{"title":"Darren Dash","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"an-other-place-paperback","title":"An Other Place - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eGet ready to journey to An Other Place... where time and space are fluid... where the moon changes colour and savage beasts run wild... where teeth are used as currency and love-making is a perilous proposition... where cannibalism occasionally comes into fashion and the dead are swiftly forgotten... where strange sandmen offer sanctuary in times of danger and a mysterious Alchemist rules over all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When Newman Riplan's flight into the unknown turns into a nightmarish slide between worlds, he must explore an unnamed city where unpredictable terrors are the norm. By the end of his first day adrift, his life has spun completely out of his control, but the most mind-twisting and soul-crushing revelations are only beginning. As he desperately searches for meaning and a way out, he starts to realise that perhaps only madness can provide him with the answers, while surrender might offer him his only true hope of escape... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDark, dystopian sci-fi is on offer in this widely-praised, mind-bending trip of a novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEDITORIAL REVIEWS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"This is, by far, the best book of 2016, possibly the best book of this decade... the bastard love child of Kafka and Rod Serling, throwing in a dash of Ray Bradbury for good measure. 5\/5 -- brilliant. Just brilliant.\" \u003cstrong\u003eKelly Smith Reviews.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An Other Place sees an imaginative writer at the top of his craft. It brings to mind The Twilight Zone, yet even Rod Serling himself would have struggled to come up with an alternate world so completely off-the-wall and yet oddly meaningful as Dash has here. 9\/10 stars.\" \u003cstrong\u003eStarburst.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Darren Dash has opened a new artery of terror... unlike any book I have ever read... hints of The Twilight Zone, Pines, and Station Eleven.\" \u003cstrong\u003eThe Literary Connoisseur.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Its luckless hero moves from ghastly scenarios to even ghastlier scenarios with such horrid reliability that his story reads like extreme black comedy. 4\/5 stars.\" \u003cstrong\u003eSFX\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, and Brett Easton Ellis may have written some weird stuff, but An Other Place tops all of it, both in terms of re-readability and overall scope.\" \u003cstrong\u003eDread Central. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dash's surreal tale has its share of unsettling moments. There's also an abundance of intriguing peculiarities. An often baffling tale, but its protagonist's wry commentary is undeniably entertaining.\" \u003cstrong\u003eKirkus -- a Recommended Read.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"This book really did blow my mind... each page turn was both chilling and thrilling in equal measure... the conclusion left me with goosebumps. 5\/5!\" \u003cstrong\u003eRachel Hobbs, author.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An Other Place is a deliciously quirky novel that is surreal and powerful in equal measure. This is by far Dash's best work to date. It is challenging and absurd, artistically brave and politically conscious, but this abstract painting of a novel is one thing above all else... completely original.\" \u003cstrong\u003eBooks, Films \u0026amp; Random Lunacy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This story had me hooked from the get go... an ending that sent my mind into a spin. 5 stars.\" \u003cstrong\u003eReviews And Randomness.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"This book is utterly unique... I was amazed at how well Dash could create this baffling world from scratch and draw me into it so completely. 5 stars.\" \u003cstrong\u003eA Place In Which Jessie Writes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If Jonathan Swift wrote horror, he might have written An Other Place. 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The beast could manoeuvre in total darkness but preferred nights like this, when it could see the blood dripping from its fingers, the terror in the eyes of its victims, its guts shifting sinuously as it ripped with its fangs and swallowed.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot for the faint of heart or weak of stomach, \u003ci\u003eSunburn\u003c\/i\u003e will introduce you to a monster like none you've seen before in the horror genre. The question is -- will you survive the encounter or will your torn flesh and splintered bones be added to the scattered remains in the creature's rat-ridden underground lair?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEDITORIAL REVIEWS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The story flows like a dream, and the characters are diverse, divisive and distinct. 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To call this a must-read is an understatement!\" \u003cstrong\u003eKelly Smith Reviews.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A well-written and disturbing piece of fiction that explores relationships and delves into the deepest corners of the human mind. The plot reads like an international horror movie, enticing the reader with a series of detailed and comedic chapters before exploding into a vision of blood-chilling gore.\" \u003cstrong\u003eBooks, Films \u0026amp; Random Lunacy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This demonic masterpiece does not fail to disappoint even the biggest of horror fans.\" \u003cstrong\u003eCrossing Pixies.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A violent culmination of love, friendships, hilarity, thrill, horror and sex... Isn't that what we all want from a good book?! \u003ci\u003eSunburn\u003c\/i\u003e literally had me completely HOOKED. A brilliant and thrilling read.\" \u003cstrong\u003eChase That Horizon.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The elements of classic horror are very much present here. \u003ci\u003eSunburn\u003c\/i\u003e held me firmly in the moment, demanding my full attention right to the very last page.\" \u003cstrong\u003eThoughts Of An Overactive Imagination.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Darren Dash builds up the suspense with skillful pacing and a healthy dose of literary restraint, wisely refraining from indulging in the most horrific and grotesque elements of the plot until the reader has become invested in the characters. The result is a horror novel that is suspenseful, fun to read, and at times, very gruesome indeed. 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