Darren Harris-Fain and a reproduction of the scarce original jacket art by Peter Curl. a recurring character in Blackburn's books since A Scent Of New-Mown Hay. John Blackburn was a prolific writer, concentrating mainly on the fringes of the horror. This edition, the first in more than thirty years, includes a new introduction by Prof. The other major flaw in Brian Hayles's screenplay is that it keeps Anna Harb. In this, his first and still best-known novel, the prolific John Blackburn (1923-1993) introduced the formula he was to employ so successfully in his career, seamlessly blending mystery, horror, and science fiction to create a thrilling bestseller that readers found impossible to put down. But who is responsible? Is it a Soviet experiment gone horribly wrong, the work of a depraved madman, or something else entirely? And can it be stopped? As the plague spreads to England, Kirk's frantic search leads him from the desolate tundra of Russia to the ruins of a Nazi camp, the site of unthinkable wartime atrocities. Easter along with his sidekick and sometime lover Peggy Tey find themselves in Scotland and knee deep in a macabre adventure that involves Russian spies, a mutating fungus, a mad scientist, the legend of a South American conquistador, and werewolf mythology that all adds up to A Beastly Business (1982). After a British ship's crew and a remote Russian village are wiped out in mysterious and horrible fashion, General Charles Kirk of British Foreign Intelligence sets out to investigate.

With a plot featuring Cold War intrigue, Nazi mad scientists, and a pandemic that threatens to destroy humanity by mutating people into fungoid monsters, it is not hard to see why A Scent of New-Mown Hay (1958) became a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic and an instant science-fiction classic. 'Good, insomniac science-fiction.' - Listener 'I began to read: and then read and read and read.' - John Creasey, Books of the Month T]his is 'must' reading for horror fans.' - Calgary Herald a far-reaching plot linking the horror camps of the Nazis, the frozen wastes of Russia and the work of British Secret Intelligence. the best of its kind this season.' - Detroit News 'The story has a nightmarish excitement and maintains a brilliant pace.

Scent Of New Mown Hay by John Blackburn