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The Children God Forgot

Graham Masterton

4.01 · Rating details · 122 ratings · 56 reviews

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A rash of strange and horrifying births sweeps through London in the new horror thriller from master of the genre Graham Masterton.

A SERIES OF STRANGE BIRTHS
A young woman is rushed to the hospital with stabbing pains. The chief surgeon performs a C-section, and delivers a catastrophically malformed foetus that is somehow alive...

A DEVASTATING ATTACK
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Dec 16, 2020 Nilufer Ozmekik rated it really liked it

Wow! After reading the impactful, mind blowing, blood cells freezing opening of the book, I was already hooked!

A woman feels the stabbing pain in her stomach, is found in her car, barely breathing! When she opens her eyes at the hospital, realizing she’s pregnant which is impossible because she doesn’t make sex with anyone for a long time. But her miraculous pregnancy is not the most shocking news she gets. She is carrying a monstrous baby ( Something reminds us Alien movie’s memorable chestbur ...more

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Jan 25, 2021 Debra rated it really liked it

Shelves: netgalley

The Children God Forgot is not a book I will forget about soon! It is creepy, dark and chilling. Imagine aliens meets the Gerber baby meets a powerful witch and throw in an octopus. What!?! Yes, things get strange but in a delightfully creepy way!

This was a highly imaginative and creepy tale with some great detective work. There are things amiss in the sewers. Where else? But also, above ground as well. Great, just great. Nowhere is safe.

A woman goes to the hospital with severe stomach pains to The Children God Forgot is not a book I will forget about soon! It is creepy, dark and chilling. Imagine aliens meets the Gerber baby meets a powerful witch and throw in an octopus. What!?! Yes, things get strange but in a delightfully creepy way!

This was a highly imaginative and creepy tale with some great detective work. There are things amiss in the sewers. Where else? But also, above ground as well. Great, just great. Nowhere is safe.

A woman goes to the hospital with severe stomach pains to learn that she is pregnant and after a C-Section is performed, the surviving infant is severely malformed? How is it still alive?????

In the sewer, Gemma and crew are attacked, but by what? Her supervisor does not make it out of the sewer with them, he just seems to disappear but is later found alive but missing his legs and eyes. Who or what did this and why????? Plus, yikes eye stuff grosses me out, luckily there is no graphic detail, or I would still be passed out on the floor.

Soon there are more mysterious pregnancies, green lights and deformed infants. Did I mention this is creepy and I may possibly never be able to enjoy smelling lemons again? This is only the beginning. The proverbial you-know-what really begins to hit the fan (and not because some of the book takes place in the sewer). Sewers, deformed babies/children and a witch all make for a sinister tale.

This book is original, creepy and fun at the same time. It is oddly compelling, and I hated when I had to put it down. I just had to keep reading to see what was going to happen next. This book reminded me of the movies my sister and I would sneak out of bed on Saturday nights to watch at midnight growing up. Most were black and white B horror films, and we could not get enough of them. This book brings on that sense of nostalgia. It is more creepy (how many times have I said 'creepy' in this review?) than gory, more sinister than straight out horror. I loved the vibe of this book. It has the right number of chills and scares without being over the top. The detectives and Gemma are likeable, and I was rooting for them while they were doing their detective work. I loved the "aha" moments as they learned more. The unraveling of the tale was spot on and nothing felt rushed.

Plus, I learned a few things while reading this book:
1. If there was no way you could have gotten pregnant and yet somehow you are...be afraid, be very afraid...
2. Dogs are the best! (I already knew this but they really are)
3. Nothing good can come out of going down in the sewer - you have been warned!

An overall enjoyable book that was creepy (I had to mention it one last time!), original, dark, interesting and captivating.

Thank you to Head of Zeus and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Dec 31, 2020 Max Birner rated it really liked it

Shelves: four-star-books-2020

"How much worse could her life become, if she wasn’t even allowed to die?"

