Perfect Nightmare: A Novel

John Saul

Ballantine Books, 2005 - Fiction - 339 pages

"Someone is trolling this peaceful community - undetected and undeterred - harvesting victims for a purpose no sane mind can fathom. Someone Kara and Patrick, alone and desperate, are determined to unmask. Someone who is even now watching, plotting, keeping a demented diary of unspeakable deeds ... and waiting until the time is ripe for another fateful visit."--BOOK JACKET.

About the author

Saul has several major themes in his horror fiction; children as victims, and sometimes perpetrators, of evil; technology used for horrific ends; and occult occurrences (is it something external or internal that causes the horrible things to happen to his characters?). While Saul's earlier work has been noted for its extremely gruesome quality, in his later writing Saul is trying to restrain that aspect of his fiction. Often his plots revolve around hidden, secret evil that is discovered by an innocent person, who must then battle against seemingly impossible odds to defeat the demon.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Perfect Nightmare: A Novel
• Author: John Saul
• Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2005
• ISBN: 0345467310, 9780345467317
• Length: 339 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / City Life; Fiction / Family Life / General; Fiction / General; Fiction / Psychological; Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense