Summer of Night
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| Summer of Night | |
| Author | Dan Simmons |
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| Cover artist | Tom Hallman |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Horror novel |
| Publisher | Putnam Pub Group |
| Publication date | January 1991 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 600 (paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-399-13573-1 (hardback edition) |
| Preceded by | None |
| Followed by | A Winter's Haunting |
Summer of Night is a horror novel by American writer Dan Simmons, published in 1991 by Warner Aspect.
[edit] Plot summary
Set in Elm Haven, Illinois, in 1960, Summer of Night recounts its five pre-teen protagonists’ discovery that eerie, terrifying events are unfolding in the Old Central School. Operatives, including a dead soldier; giant worms with rows of sharp, serrated teeth; the animated corpse of a deceased teacher; schoolyard bullies; the driver of a rendering truck; their school teacher, and principal of the school, serve a centuries-old evil that seeks to be reborn in their time--and in their town. It is only by banding together that the pre-teens can hope to defeat the monstrosity before it destroys them, their friends, their families--and, possibly, the world.
The sequel to Summer of Night is called A Winter Haunting, in which Dale Stewart, now grown, returns to Elm Haven. Another pseudo-sequel is Children of the Night which features a much older Mike O'Rourke, now a Roman Catholic priest, who is sent on a mission to investigate bizarre events in a European city. Another Summer of Night character, Dale's younger brother, Lawrence Stewart, appears as a minor character in Simmons' thriller Darwin's Blade while the adult Cordie Cooke appears in Fires of Eden.
[edit] External links
- Summer of Night publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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