This has to be one of the weirdest (if not the weirdest) books I've read in 2020... but I'm not complaining! The Children God Forgot follows a set of disturbing incidents of mysterious pregnancies and disappearances.

I'm not going to lie, this book took me a little bit until I was fully "into it". But I think the changing perspectives really keeps the pace moving, and some of the body horror made me cringe while reading i ...more

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Jan 30, 2021 The Coycaterpillar Reads rated it did not like it

Okay so apparently I am most definetly in the minority with my thoughts on this review but I've had to DNF at Chapter 6.

There were so many things that I found problematic about this book that I just had to put it down for my own sanity.

I felt there was a lot of internalised racism that kept coming to the fore. I know, I know, bare with me a moment.

The typical white english doctor who kept mispronouncing the Nigerian patient's name. He made no attempt to ask how it was pronounced and the patie ...more

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Jan 04, 2021 Irene rated it really liked it

There is a lot going on in this book. Mysterious pregnancies, murderous mutant fetuses, deformed children skulking through sewers clogged with body parts. I think this is the craziest story I have read in quite some time, but I don't mean that in a bad way. Oh and there's a witch, lets not forget the witch. There are characters in this book from a previous novel "Ghost Virus" which I believe I described as gruesome gore fest of a story but you don't need to have read that to get onto the wild ri ...more

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Feb 11, 2021 Kimberly rated it it was ok

Shelves: dark, dark-humor, netgalley, creepy-kids

THE CHILDREN GOD FORGOT, by Graham Masterton, is a novel I seem to be in the minority on. The story was unique, and had some great, unforgettable scenes. There were two detectives that returned (first appearing in the novel GHOST VIRUS), that I enjoyed seeing again.

This takes place in a multi-cultural area of England, so I was surprised at the amount of racial/gender slurs. Additionally--although it may not have been intended, it came off to me as having a strong "anti-abortion" message. (Which ...more

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Jan 22, 2021 Montzalee Wittmann rated it it was amazing

The Children God Forgot
by Graham Masterton
Pages: 326
Publisher: Head of Zeus due out February 4, 2021.
This is a book I requested from NetGalley and the publisher and the review is voluntary and are all my own opinions.
Are you ready for some really creepy horror involving deformed fetuses that, even after being aborted, can travel about in the sewers causing havoc? Angelic faces, tentacles for a body, they can travel to another woman and insert themselves! They attacks in groups, dismembering anyo ...more

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Feb 02, 2021 Dana-Adriana B. rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This is a great horror story, the plot, the description was great, and I love Blizzard.
The description is horror: malformed fetuses in the womb or outside, body parts ripped off.
Thank you Netgalley for this nice book.

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Jan 28, 2021 April rated it it was amazing

Shelves: arc-giveaway-winners

Revenge of the dead babies? As a woman let me just say, what a horrifying beginning! Graham Masterton's writing is so vivid in this book that I could feel everything. The sewer was fantastically gross and Jerry and Mallett interview with Rusul had me cackling. This book has everything: an evil witch, nauseating body horror, likeable characters, a bit of comedy but still heart thumping suspense. The creepy weirdness of the nestlings pushed this novel into the 5 star zone for me. This one will be ...more

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Dec 31, 2020 Michelle rated it it was amazing

Last one of the year...

Wow loved this. The children God forgot by Graham Masterton is only the second book from the author I have read, and I am a fan already.

A woman with stabbing pains arrives at the hospital barely breathing when she is given a C-section. The women have not had sex for a long time, so she wonders how this happened. But the foetus that is delivered is horrifically malformed. But it still lives. When the nurse takes a short break, the foetus has disappeared only hours later ano ...more

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Feb 11, 2021 Elizabeth Tabler rated it really liked it

The Children God Forgot by Graham Masterton is a terrifying story that pulls many of the different horror levers.

The story starts with pain, visceral stabbing pain in a woman's belly. The woman in question wakes up in the hospital, completely confused. She finds out she is pregnant, which is impossible. There is no way that she could be pregnant; she had an abortion three months ago. The doctors perform an emergency c-section and deliver a horrifically malformed fetus. One that could not possib The Children God Forgot by Graham Masterton is a terrifying story that pulls many of the different horror levers.

