All the Fiends of Hell

De: Adam Nevill

Narrado por: Kris Dyer

The red night of bells heralds global catastrophe. Annihilation on a biblical scale. Seeing the morning is no blessing. The handful of scattered survivors are confronted by blood-red skies and an infestation of predatory horrors that never originated on earth. An occupying force intent on erasing the remnants of animal life from the planet. Across the deserted landscapes of England, bereft of infrastructure and society, the overlooked can either hide or try to outrun the infernal hunting terrors. Until a rumour emerges claiming that the sea may offer an escape.

Ordinary, unexceptional, directionless Karl, is one of the few who made it through the first night. In the company of two orphans, he flees south. But only into horrifying revelations and greater peril, where a transformed world and expanding race of ravening creatures await. Driven to the end of the country and himself, he must overcome alien and human malevolence and act in ways that were unthinkable mere days before.

All The Fiends of Hell is a novel of alien horror from the four times winner of the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel.

©2024 Adam Nevill (P)2024 Adam Nevill

Excellent supernatural post-apocalypse

This is astonishingly good, probably Nevill’s best yet. It genuinely scared me several times, and as someone who’s nearly 60 and been reading horror since my early teens, I seldom get that real feeling of deep fear these days. It also made me cry several times, as Nevill captures the accumulated weight of regret, exhaustion, self-condemnation, and other bad emotions his protagonist feels. I love it when a story makes me feel like the author is saying, “I’m very sorry to have to deal you this part, but here’s what happened next….”

I can scarcely recommend this too highly to other horror readers.

A bloody sky

Thos was a nice book to listen 2. I have no complaints about it and rather enjoyed it as it remided me of an older book I read and i found it entertaining. I honestly wouldn't mind another one set in the same universe as it that might shed further light on the Horrors organs and motivation. If you liked this you may also like Garth Nix's Book Shades Children.

Fun. Eerie.

A strong addition to the Neville resume and a creepy, fun tale that wafts a bit Lovecraftian smoke into this tale of survivor horror.

Disappointing Entry

I was really disappointed, as I’m a big fan of Nevill’s The Reddening and The Ritual. The book at hands is essentially a kidnapping story dressed up as an alien invasion version of The Last Man on Earth / I Am Legend. Unfortunately, by trying to be two things, the book succeeds at being neither. Even without the identity crisis, it wouldn’t have succeeded due to a writing style that can only be called an avalanche of exposition that does nothing in service of the plot such that it is. I’m hoping for better next time.

1 of the most suspenseful horror stories I've read

I'm an avid reader of Stephen King, and for me this novel ranks alongside his very best. Before this novel, I can't remember having to put down a book for a night because of the anxiety it was causing. The protagonists are complicated, flawed, and realistic, the story is beyond suspenseful, the prose vivid, and the "fiends of hell" are unique in the literal sense of the word (i.e., one of a kind). Sidenote: As an American it was delightfully British. Often I'll read a physical copy of the book as I'm listening, but with this one I didn't want to end so I was rereading what I already listened to. Definitely will read something else by Nevill soon.

The creature design was fantastic!

it didn't seem to hit any of the highs of his other stories, but enjoyable!!

The horrors of Adam Nevill

A wild ride bathed in red terror. Gripping narrative of survival in a destroyed modern England.

Day of the Triffids re-imaging

If you realize this is a re-imaging of the classic Day of the Triffids, and you liked that book (which I do), then you are sure to like this book. Like DOTT, the story is more about the main character and how people act after a big event that changes the world, rather than the actual monsters themselves. In the DOTT, the framework monsters were plant spores from outer space that grew to become the Triffids. In this one it is the mysterious RED moon and the things that come out in the RED. In the DOTT, the main character tension was how to treat the blind people in the world post EVENT. I thought the author did a good job of re-imaging this tension thru a different avenue... but a very straight forward apples to apples change.

If are looking for an expanded THE MIST by SK book, this is not it. There isn't a ton of horror and ripping and blood, etc... though I'd definitely be on board for that book as well. In fact, I was kinda hoping this would be that book and I nearly returned it 2 hours in but then it clicked that this was really the re-imaging of DOTT, and then I got the book and really enjoyed it.

Last note - This author has great story frame ideas but I sometimes struggle with his writing style. He likes to sit in a scene and describe a lot of the details that many other authors might gloss over to keep the pacing of the story. It takes some getting used to and every time I read one of his books, I really struggle, especially at the beginning. If you are looking for a fast paced story, this is probably not the author for you.

terrible narration

The narrator is really bad. He uses a cadence similar to a news anchor where he raises his inflection on the last word of every second or third sentence. Once you notice it, it becomes impossible not to hear.

Not bad, not great; not among my favourites.

I like the premise of the story but really, overall feels like many other british horror books and movies: very good premises and a rather not so good execution.

Its not terrible by any means as long as you like the genre but it did not impress me.
"Lots of wasted potential" is the thing that comes to mind often about this one.

The narration is correct, easy to listen and follow, no complaints there.