Mr. Shivers

“A tale of quest anchored in dust-bowl desperation, Mr. Shivers creates a brutal new American mythology. Bennett weaves a modern combination of horror, historical fiction, and high-fantasy.” —Scott Sigler, New York Times bestselling author

“Mr Shivers is a startling debut, a deft amalgam of thriller, cerebral horror, and American gothic, written with a stark and artful simplicity that complements the examination of struggling humanity pushed to its limits.” —The Guardian (London)

“Bennett is clearly a writer to watch.” —Times (London)

“Set during the Great Depression and reading like a collaboration between Stephen King and John Steinbeck, this remarkably assured first novel relates a good man’s desperate travels through the ruins of the American heartland on the trail of his child’s murderer…Bennett makes dark fantasy feel like gritty realism, achieving a rare laconic eloquence that will captivate horror readers hungry for new voices.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“A ravishing debut…Supremely chilling, it never loses its grip in its journey to the edge of the apocalypse.” —Daily Mail (London)

“Bennett’s novel is as riveting in its slow-burning accumulation of tension as it is atmospheric in its period evocation…The economical, persuasive characterization and the sudden shocking outbursts of horror owe something to [Stephen] King, the master of contemporary horror, but the brilliantly realized picture of dustbowl America is firmly in the [John] Steinbeck tradition. It’s not stretching a point to say that, at times, Bennett’s stinging but hauntingly poetic prose aspires to the quality of that author’s best work…This terrifying odyssey through a blighted period in American history will stick in readers’ minds for a long time.” —Daily Express (London)