The story starts with pain, visceral stabbing pain in a woman's belly. The woman in question wakes up in the hospital, completely confused. She finds out she is pregnant, which is impossible. There is no way that she could be pregnant; she had an abortion three months ago. The doctors perform an emergency c-section and deliver a horrifically malformed fetus. One that could not possibly be alive, but it is. Major Cthulu vibes here. Then a rash of strange births and pregnancy sweep through London.

"How much worse could her life become, if she wasn't even allowed to die?"

Simultaneously, sewage engineer Gemma, owner of the sewage company, and cameraman make a routine check in a section of London's sewers. As they travel through the engulfing claustrophobic darkness of a sewer pipe, they discover a fatberg, a stony mound of toilet paper, and grease clogging the sewer flow. They also find a severed women's hand floating in the refuse. Immediately, chaos happens, lights flash, electricity arcs, and the three workers are thrown into utter and complete darkness while trudging through human waste. To say that the moment is something of nightmares would be an understatement.

Up ahead around the pipe bend, the three workers can see child-like figures glowing amongst the waste. Child-like figures made of claws, horribly and inhumanly disfigured, that move with lightning speed. They make a run for it, and all make it out except for Gemma's boss, who disappears only to be found later with his legs amputated and his eyes ripped from the sockets.

DC Jerry Pardoe and DS Jamila Patel of the supernatural squad team up once again to delve into what is lurking in London's sewers and if it is going to stop with one dismembered body or if there will be more.

Spoiler alert, there will be more. Because, of course, there will be. Masterton will be Masterton, and it won't be just one type of horror. He is going to poke and prod every kind of horror with a stick. He makes you squirm and scream and feel sick. I think that you could have a solid horror story of just the sewer part of the story because, especially for someone with claustrophobia...holy shit. But, there is a robust supernatural angle to this story. What are these things that look like malformed children, and who is the woman with the knives that keeps appearing?

Unfortunately, I will have to stop the description there because it will give it away if I say anymore. Imagine something like The Strain, but with occult vibes taking place in a sewer. Now top it all off with a police procedural, and you won't be far off. Because at the story's heart is a case that needs to get solved.

The supernatural squad is a competent duo. There is no flash with them, aside from wanting to get to the heart of the case. They had appeared together in the novel Ghost Virus; if you have read that, you would be familiar with the pair. However, reading the previous installment in no way affects your enjoyment of this one.

The Children God Forgot will not be for everyone because this is some deep body horror. It is terrifying. I'd put some trigger warnings, flaying, abortion, claustrophobic spaces; there is a lot. If you can't make it through the first three chapters of this book, you will not like what is in store. It will only get scarier and darker with a lot more gore. I love horror, and even I had to put the e-reader down now and then. Because, wow, some of these scenes are dark as hell. One particular one included one of these monstrous fetus-creatures eating a cat and tearing it apart with a cracking sound of a broken rib cage—bits of fur flying everywhere. You get the point.

If you love horror of all sorts and want to be scared, The Children God Forgot is for you. Masterton is, well, a master of writing horror. If you are new to his books. Congratulations, you are in for a hell of a ride! I know that some of these scenes will be burned on your brain like Masterton used an actual branding iron; I promise you will recover from the cat scene and a few others soon. ...more

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Jan 30, 2021 Kaila rated it it was ok

Shelves: thriller, 2021, paranormal, horror, scary-or-creepy, doctors-nurses-psychologists, netgalley

2/5 stars

I have a lot of mixed feelings about this book. It is definitely one of the stranger and more unique horror books that I have ever read, and I had fun with the weirder aspects of it. It was truly horrifying and disgusting, with quite a lot of body horror. Because this is a horror book, the fact that I was truly horrified and creeped out is obviously a huge plus. Since this book follows multiple storylines, it was fun to explore how the twisty and horrific series of events connected. Reg 2/5 stars

I have a lot of mixed feelings about this book. It is definitely one of the stranger and more unique horror books that I have ever read, and I had fun with the weirder aspects of it. It was truly horrifying and disgusting, with quite a lot of body horror. Because this is a horror book, the fact that I was truly horrified and creeped out is obviously a huge plus. Since this book follows multiple storylines, it was fun to explore how the twisty and horrific series of events connected. Regardless of my gripes I had with the writing and the plot in general (which I will discuss next), it was undeniably entertaining and gripping.

