Paul Tremblay is the multiple award-winning, critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of eight previous novels (Horror Movie, The Pallbearers Club, Survivor Song, The Cabin at the End of the World, Disappearance at Devil's Rock, A Head Full of Ghosts, No Sleep Till Wonderland, and The Little Sleep) and two short fiction collections (The Beast You Are and Growing Things). He lives outside of Boston with his family.
"Why does Survivor Song work so hard to keep the reader firmly in
the existential terror of the here and now? Is it to scare the shit
out of us? It does that, sure. But, no, it's not horror for
horror's sake, torture porn, an apocalypse narrative. Survivor Song
actually gives us a solution, and a wonderfully simple one:
refusing the lies we tell ourselves because we think they're
helping us survive, when they're only isolating us from the gifts
of others." - Tor.com
"Perhaps this novel is not meant to frighten us or to give us
nightmares. Perhaps it is meant to give us hope--hope that one day
we may all bravely unite together and fight against a common enemy.
Perhaps, one day, we will all be able to stand together and sing
that survivor song. Regardless of its intent, horror fans are going
to be talking about Survivor Song for months after its
publication." - SFRevu
"A terrifyingly realistic take on the zombie trope. . .A
fast-paced, gritty, emotionally wrenching thriller." - Book and
Film Globe
"Survivor Song is a horror novel with a lot of heart; an engaging,
immersive, touching, fast read that's incredibly timely and packed
with sharp observations. I would say it's one of Tremblay's best,
but that is something most reviews say, so instead I'll say this:
Maine has its horror guy, and now Massachusetts has its guy." - Vol
1Brooklyn
"Tremblay is an undeniably skillful writer. The sentences are lean
where they need to be, decorative where they need to be. . . . He
knows how to drive the story forward, while affording it a layer of
linguistic color." - New York Times
"Survivor Song is a small horror story. A personal one. A fast and
terrible one that is committed beautifully to the page. . . . It
exists in a pandemic world where all choices are bad ones. Where
things unravel faster than you can possibly believe. Where happy
endings are transactional: they come with a cost. Because Survivor
Song isn't a fairy tale. It's a horror story." - NPR
"Survivor Song will leave emotional trenches in your heart long
after you've finished trying to ugly-cry and read at the same time.
. . . A gift to readers right here, right now. - Cemetery Dance
"Inventive... an emotional punch... There is plenty here
traditional zombie fans will recognize and enjoy." - Boston
Globe
"Tremblay has earned worldwide acclaim because he is able to
seamlessly combine reality with speculative elements, and his
newest may be his most prescient yet. . . . Gorgeously written
about terrible things, the relatively short Survivor Song is a good
choice for fans of pandemic epics . . . and novels that probe
themes of friendship, family, and social commentary amidst
chillingly realistic horror." - Booklist (starred review)
"The vividly drawn characters of Ramola and Natalie give the story
an uncommon emotional intensity. This is genuinely hard to put
down." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"[Tremblay's] warmest and most humane book to date. Eruptions of
violence are answered by moments of poignancy." - The Guardian
"Gripping . . . a thinking person's thriller, interspersed with
moments of hilarity . . . a buzz-saw of a novel." - Los Angeles
Times
"Prescient." - Chicago Tribune
"Absolutely riveting. I haven't been able to put it down." -
Stephen King
"Packed full of emotion and suspense, Survivor Song is so gripping
it may as well have been glued to my hands. Paul Tremblay is a
master of modern horror." - Alison Littlewood, author of The Crow
Garden
"For the past few years, Paul Tremblay has been setting the
standard for modern horror. His genius is that he never forgets the
core of a great horror novel resides first in its characters. In
Survivor Song, he revitalizes the zombie novel by keeping the focus
narrow and intimate: two women, in the space of a few hours, just
trying to get across town. The result is heartfelt and terrifying,
in a narrative that moves like a bullet train." - Nathan
Ballingrud, author of North American Lake Monsters and Wounds
"Brutality spreads in this novel as swiftly as the wild epidemic
Tremblay has invented. A daring, terrifying work packed with
horror, but also with larger questions about what meaningful
survival might be." - Idra Novey, author of Those Who Knew
"A cinematic scope, scenarios grounded in the real world, and a
breathless pace make this thriller one of the must-read titles of
the summer. A prescient, insidious horror novel that takes sheer
terror to a whole new level." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"[F]resh and surprising. Survivor Song may be one of Tremblay's
best - beautifully detailed, viscerally frightening, and deep with
emotional resonance." - Dan Chaon, New York Times bestselling
author of Ill Will
"Survivor Song is a breathlessly compelling read, powerfully
frightening and very moving - a nightmare that rings all too
terribly true." - Ramsey Campbell, author of The Wise Friend
"Intensely gripping, shocking, and raw, Survivor Song is a visceral
ride through a couple of hours of a deadly disease outbreak.
Tremblay pulls no punches, but you wouldn't want him to--his
characters are real people, and it's the brutal honesty that helps
this terrifying song soar." - Tim Lebbon, author of Eden
"In Survivor Song, Paul Tremblay offers an unsettling journey
across New England as two women, one a doctor, the other her
pregnant best friend, try to outrun a rabies-like virus. It's both
an achingly lovely exploration of female friendship and a
terrifying race against time. I was fighting tears and gasping out
loud and couldn't put it down." - Damien Angelica Walters, author
of The Dead Girls Club
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