by Peter Straub · Geoghegan · tapa dura · ISBN 9780002223430
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«Shadow Land» is Peter Straub's supernatural horror novel, published by Geoghegan in hardback (417 pages, in English).
Two friends spend a summer in the woods of northern Vermont, by a lake, learning the nine levels of magic from a master magician. One of them discovers a dark power within himself and, as his talent grows, he must choose between friendship and facing the master in a magical duel.
The novel was originally published under the title «Shadowland» and in 1981 was nominated for the Locus, World Fantasy and Balrog awards.
For readers of horror and fantasy who enjoy stories of magic and mysterious, dark atmospheres.
Peter Francis Straub was an American novelist and poet. He had success with several horror and supernatural fiction novels, among them Julia (1975), Ghost Story (1979) and The Talisman (1984), the latter co-written with Stephen King. He explored the mystery genre with the Blue Rose trilogy, consisting of Koko (1988), Mystery (1990) and The Throat (1993). He fused the supernatural with crime fiction in Lost Boy, Lost Girl (2003) and the related In the Night Room (2004). For the Library of America, he edited the volume H. P. Lovecraft: Tales and the anthology American Fantastic Tales. Straub received such literary honors as the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award.