My main issue with this book is the uncomfortable feeling I had about some undertones to the story. I don't know if it was the purpose of the author or not, but it definitely had a very strong anti-abortion feel to it. The 'monstrous' and horrifically malformed fetuses in the story came from women who had aborted their pregnancy. It just felt like a sort of punishment for these women. Additionally, the ghost woman (trying to keep this spoiler free so I won't describe her more) kept saying how all human life was sacred and was punishing people for choosing abortion. I just don't like the idea of a male author writing a book that seems to have such a strong anti-abortion message, although I will reiterate that I am not accusing the author of harbouring these feelings or intending this message, but it was just a feeling I couldn't shake while reading.

Similarly, a lot of the dialogue came across feeling either sexist or mildly racist. It is that kind of grey area in which people debate whether it is okay for characters to say discriminatory things without it reflecting badly on the author. But for me, since it added absolutely nothing to the story and felt completely unnecessary, it just left me feeling uncomfortable. The two main female characters in particular, both Gemma and DS Patel, were treated with many micro-aggressions and underhanded comments. While it felt like the author was not necessarily condoning these comments but rather commenting about the characters that said them, it still felt wholly unnecessary. The dialogue more generally was also just quite difficult to follower. It felt quite stilted and all over the place, which took a while to get used to.

While these negative feelings about the book didn't negate the overall uniqueness and enjoyability of the story, it did leave me with a bad taste in my mouth. I feel like we are at a place in literature in which it is no longer tolerable to have major insensitivities in books, no matter how unique or enjoyable the book itself is.
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Feb 03, 2021 Ryan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: supernatural, hospitals, witches, united-kingdom, evil-kids, crime

Minor spoilers

“Oh dear god I can’t believe this. What are they going to look like when they’re born? And what are you going to do with them, once they are?”

Quite a few unexpected turns with Masterton’s latest release and the story is abhorrently crafted. Two English detectives who specialize in supernatural occurrences (they also appear in “Ghost Virus”, which I will also check out) put their habitual murder cases on hold after a couple of foul incidents start sweeping London, primarily a comme ...more

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Jan 31, 2021 Gavin added it

My first DNF of the year.

The synopsis sounded fantastic

Sadly I bailed by Chapter 3 so never got to the story

Those first two chapters left a rather unpleasant taste in my mouth

Racism, Sexism, Homophobia and Misogyny were all featured in such a way I just couldn't carry on. ...more

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Jan 13, 2021 Lynne rated it really liked it

Shelves: graham-masterton

I always start a review of any Graham Masterton book with a little of my own (ancient) history. During the 1980s my teenage years were spent devouring Masterton's horror novels. School homework? Pfft, what school homework?! I loved getting my hands on anything he'd written. As he has aged so have I. Now, almost 40 years later, I feel immensely nostalgic whenever a new Masterton book is published.

Well, what can I say except that this was one crazy bizarre read! Malformed foetuses are hopping fro ...more

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Nov 25, 2020 Reading Reindeer 2021 On Proxima Centauri rated it it was amazing

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I've been a fan of Graham Masterton for decades and am delighted at this continuation of the intriguing police partnership of London police officers Detective Sergeant Jamila Patel and the rougher-quality Detective Constable Jerry Pardoe, first paired in GHOST VIRUS [2018]. Although the two officers are assigned to different stations, they share a reputation as capable of deciphering "the weird," and the current set of tragedies can't get much more weird. Say goodbye to practicality and logic. T ...more

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Dec 22, 2020 Steve ** Black Country Short Thoughts ** rated it it was amazing

I was sitting here thinking which Graham Masterton books I have read in the past and I think the only one I had read was a copy of "The House That Jack Built" which I picked up in a second hand book shop. Other than that Graham Masterton had more or less passed me by with my attention taken by James "The Master - None shall beat" Herbert, Bentley Little and Richard Laymon. So I went into this book kinda blind - sometimes the best way and sometimes not.

