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The Harmony Society
Reality and nightmare. Past and present. Sanity and madness. For Nathan Bennett, there is no longer any difference between them - not since the Harmony Society came into his life. Now, as his world begins to collapse around him, Nathan must travel the strange and dangerous roads of the Nightway in search of the Dark Angel - a being of great power that the Harmony Society desperately wishes to control. But even if Nathan reaches the Angel first, what waits for him at the end of his long, dark road: salvation . . . damnation . . . Or both? Biography Tim Waggoner is the author of two novels, Dying for It and The Harmony Society, as well as the short story collection All Too Surreal. He's published over seventy short stories in the fantasy and horror genres, and his articles on writing have appeared in Writer's Digest, Writers' Journal, New Writer's Magazine, Ohio Writer, Speculations, and Teaching English in the Two-Year College. He teaches creative writing at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. His home page is located at www.sff.net/people/Tim.Waggoner.
- GenresHorror
271 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2003
About the author
Tim Waggoner
297 books791 followersTim Waggoner's first novel came out in 2001, and since then, he's published over sixty novels and eight collections of short stories. He writes original dark fantasy and horror, as well as media tie-ins. He's written tie-in fiction based on Supernatural, The X-Files, Alien, Doctor Who, Conan the Barbarian, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Grimm, and Transformers, among others, and he's written novelizations for films such as Ti West’s X-Trilogy, Halloween Kills, Terrifier 2 and 3, and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. He’s also the author of the award-winning guide to horror Writing in the Dark. He’s a four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award, a one-time winner of the Scribe Award, and he’s been a two-time finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award and a one-time finalist for the Splatterpunk Award. He’s also a full-time tenured professor who teaches creative writing and composition at Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio.
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September 23, 2022
Mind Blown!!
Nathan is a English teacher with his pregnant wife Julie and a plan to move into a bigger house before the baby is born.
The problem Nathan seems to be having is not any of the above. He just wants to have a decent night's sleep without dreaming of tortured angels and foreboding gentleman with darkness in their eye sockets.
What's even scarier for Nathan is when his nightmares and his waking life seem to merge and now reality is not as certain as he thinks it is. Is Nathan going nuts? Or is there something more sinister at work?
This author's mythology is awesome. I've read several of his books and the imagination is always surprising. If you want original horror with a subtle, and sometimes not so subtle, Mythos blending into a great story, then this is for you. I've enjoyed everything this guy writes so far!!
Nathan is a English teacher with his pregnant wife Julie and a plan to move into a bigger house before the baby is born.
The problem Nathan seems to be having is not any of the above. He just wants to have a decent night's sleep without dreaming of tortured angels and foreboding gentleman with darkness in their eye sockets.
What's even scarier for Nathan is when his nightmares and his waking life seem to merge and now reality is not as certain as he thinks it is. Is Nathan going nuts? Or is there something more sinister at work?
This author's mythology is awesome. I've read several of his books and the imagination is always surprising. If you want original horror with a subtle, and sometimes not so subtle, Mythos blending into a great story, then this is for you. I've enjoyed everything this guy writes so far!!
April 1, 2012
Many believe there are millions of worlds, in other dimensions and other realities, all surrounding ours, never touching, never giving entrance. What happens if someone does see into one of these worlds? Would the sight be enough to drive him mad…or stark, raving sane?
From the moment he sees the Dark Angel in a dream, Nathan Bennett, husband, father-to-be, teacher, begins a fight for his life and a journey offering hair-raising and heart-rending choices…to select a reality among the many…in some, people he loves survive, in others they don’t…but Nathan must live with the choices and the consequences…
…if he survives.
Surreal…frightening…suspenseful…all this and more. Nathan Bennett’s search for the truth, and the Dark Angel, pits him against not only the Harmony Society but also himself, as he attempts to separate his own realities from those he sees in his journey down the Nightway. His story poses some very debatable questions: Is our reality the true one or just another of the many overlapping folds of time and space? And is the choice to stay in one, rather than another, a matter of loyalty to the familiar or simply a form of isanity?
