The Manitou

Graham Masterton

May 2014 · Open Road Media

About this ebook

An ancient vengeful spirit attempts to return through the body of a terrified young woman in this horror classic by an award-winning “master of the genre” (Rocky Mountain News).

Phony psychic and conman Harry Erskine never really believed in the occult until Karen Tandy approached him with a rapidly growing tumor on her neck, complaining of dark and disturbing dreams. When the mass is revealed by doctors to contain something living, the stakes skyrocket—not only for Karen and Harry but for all humanity.
 
Something terrible is returning from the shadows to which it has been confined for centuries—a Native American monstrosity determined to destroy every vestige of the white race that oppressed and preyed upon America’s Indians. And unless a motley group of ill-prepared defenders can harness an ancient native magic, there will be no stopping the malevolent shaman’s terrible rebirth—and no escaping the wholesale carnage it will engender.
 
The Manitou introduced the great Graham Masterton to the canon of horror, instantly placing him among the genre’s elite. A longtime favorite for its bold originality, unrelenting creepiness, supernatural shocks, and otherworldly surprises that would have made H. P. Lovecraft proud, Masterton’s classic continues to stand tall alongside Stephen King’s Carrie, Peter Straub’s Ghost Story, and other unforgettable literary horror debuts.

Ratings and reviews

dont buy this there's many pages with one letter on them. some pages they don't have the last line easy to ride. it's a RIP off I'm going to switch to Amazon for my books. very very disappointed. want my money back

I quit smoking over a year and a half ago and felt I started back up and needed Chantix. Hell, I got lung cancer after reading this book. Cigarettes and booze...even the doctor passed it out and imbibed. Then there's that Playing in the Dark(T. Morrison). Redskins, savages, send the thing out of Karen into a Negro, older than a coon's age, racist bullshit. I realize it was the 70's when it was written and things have ('nt) changed. LOL It was entertaining; a trip however.

Yes, you could call the events a plot twist. Or just bizarre. I loved the imagery, the detail and the gore. The way the story wrapped up was...odd. About three chapters in you relaize it isn't your typical story. I like that.

About the author

Graham Masterton was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1946. He worked as a newspaper reporter before taking over joint editorship of the British editions of Penthouse and Penthouse Forum magazines. His debut novel, The Manitou, was published in 1976 and sold over one million copies in its first six months. It was adapted into the 1978 film starring Tony Curtis, Susan Strasberg, Stella Stevens, Michael Ansara, and Burgess Meredith. Since then, Masterton has written over seventy-five horror novels, thrillers, and historical sagas, as well as published four collections of short stories and edited Scare Care, an anthology of horror stories for the benefit of abused children. He and his wife, Wiescka, have three sons. They live in Cork, Ireland, where Masterton continues to write.