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Jan 29, 2021 Paul Preston rated it it was amazing

Shelves: netgalley

“It’s so beautiful” she whispered, “How can anything so horrible be so beautiful.”
So difficult to review without giving away any of the gory, twisted details.
The beginning is an absolute crazy ride, nonstop cinematic tense action that forces you to keep reading. I caught myself muttering “no, no, no...” repeatedly and I felt violated like the words crawled up inside me and were burrowing around.
Beings in the sewers, deformed feotus’ striving to stay alive, a long dead witch, and two detective ...more

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Feb 05, 2021 Lel Budge rated it really liked it

The Children God Forgot starts with a woman in pain. It turns out she is pregnant, even though she insists that’s impossible. The doctor decides this baby must be born for the safety of the mother and child due to its deformity.

When the baby is delivered, it is a monster with a cherubic face. It then disappears from the baby unit.

Meanwhile, Gemma is working in the sewers with colleagues, she sees what seems to be a small child in the midst of a fat berg…...and things get dark and creepy.

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Feb 02, 2021 Brittney our.bookish.reads rated it it was amazing

I honestly didn't want to set this book down, but alas, I have 3 kids who rely on me. That being said, if you plan to read this book, you will be staring at it in horror as you read it and still want more. This has to be one of the more gore laden books I have read in quite some time and I must say I absolutely love gore.

What I liked
¤ The gore and otherwise are very descriptive and if you have an active imagination then you will 100% be able to envision what you read.
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Dec 22, 2020 Stacy40pages marked it as dnf

The writing style was terrific. It really grabbed you in from the first page. I also liked how there were many different characters, with different circumstances. It seemed almost like short stories in the beginning, but they all ended up coming together. The characters seemed very detailed and developed, even the ones that weren't introduced several times. That said, the book was a bit too much for me personally. I felt sick with some of the descriptions of the deformities. That is not a bad th ...more

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Jan 10, 2021 Joe Geesin rated it really liked it

From the detectives that solved Ghost Virus, we get a trip into the sewers of South London and a ghost story of sorts, with some occult thrown in for good measure. A much better read than Ghost Virus, and some of the attrocities that should not have been born reminded me of a scene from Hellraiser 2 (and James Herbert's Others too), although here there is less reliance on the abnormality and more on the occult connection.
Some good characterisation and interaction with a twist at the end, well wo ...more

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Feb 04, 2021 Sue rated it really liked it

Graham Masterton is one of those authors that I have not come across before, so I was intrigued about what lay ahead for me in the pages of The Children God Forgot. In fact, this story contains one of those old fashioned, full-on horror books in the vein of James Herbert that I was so fond of as a teenager, so reading this one was a bit of a nostalgia trip for me.

This is the kind of horror that will appeal very much to lovers of the macabre, so if you prefer to get your horror kicks from torture Graham Masterton is one of those authors that I have not come across before, so I was intrigued about what lay ahead for me in the pages of The Children God Forgot. In fact, this story contains one of those old fashioned, full-on horror books in the vein of James Herbert that I was so fond of as a teenager, so reading this one was a bit of a nostalgia trip for me.

This is the kind of horror that will appeal very much to lovers of the macabre, so if you prefer to get your horror kicks from tortured psychological suspense with a whisper of the supernatural, and find it hard to suspend your disbelief, then this is going to be too much of a blunt instrument for you.

