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Learn moreA horrifying masterpiece of science fiction
The Sound of His Horn is a classic novel of the uncanny. Alan Querdilion becomes a prisoner of war during World War II and then awakes, only to find himself in an alternative future in which the Nazis have won the war. Against a sylvan backdrop, the legend of the wild huntsman is revived and genetic experiments have created strange hybrids. Humans are hunted for game, haunted by the sound of the huntsmanโs horn.
Sarbanย (1910โ1989) was a pseudonym for John William Wall, a British writer and diplomat. He wrote several works of speculative fiction, including The Sound of His Hornย and The Doll Maker.
Stefan Rudnicki is an award winning audiobook narrator, director and producer. He was born in Poland and now resides in Studio City, California. He has narrated more than three hundred audiobooks and has participated in over a thousand as a writer, producer, or director. He is a recipient of multiple Audie Awards and AudioFile Earphones Awards as well as a Grammy Award, a Bram Stoker Award, and a Ray Bradbury Award. He received AudioFileโs award for 2008 Best Voice in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Along with a cast of other narrators, Rudnicki has read a number of Orson Scott Card's best-selling science fiction novels. He worked extensively with many other science fiction authors, including David Weber and Ben Bova. In reviewing the twentieth anniversary edition audiobook of Cardโs Ender's Game, Publishers Weekly stated, "Rudnicki, with his lulling, sonorous voice, does a fine job articulating Ender's inner struggle between the kind, peaceful boy he wants to be and the savage, violent actions he is frequently forced to take." Rudnicki is also a stage actor and director.
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โ[For] devotees of Poe and Tennessee WilliamsโฆHis book is a stunning tour de force, a horror-thriller with depth.โ
โNo outline of mine can possibly convey the skill with which old man Sarban maintains suspense and builds up imagined fears upon unimagined horrors.โ
โI frankly confess myself scared. Who โSarbanโ is I do not know, but I should not wish to take his imagination to bed with me. [It] would be indescribable, if only the author did not describe it with such conviction.โ
โDonโt miss The Sound of His HornโฆAn imagination like that of Edgar Allan Poe and Bram StokerโฆThe quality of the writing is magnificent.โ
โHere is no straightforward piece of make-believe. It is terrifying, horrible, something that runs athwart the processes of human nature and fills the reader with a dreadful wonder.โ
โThe forests are alive with terror, and the story never loses its grip, despite its fantastic material.โ
โI have never read anything more completely terrifyingโฆA fine piece of imaginative writing.โ
โExtravagantly imaginative mystery and terror. Genuine Cold shivers. The book has a queer power to horrify in an inexplicable way.โ
โWritten with skill and energy.โ
โPersuasive.โ
โA horrifying masterpiece of science fictionโฆa classic novel of the uncanny.โ
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