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    The Splendor of Fear
    The Splendor of Fear
    The Splendor of Fear
    Audiobook5 hours

    The Splendor of Fear

    Written by Ambrose Ibsen

    Narrated by Melissa Moran

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    About this audiobook

    Something stirs in the town of Newsom's Landing . . .

    Penny hates the outdoors, but when her boyfriend, Jared, plans a romantic weekend getaway in the woods, she decides to tag along.

    The pair drive to a remote Kentucky campground with a strange and sordid history. Within the confines of the Swan Creek State Park are the ruins of a town abandoned under terrifying circumstances in the 19th century. The town of Newsom's Landing had been the site of the last-known witch trial in U.S. history, and the ghost of its defendant, the infamous Ellie Pomeroy, is said to still linger.

    Arriving on the anniversary of Pomeory's murder, the pair find they have the entire park to themselves.

    Or, nearly.

    Something else is stalking the woods-watching in the night, wandering through the ruins. It brings a plague of hallucinatory terror wherever it goes, and before long, Penny and Jared can't parse reality from nightmare.

    Lost in the woods, the pair are faced with a choice: Find a way to end the century-long curse, or be consumed by it-body and soul.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateMar 12, 2019
    ISBN9781977343321
    The Splendor of Fear

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    • 5/5
      Good. Very creepy and scary. I wasn’t that fond of the main characters but aside from that I enjoyed the book. Good ending. Narrator was good. I like Ibsens books because as dark hopeless and scary as they are they usually have a ray of light to them. That’s rare in horror and ghost stories .
    • 4/5
      I was skeptical in the beginning but once it opened up, it started to get good. Very nice visuals... I think too clean an ending but overall a good short audiobook. Narrator did a good job keeping the expectations up, creating elevation and drama. Not all standard fair...different with some good horror shots. Glad I stuck with it.
    • 1/5
      Scooby Do level writing. Valley girl narrator. Maybe for teenagers?
    • 5/5
      Nicely Done! Twists and Turns and confusion. Not what you expect. But a fun time.
    • 5/5
      Great story line, kept you wanting to listen. No t to long either and the story wraps up perfectly.