Still with me? Then read on... Instead, Graham Masterton fills his tale with creepy monsters, both in the deformed fleshy sense and spectral ones from beyond the grave, that can do you real harm, and he lets them run riot. The sights, sounds and even smells that are minutely described in these pages are ones that come from your worst stomach-churning nightmares, and they will leave you wishing you never have to venture into the sewers below the streets of London - do not read alone at night!

The characters are very likeable, with some well-written strong women, and despite Masterton's occasional habit to dwell overly on the physical attributes of the female players and indulge in the odd racial stereotype, I found myself becoming quite fond of them and worrying about the dangers that lay ahead in the story - and their bloody trials and terrifying tribulations were many, dear reader.

I really enjoyed the way Masterton weaves his gory fun into a book that is essentially a police procedural cum mystery tale by bringing in a big dollop of the occult. There are some deliciously dark, well-crafted themes exploring witchcraft, demonology and possession which were used to great effect, with nice echoes of The Exorcist, IT, Rosemary's Baby and even, at times, Alien - and a disturbing take on the subject of abortion too.

As in all good horror novels, the scary ride terminates with a disquieting ending that will haunt you, and since it bodes well for a sequel full of more ghastly goings on it will be interesting to see what Graham Masterton has up his sleeve for DC Jerry Pardoe and DS Jamila Patel next.
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Feb 06, 2021 Karolyn rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2021-reads

Chiasoka was driving her car when she almost crashed with a bus due to agonising pains in her stomach. A woman kindly called an ambulance to take her hospital. Once there and the hospital had done the tests, she was informed about being pregnant. She said she couldn’t be, she’d had an abortion and it had been successful. They all agreed to terminate the pregnancy but when the doctors saw the baby open its lovely blue eyes, they just couldn’t kill it. They put the baby into an incubator in a sepa Chiasoka was driving her car when she almost crashed with a bus due to agonising pains in her stomach. A woman kindly called an ambulance to take her hospital. Once there and the hospital had done the tests, she was informed about being pregnant. She said she couldn’t be, she’d had an abortion and it had been successful. They all agreed to terminate the pregnancy but when the doctors saw the baby open its lovely blue eyes, they just couldn’t kill it. They put the baby into an incubator in a separate room with a nurse monitoring it. When Dr Macleod took Professor Karounis to check on the baby it was missing from the incubator. The nurse had left it alone so a search of the building was made and CCTV checked to see who could have been near that wing, with no luck. They had to bring the police in to investigate.

Gemma, worked as an engineer in the sewers for Crane’s Drains and usually loved it.
Only she had felt spooked after seeing a child-like face peering down at her earlier when she was in the sewer, Newton hadn’t seen it. When Martin arrived, he joined the team going into the sewer for a look himself at the fatberg. Their helmet lights gave off enough light to work with. They found a severed woman’s hand in the fatberg and Martin said the police had to be called. He asked Newton to take a few pictures and then, ping, all their helmet lights went out. They turn to leave the sewer, Gemma catches a glimpse of white in the distance, it’s a child-like thing floating towards them, then there’s more of them. It then goes pitchblack while the team are being attacked and their helmets are being torn off. The team tries to make their way back to the sewer opening. They then realise Martin is missing. They call the police. MIT decided this is a case for their crime busting time of DC Jerry Pardoe and DS Jamila Patel.

I thoroughly enjoyed this one. Had me hooked from the start and I just couldn’t put the book down. I like both Jerry and Jamila and would like to see them again. They work well together. It was a great story. This is true horror! One of Masterton’s best that I have read.
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Jan 24, 2021 Donna Tallent rated it liked it

Shelves: 2021-releases, 2021-books

Oh boy, where do I begin with this book ...

The Children God Forgot follows three storylines; doctors at a hospital performing a C-Section on a woman that denies being pregnant, a crew uncovering a massive block in the sewer system, and a man being arrested for stabbing another man after he terminated his girlfriends pregnancy. At first, I found this book difficult to get into, I really only found one of these storylines even remotely interesting. Then the storylines slowly started to blend toge ...more

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Jan 17, 2021 Sarahkmartinuk rated it it was amazing

I received this book from Netgalley in return for an honest review. Here is the blurb:

"A young woman is rushed to the hospital with stabbing pains in her stomach. The chief surgeon delivers a living child with the face of an angel and the body of a tentacled monster. The doctors are unanimous that the baby must die.

