Night of the Claw

by Ramsey Campbell

Book Overview

Unknowingly, he had brought it home from Africa. Beautiful, hypnotic, ancient, it was the sacred and deadly talisman of the fabled Leopard Men. Now its influence would insinuate itself into his mind,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812512804
• ISBN13: 9780812512809
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Cursed claw turns parents into killers.

In a plot device borrowed from M.R. James Casting the Runes a writer of international thrillers is slipped a cursed totem. Slowly he is filled with the urge to kill his child, who has suddenly become a rage inducing problem in the household. Campbell, who originally published this book under a pseudonym, builds the unbearable suspense with painful slowness, letting the reader suffer through each delicious moment until the rushed finale, which ends like a low budget horror movie. Recommended.