In Christopher Golden’s first horror novel in more than a decade - a work reminiscent of early Stephen King - Snowblind updates the ghost story for the modern age. The small New England town of Coventry had weathered 1,000 blizzards...but never one like this, where people wandered into the whiteout and vanished. Families were torn apart, and the town would never be the same.

Now, as a new storm approaches 12 years later, the folks of Coventry are haunted by the memories of that dreadful blizzard and those who were lost in the snow. Photographer Jake Schapiro mourns his little brother, Isaac, even as - tonight - another little boy is missing. Mechanic and part-time thief Doug Manning’s life has been forever scarred by the mysterious death of his wife, Cherie, and now he’s starting over with another woman and more ambitious crimes.

Police detective Joe Keenan has never been the same since that night, when he failed to save the life of a young boy...and the boy’s father vanished in the storm only feet away. And all the way on the other side of the country, Miri Ristani receives a phone call...from a man who died 12 years ago.

As old ghosts trickle back, this new storm will prove to be even more terrifying than the last.

Spellbinding in scope and rooted deeply in classic storytelling, Snowblind is a chilling masterpiece that is both Christopher Golden’s breakout book and a standout supernatural thriller.

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Listening Length	11 hours and 35 minutes
Author	Christopher Golden
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Audible.com Release Date	January 21, 2014
Publisher	Brilliance Audio
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Marc

Fantastic novel

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2017

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I absolutely loved this book. I wish I would have started reading novels by Golden sooner, but I'm so thankful that I made the decision to purchase Ararat. Loved loved loved that book, which led me to purchase additional Christopher Golden books.

Snowblind had a little of everything. From horror, suspense, love to fear and regret. I felt it all in this book. Character development was well established so that the reader truly felt an emotional connection with most characters.

I strongly urge you to give this author a shot. His writing style is first class and each book I've read thus far has been quite thought provoking.

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Bythegraceofmemphis44

Great Book....Until about 70%

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2014

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I saw the cover in a Barnes and Noble and saw the quote from Stephen King and knew I had to read it. I am a HUGE King fan and will read anything he recommends. Came home, bought it on my Kindle and started. LOVED it, couldn't put it down. I was so intrigued about what was causing the deaths and I loved the characters of Ella and TJ and Jake. And then I got to around 70% and the book drastically changed for me. I no longer wanted to keep reading it, it seemed to go on forever. The story line got too much for me to believe. When the ghost of Neiko appeared and everyone could see him, I was done. I would blame it on the writing and not making it believable to me because w/ King, I believe a car can kill you. I believe a clown can kill you. I believe in the Green Mile and the idea of burying your child and having it come back as a demon. It all made sense to me, Stephen King made me believe. Mr. Golden lost me at the most important part of his book and turned it into a non believable story that I had to force myself to finish. It clearly sets you up for a sequel which I will not be buying as the last 30% of this book was so disappointing. I felt almost like he was in a hurry to finish the book that he just rushed through it. How else do you explain 70% of a book being amazing and brilliant and then the last 30% being dull, not believable and hard to read. I feel let down as I wanted to love the entire book and I couldn't.

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Wayne C. Rogers

This is certainly one of the creepiest novels to read during the winter months!

Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2014

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Twelve years before, the small New England town of Conventry experienced a snow storm that left dozens of people dead. These individuals died, not because of the extreme weather conditions, but by what was inside the snow…creatures that flew in the wind and kamikazed unsuspecting individuals by grabbing them, lifting them high into the sky, and then dropping them to their deaths. Some of the people, however, disappeared into the snow, never to be seen again.

Then, twelve years later, another snow storm approaches the town. Those who lost a loved one before must now fight for their lives, because the creatures are back. But even more astounding, the people who disappeared into the snow over a decade before are now back, hoping to escape the things that are after them.

What Christopher Golden has done with the horror genre is to create a new, exciting, and utterly terrifying ice creature that comes during a heavy snow and kills those it can get its hands on. Suffice it to say, that the beginning of Snowblind is a frenzy of death as is the ending. I wish the novel had been longer with the last third running an extra fifty-to-sixty pages. Though the middle was good, it seemed to drag in parts, especially with regards to the robbery sequence. A longer ending would have balanced this out.

One thing that ranks Mr. Golden with the top writers of today is his sheer brilliance with the written word. His style of writing is simple; yet, poignant. It would appear to be easy to emulate, but is actually quite difficult and takes years to master. This is a gifted writer at work. He should already be on The New York Times Top 10 Bestseller List. He’s that good!

Great story development, fantastic characters, and bloody frightening creatures that are the stuff nightmares are born of. Get Snowblind and read it during the next blizzard if you can stand the branches knocking against your window at night. Who knows…maybe it’s not the branches at all.

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Great Book, especially this winter!

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2014

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Christopher Golden hasn't written a horror novel for quite awhile, but he certainly hasn't lost the knack for it. If you haven't read Snowbound yet, don't go into it expecting immediate action. This is the type of horror story that slowly and suspensefully builds to a crescendo. It starts with what happened during a monstrous blizzard twelve years ago which resulted in several mysterious deaths and disappearances. It leaves no doubt that something supernatural was at play here, but it doesn't go into a huge amount of detail. Instead it jumps to the present and what is going on with the survivors in Coventry MA as they anxiously await another monster blizzard which is forecasted. Golden goes into how their lives have changed since the first storm, usually not for the better. Actually the only reason why I'm not giving this 5 stars is because it doesn't make sense to me that after what happened only one survivor actually has the sense to leave town, although she does come back to try to save her friends when she finds out it's going to happen again. Instead, the rest of them stay, nervously awaiting every snowstorm. Aside from that though, I loved the development of the characters, and also the suspenseful build up to the climax. I would recommend this to fans of Stephen King. Especially ones who love his earlier works.

