The Black Train

by Edward Lee and Charlie James

A historic bed and breakfast, or a monument to evil and obscurity? Justin Collier didn't know the house's lurid, shocking history when he arrived for a relaxing stay. He knew nothing about the train... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0843962275
• ISBN13: 9780843962277
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Leisure Books
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Edward Lee Delivers Again!!

I am a major fan of Edward Lee's work. While I have my favorites and my okey-dokeys--the fact remains--the man always delivers the goods!! And with THE BLACK TRAIN, Lee has done it again. Justin Collier is at the crossroads of his life. He's lost his television show, his marriage has failed, his publisher wants the final draft of his book, like yesterday, so one could say Justin has a wee bit on his plate. Then he arrives in Gast, Tennessee and his life begins to spiral out of control in so many bizarre ways. Yes, there are the Lee trademarks of sex, violence, oh did I mention the sex and violence? But in THE BLACK TRAIN, I felt like Lee pulled it back just a bit, taunting and teasing us, until we're so overwhelmed by the haunting quality of the story that we simply can't endure another moment of suspense any longer. I loved it. I loved the Southern Gothic heat that fairly seethed throughout each page. The Civil War flashbacks were awesome,captivating and more than a little horrific. Was THE BLACK TRAIN perfect? No. Of course not. However, when I picked up my copy and read the first few pages, I surrendered. The next 3 hours of my life were lost in Gast, Tennessee and controlled by Edward Lee and the trip was well worth the price. Snap up your ticket on THE BLACK TRAIN, friends. It's a bloody good ride.

Lee just keeps getting better!

I am normally not a fan of ghost stories, but there has never been a book written by Lee that I have not loved. The story really grabbed my attention from the start and held me throughout the book. Black Train is creepy, gross (which I love) and full of surprises. I highly recommend!

ANOTHER 5-STAR LEE NOVEL

Have yet to read a Lee novel I haven't loved, and this one might be the best (and definitely the creepiest) yet. Lee dices up horror from the past (the Civil War) and the present, to turn the "house with a bad reputation" novel into something new, shockingly macabre, and thrillingly grotesque. There are images in this book that literally chilled my blood. Needs to be on every horror fan's READ NOW list.

GAST turns into THE BLACK TRAIN!

When I opened the HC small press GAST by Edward Lee, I was shocked to see that it was solely edicated to me...I have been a big fan/supporter of Lee's fiction since the early '90's but never thought a book by him would be dedicated to me...that said. GAST was a great read...gore, pornographic sex on a level no one writes...and a story filled with vibrant characters and twists and turns galore. Now Lee has dropped most of the absurd-like pornography and written a tighter verison of GAST. A thrillfest frm page one and the flashbacks show a side of Lee's fiction he rarely shows...but slowly that historical side of Lee is coming out in the Small Press. A great novel from a wonderful writer of the weird. Get on THE BLACK TRAIN for a HELL of a ride!

Take a Ride on The Train to Hell...if You Dare

Leisure's latest offering, a reprinted version of "Gast", (Camelot Books), is staple Edward Lee - sexual, disgusting, revolting...and obsessively readable all the same. As he did in "The Golem", Lee crafts sympathetic characters readers connect to, gives them realistic circumstances, then drops them into the middle of hell. This is why his work is so attractive: his characters tug readers into the farthest reaches of "suspension of disbelief", pulling them down his twisted rabbit hole. When Justin Collier pulls into Gast, Tennessee, he's hoping for a respite from his divorce proceedings and an escape from dreary reality. He's got a book deadline to meet and a canceled Food Network show he'd like to forget. On the hunt for a final entry to round out his book on beer, the Food Network's former "Prince of Beer" is looking for some time alone. What he finds, however, is a physic hot-spot of lust, nightmares and decades old evil. The Branch Landing Inn is the former home of Harwood Gast: Civil War railway baron, Confederate supporter, and icon of evil. Unspeakable acts helped build his railroad, his fortune bankrolled by darkness. The rusting remains of those tracks still run behind The Branch Landing Inn. Gripped by ghostly desire not entirely his own, at the mercy of demonic residue, Justin is about to take a ride he may not survive. Perhaps Lee's greatest strength is not the gore and sex, but writing such likable characters. Collier is a confused mini-celebrity ambivalent about what little "fame" he owns, escaping from a dry, loveless marriage, which makes him the perfect target for Branch Landing's haunts. Also, as horrible as Gast is, just as horrible is the resigned malaise the owners of the hotel reside in, forever trapped in the house's cyclical, erotic emanations. Either way, there's enough substance here for everyone...if they've got strong stomachs, that is.