BILLY

"A heart-slamming story of abduction. . .one of the most gripping thrillers of the year. . .A gruesome but enthralling nightmare about the powers of evil and innocence. . . Strieber's strongest novel." -Kirkus Reviews

Imagine a horrifying glimpse into the dark soul of a psychopath. Imagine the distress of a mother and father who in all likelihood will never see their son again. Imagine a young boy's terror after being suddenly snatched from the warm safety of his home in the middle of the night.

Billy Neary is a healthy, well-adjusted twelve-year-old living with his family in a small mid-American town. Typical of kids his age, he particularly likes going to the local shopping mall to hang about with his friends in the video arcade. Barton Royal is an unhealthy maladjusted 44-year-old, fat and sweaty and unpredictable, searching the world for his own lost boyhood. When he sees Billy there, he knows that he has found the extraordinary creature he has been looking for - the perfect child that he never was. And he knows that in a matter of a few short hours he will have Billy all to himself, to love, to cherish...But Barton Royal is a large and very angry man. And Billy is very small. 

Though Mary and Mark Neary at first can hardly believe that their son is gone, they suspect with each passing minute that he is in ever deepening danger. But even their worst fears cannot comprehend the gruesome and chilling reality of Barton's hideous world - and the secret room beneath his house where Billy is held prisoner.

Witnessed through the eyes of both the boy and his kidnapper, BILLY is a story so ultimately terrifying that it will leave you gasping for breath. Long hailed as a true master of suspense, Whitley Strieber delivers a psychological chiller that will establish him further as a writer of awesome versatility and power.

Genres: Horror - Thriller - Suspense - Crime - Mystery - Mystery Thriller - Mental Illness 
Condition: Very good
Published: 1990 by Guild Publishing
Pages: 317
CN: 4807 
Weight: 600g