Written in clear, concise, and beautifully descriptive prose, this story of one man’s collision with a supposed unreality is both entertaining and unnerving enough to make one wonder if there’s a grain of truth hidden between the lines. Read it and decide for yourself!
The Harmony Society is available from Dark RegionsPress, www.darkregions.com
This novel was supplied by the publisher and no remuneration was involved in the writing of this review.
From the moment he sees the Dark Angel in a dream, Nathan Bennett, husband, father-to-be, teacher, begins a fight for his life and a journey offering hair-raising and heart-rending choices…to select a reality among the many…in some, people he loves survive, in others they don’t…but Nathan must live with the choices and the consequences…
…if he survives.
Surreal…frightening…suspenseful…all this and more. Nathan Bennett’s search for the truth, and the Dark Angel, pits him against not only the Harmony Society but also himself, as he attempts to separate his own realities from those he sees in his journey down the Nightway. His story poses some very debatable questions: Is our reality the true one or just another of the many overlapping folds of time and space? And is the choice to stay in one, rather than another, a matter of loyalty to the familiar or simply a form of isanity?
Written in clear, concise, and beautifully descriptive prose, this story of one man’s collision with a supposed unreality is both entertaining and unnerving enough to make one wonder if there’s a grain of truth hidden between the lines. Read it and decide for yourself!
The Harmony Society is available from Dark RegionsPress, www.darkregions.com
This novel was supplied by the publisher and no remuneration was involved in the writing of this review.
March 27, 2013
How to describe The Harmony Society...... this is a tough one!
The best way would be that this book is a story that takes the reader on a ride through despair, dream worlds, and plays with the mind in many different ways. What is real? What is past/present? I experienced many unexpected twists and turns throughout the entire story. I would say this read was more of an experience than a simple, sit down with a book and turn the pages. There were times I thought I was reading glimpses of Clive Barker with the way Waggoner described his scenery and characters.
This is certainly a bloody read, and really makes you think. Not an easy read, but a fun, mind warping story!
The best way would be that this book is a story that takes the reader on a ride through despair, dream worlds, and plays with the mind in many different ways. What is real? What is past/present? I experienced many unexpected twists and turns throughout the entire story. I would say this read was more of an experience than a simple, sit down with a book and turn the pages. There were times I thought I was reading glimpses of Clive Barker with the way Waggoner described his scenery and characters.
This is certainly a bloody read, and really makes you think. Not an easy read, but a fun, mind warping story!
October 18, 2015
If you're ready to be taken on trip through the mind of a person who is losing it, stop here. I mean at this book, pick it up and read it. Wagner keeps you guessing right up to the end about what is actually happening. The reality that Nathan is living and the way he keeps losing those he loves changes his world to another, and another, and....
You should get the point by now. I will say that I was almost disappointed in the ending. The way Waggoner take you into horrific worlds without you realizing it's happening until it's too late then back to, wait a minute. I need to stop talking here before I give things away.
It's not what you think it is, but then again, maybe it is.
You should get the point by now. I will say that I was almost disappointed in the ending. The way Waggoner take you into horrific worlds without you realizing it's happening until it's too late then back to, wait a minute. I need to stop talking here before I give things away.
It's not what you think it is, but then again, maybe it is.
May 8, 2011
A really excellent psychological horror novel that deserves a bigger audience. It's a really chilling examination of the fragile nature of the structure of our everyday lives and relationships. The ambiguous nature of the ending was extremely thought provoking. Great stuff!
February 11, 2008
It's about a college professor who gets taken into a nightmarish mystical society starting in his dreams and going on to invade his waking life.
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July 31, 2013Mine is a later edition than the one noted here on GR, purchased directly from the publisher, Dark Region Press, their moving sale Summer 2013.
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