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MIRACLES AREN’T ALWAYS DIVINE
A deaf-mute girl recovers her hearing and sight upon seeing a vision of a woman in white – a vision who proclaims herself the Immaculate Conception. The girl’s village is shocked as she starts performing miracles and the site of the visitation becomes a shrine.
But as pilgrims flock to the village, a local priest begins to have doubts. Are the miracles acts of God or the work of something wicked? And when he dies in suspicious circumstances it seems the source of the miracles is far from holy.
Who will stop the ancient force from using the girl as an instrument of its despicable evil?
‘His best yet . . . the build-up to the horrifying climax is subtle and sophisticated’ Daily Express
‘A one-off, a true horror original’ Peter James
About the author
James Herbert was not just Britain’s number one bestselling writer of chiller fiction, a position he held ever since publication of his first novel, but was also one of our greatest popular novelists. Widely imitated and hugely influential, his twenty-three novels have sold more than fifty-four million copies worldwide, and have been translated into over thirty languages, including Russian and Chinese. In 2010, he was made the Grand Master of Horror by the World Horror Convention and was also awarded an OBE by the Queen for services to literature. His final novel was Ash. James Herbert died in March 2013.
Summary
MIRACLES AREN’T ALWAYS DIVINE
In James Herbert's Shrine, a deaf-mute girl recovers her hearing and sight upon seeing a vision of a woman in white. A vision who proclaims herself the Immaculate Conception. Her village is shocked as she starts performing miracles and the site of the visitation becomes a shrine.
But as pilgrims flock to the village, a local priest begins to have doubts. Are the miracles acts of God or the work of something wicked? And when he dies in suspicious circumstances it seems the source of the miracles is far from holy.
Who will stop the ancient force from using the girl as an instrument of its despicable evil?
Foreword
In James Herbert's terrifying novel Shrine, innocence and evil have become one . . .
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Thrills and chills galore from the bestseller Herbert . . . his best yet . . . the build-up to the horrifying climax is subtle and sophisticated
