The Dark Dreams of Hell

Dark Man #7

by Peter Lancett

The Dark Man must once again pit his powers against the evil forces of the Shadow Masters. This book is part of the Dark Man Series, a range of books for emergent teen and adult readers. With only a limited vocabulary, these gritty and mysterious books pull readers into the tense storyline. The sinister atmosphere and strong black-and-white illustrations ensure that the book appeals to older readers and isn't patronising. This is one of the shorter stories in the Dark Man series focusing on the top 100 frequency words.

Paperback

First published February 29, 2000

About the author

Author, Editor and Film maker

Grew up in Stoke-on-Trent, England
Lived in London for 12 years
Lived in New Zealand for 6 years and later for 5 years
Currently living and working in England.

As a writer, I am the creator and author of the award winning Dark Man series of books, author of the novels Seeing Red, Gun Dog and Hanging in the Mist for the "Cutting Edge" series, published by Ransom Publishing (I was also the series editor), The Shadowmasters (Parts One and Two) and The Iron Maiden.

I also wrote and directed The Xlitherman, a feature film set in England, and have worked extensively for US-based producers on script and concept development for film and television, including the writing of pilot scripts for projects starring Ron Perlman (Sons of Anarchy, Beauty and the Beast, Hand of God), Oscar nominee Bruce Davidson, and Golden Globe nominee Lainie Kazan.

My latest work, in conjunction with co-author Teresa Schaeffer, is THE RAVENMOCKER, a disturbing novel of psychological horror, based on our feature film script of the same name.
January, 2016

Reviews

[Lauri]

Horror/Fantasy series for YA reluctant readers. They contain 200 of the most common sight words, yet tell a chilling story in few words and black and white illustrations.

[Frankie Spence · Rating 3 out of 5]

A mild horror story, suitable for KS3 (secondary school children, aged 11-14 years); part of a series where most of the books can be read without regard for reading order.

Reading Level: 2.0
Word Count: 243

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am a librarian in a 4th - 6th grade elementary library. I read this book to check it's appropriateness for our school library. This is a great high interest - low reading level book.

[Daisy Arias]

HS High-Low

Have you ever read a book that is interesting and thrilling? Dark Man: The Dark Dreams by Peter Lancett is an excellent Hi-Low book for ages ten to eighteen that fit all those descriptions. Reading can be difficult for some students. Finding a grade level book that is interesting and thrilling book as they get older is much harder. This book by Peter Lancett is an attractive book for any student that struggles to read grade level and is interested in good and evil themed books. The Dark Man: The Dark Dreams, is a series of books that take the readers on a journey of hero versus villain. This book is about the dark man dreams to find the golden cup. In the book, students will learn about the mission to find the golden cup. One strength of the book is the word choice length. Students will be able to be successful at reading the short thrilling book with 230-380 words. Each book read completely will encourage the students to continue to read. On the other hand, one weakness would be the layout of the pages. The images which are detailed and impactful are over scaling the words in the book. The words are not the main attraction in the pages. Despite the page layout, this book and the series is recommended for any student in need of a Hi-Low book.

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this for my low level/ESL readers.