Engineer Gemma is plunged into darkness in a tunnel beneath London. Before she escapes, a strange green light illuminates a cluster of ghostly figures. Gemma is certain they were chil ...more

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Feb 04, 2021 Missy (myweereads) rated it really liked it

“How can anything so horrible be so beautiful?”

Graham Masterton brings this bizarre horror story set within the bowels of London. Expectant mothers who have lost their children are suddenly becoming pregnant again except this time it’s not their child. These children belong to a power mightier than they can imagine and it’s up to supernatural Detectives Jamila and Jerry to investigate.

It is impossible to talk about this book and not give away what happens. The sudden surge in pregnancies is alar ...more

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Feb 22, 2021 Susan rated it it was amazing

A woman is driving when she has a car accident. She has terrible pain in her stomach. When she wakes up, she finds out she had a baby. A monster baby as it is very malformed. What does it look like? The doctors agree that the baby won’t live long. The mother can’t believe. It as she knows there is no way she was or could be pregnant. Engineer Gemma is in the sewers checking on a spot where it appears to be almost blocked. When she goes down again with her boss and other engineers, she sees the l ...more

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Graham Masterton was born in Edinburgh in 1946. His grandfather was Thomas Thorne Baker, the eminent scientist who invented DayGlo and was the first man to transmit news photographs by wireless. After training as a newspaper reporter, Graham went on to edit the new British men's magazine Mayfair, where he encouraged William Burroughs to develop a series of scientific and philosophical articles whi Graham Masterton was born in Edinburgh in 1946. His grandfather was Thomas Thorne Baker, the eminent scientist who invented DayGlo and was the first man to transmit news photographs by wireless. After training as a newspaper reporter, Graham went on to edit the new British men's magazine Mayfair, where he encouraged William Burroughs to develop a series of scientific and philosophical articles which eventually became Burroughs' novel The Wild Boys.

At the age of 24, Graham was appointed executive editor of both Penthouse and Penthouse Forum magazines. At this time he started to write a bestselling series of sex 'how-to' books including How To Drive Your Man Wild In Bed which has sold over 3 million copies worldwide. His latest, Wild Sex For New Lovers is published by Penguin Putnam in January, 2001. He is a regular contributor to Cosmopolitan, Men's Health, Woman, Woman's Own and other mass-market self-improvement magazines.

Graham Masterton's debut as a horror author began with The Manitou in 1976, a chilling tale of a Native American medicine man reborn in the present day to exact his revenge on the white man. It became an instant bestseller and was filmed with Tony Curtis, Susan Strasberg, Burgess Meredith, Michael Ansara, Stella Stevens and Ann Sothern.

Altogether Graham has written more than a hundred novels ranging from thrillers (The Sweetman Curve, Ikon) to disaster novels (Plague, Famine) to historical sagas (Rich and Maiden Voyage - both appeared in the New York Times bestseller list). He has published four collections of short stories, Fortnight of Fear, Flights of Fear, Faces of Fear and Feelings of Fear.

He has also written horror novels for children (House of Bones, Hair-Raiser) and has just finished the fifth volume in a very popular series for young adults, Rook, based on the adventures of an idiosyncratic remedial English teacher in a Los Angeles community college who has the facility to see ghosts.

Since then Graham has published more than 35 horror novels, including Charnel House, which was awarded a Special Edgar by Mystery Writers of America; Mirror, which was awarded a Silver Medal by West Coast Review of Books; and Family Portrait, an update of Oscar Wilde's tale, The Picture of Dorian Gray, which was the only non-French winner of the prestigious Prix Julia Verlanger in France.

He and his wife Wiescka live in a Gothic Victorian mansion high above the River Lee in Cork, Ireland.
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