All the Fiends of Hell

By: Adam Nevill

Narrated by: 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

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.

The horrors of Adam Nevill

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

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.

Hold on, when you feel like letting go

Carl can be hard to tolerate early on, while always sympathetic sometimes he's mostly just pathetic. But in the end it's a solid and satisfying story.

unique story.

I enjoyed the book but some parts felt repetitive and I would have liked more of a back story into what was going on in the world.

Did I mention all the doors are open?

Extremely interesting setting with vivid descriptions but wasted on mentioning that all the doors are left open wherever our protagonist goes. I’m also glad Kyle grew a pair by the end of the novel.

Great apocalypse story

I enjoyed the character development most. An average person who has all the baggage of the life before the event trying to cope with the unnatural situation. We'll told and interesting. I actually read it and then listened to it after.

New Take on Epic Apocalyptic Horror

This is NOT your typical alien invasion. The monsters in this story are genuinely terrifying; each one a fresh hell that can turn the stomach of even the most seasoned horror fan. And what these monsters do to their victims….Jesus Wept! There’s also a good dose of existential angst thrown into this survivalist tale. As the protagonist struggles to come up with a good reason to keep trying to live in the face of inevitable death, he comes across some unexpected answers. This book isn’t about how the good guys defeat the bad guys…. It’s pretty obvious from the beginning that we aren’t dealing with your everyday aliens with bad intentions. This is some next level evil Stygian god from hell kind of stuff. Also-Bonus points for this author coming up with a seemingly endless list of disturbing ways to describe the color red in the sky at sunset

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.