1987 Charter mass-market (183 pages), which isn't listed here at the moment. Just FYI, the Goodreads image is actually for the 1983 Arrow Books (UK) paperback.

[Kay · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has him in the Norfolk Fens and a little more of the intrigue and who is involved starting to reveal itself. Another exciting 'episode' in the Nighthunter series which I am beginning to enjoy very much indeed. With no end yet in sight for the Nighthunter and the search for his family, I'm liking the concept that his motivations isn't so much about defeating evil and being a hero, but simply that of saving his family and the destruction of his enemies a side effect to that aim.

[Bayacham · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this as a kid. It mapped and shaped my literary world. I fell in love with the explicit style and intense imagery it invoked. Awesome book.

[Anji · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic! Really weant to read this again someday!