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MC Phillips

Great scary read, especially in winter...

Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2017

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This book was a surprise to me; I bought it on a whim and was, frankly, shocked at how quickly it sucked me in - I literally couldn't put it down. I don't want to give spoilers, but the story revolves around a town tragedy that happens as the book opens, and then starts happening again years later. The story line follows several people who were personally affected by the first tragedy who are also in danger when the same thing threatens to happen again. Doing this against the backdrop of blizzards was very clever, as you will have to read to understand. A great horror story without gore; the sense of suspense is terrific!!

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D. Gowrie

A Frosty Tale of Mischief and Mayhem

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2019

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Great writing and an original story. A slow ticker, but definitely a sequel on the way.

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sweety

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2018

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kathleen hill

Fairy Tale

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 19, 2014

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More like a fairy story than a Stephen King type horror story. Well written but the content left a lot to be desired.

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Joseph Basumatary

Good book...

Reviewed in India on August 30, 2019

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I bought the mass paperback version.. the book is a bit small.. i wish they had the paperback version... Nevertheless the book is excellent.. Received in excellent condition, great packaging and all..

Lots of potential, but ultimately disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2014

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Released earlier this month, Christopher Golden’s new Snowblind is my first ‘proper’ horror of the year, and my first for a long time. The horror starts early in this book, but quickly falls into mediocre about midway through. It’s not a bad book, really, just not a good one, either.

We begin in the small town of Coventry, somewhere in New England, where a snow storm is coming. We are introduced to quite a few characters in quick succession, all bolting down for the oncoming blizzard, as well as those alone, waiting for their loved ones to return home. Within fifty pages, we see some of these characters forced out into the storm, and taken by something out there.

First, the wife of Don Manning, a mechanic who, having just been fired from his job, doesn’t want to go home is looking for her dog. Then, TJ, a musician who decides to spend the night with the owner of the restaurant he plays at, Ella Santos, instead of going to home to his mother. His mother later receives a knock at the door, and vanishes. Rookie policeman Joe Kennan fails to save a boy in a sledging accident, and then watches the father of that boy disappear into the storm. Finally, the Schapiro family loses not just Isaac, Allie’s youngest son, to the storm, but also her new lover, Nico – a loss for his daughter, Miri.

As you can see, there are a lot of characters to keep track of here – at least seven of which are kept as point of view characters, and a few other characters get one or two POV parts. It’s a headache to even try to remember most of their names (and I had to check for quite a few, including Ellie, despite really enjoying her as a character). The voices are not quite distinct enough to be separated easily, especially since point of view changes frequently within chapters. The characters are, broadly, easy to sympathise with, and likeable, with the exception, perhaps, to be made for Doug, who can be frustrating at times.

The main story takes place 12 years after the above described storm, with a new storm coming, to which Coventry does not take kindly to, after memories of their last. Doug is taking the opportunity to rob houses, now that, without his wife Cherie, he has no moral compass (apparently), until his ex-girlfriend Angela (also the ex-wife of Nico and the mother of Miri – phew!) arrives on his doorstep, acting strangely. Allie is alone, and still mourning for her dead lover – though she could have sworn she saw his ghost outside her window…

Joe Kennan, now a detective, is investigating a young boy who is missing from a car accident in the local lake, and one of his constables, Torres is acting strangely. But that’s nothing, when when of the other policemen – oh, god, I absolutely can’t remember his name now – starts becoming suspicious of Jake Schapiro (the brother of the dead Isaac – are you guys still following me?!), the police photographer. And TJ and Ellie’s daughter has been acting very strangely later.

See what I mean? I like a bit of interconnectivity among characters, but this was a bit too much. I feel like I regret not taking notes on this damn thing, because there are more links I’m sure I’m missing.

Character confusion aside, the build up is great in this. Coventry is overcome with some ominous creature that we don’t really see in action until about half way through this book. It’s all very creepy, and kept me gripped – until we start seeing them properly. They are ice men. And that’s what the characters call them too – ice men. Seriously? With huge ice claws and terrible eyes etc. etc. The felt more suited to a fairy tale that an adult horror book. Ice monsters just felt silly.

There were no psychological elements either. The characters were scared, and anxious about them getting in…and that was it. As soon as the main plot started kicking in, I stopped caring because none of the character’s believably reacted to these horrors. There were no clever twists, either, nothing that had me excited. It was just a straight “race against time” story most of the time. Meh pretty much sums it up – one big, sputtering sparkler of a book, instead of a firework.

However, the book did have potential, and I did care enough about the characters to carry on reading. But mostly because I wanted to see how Ellie and TJ ended up, and if Joe’s wife would ever actual turn up (she was like Columbo’s wife – spoken about, but always mysteriously off-screen). I also slogged on to see if it would be saved before the end. (Hint: it wasn’t.)

I may read more by this author, if he comes out with anything new, because the writing was solid, but this was not in any way an impressive piece of work. It doesn’t do anything for the horror genre, and was generally just not very good.

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