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series3 books1975

Tense in tone, about vampires, set in small town and north america.

“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
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CellNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, tense in tone, about plague and pandemic.

“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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RatsSeries

series4 books1974

completed

Tense in tone, set in british isles and big city.

“The Rats, James Herbert's 1974 debut novel, imagines a plague of giant mutant rats overrunning London, told through a rotating cast of victims and survivors in the tradition of British disaster horror.”
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The FogNovel

James Herbertstandalone novel1975

Tense in tone, about madness, set in british isles.

The HowlingSeries

series3 books1977

completed

Tense in tone, about werewolves.

“The Howling, Gary Brandner's 1977 novel, sets a woman recovering from trauma against a small California town that turns out to be sheltering a colony of werewolves.”
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The DarkNovel

James Herbertstandalone novel1980

Dark fantasy, tense in tone, about madness.

“WorldCat: It came like a malignant shadow with seductive promises of power.”
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