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Erebus
Wakely was just a small farming community but something was terribly wrong there. Something wrong with the livestock, with the people. Something unspeakable. Perpetuated by the mysterious Venderburg Chemicals Group who sought to protect its interests and secrets no matter what the cost to the people of Wakely or, indeed, to the rest of mankind. And who would have thought that red meat could be so deadly?...
309 pages, Paperback
First published May 17, 1984
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About the author
Shaun Hutson
115 books536 followersBritish horror novelist, including horror and urban thriller novels.
His novella Slugs was made into a movie, although Hutson didn't like the movie. He also appeared in two horror movies himself.
Hutson is a Liverpool F.C. fan.
His novella Slugs was made into a movie, although Hutson didn't like the movie. He also appeared in two horror movies himself.
Hutson is a Liverpool F.C. fan.
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April 13, 2018
This book scared me when I was young. A zombie outbreak on a farm. Dodgy animal feed. Mad cow disease. It is all there. I enjoyed this book.🐯👍
June 6, 2022
Fun stuff from Hutson here, although not a very sophisticated plot and it (as usual) has the lead characters making dubious decisions right and left. Erebus is set in a small, insular town outside of London populated primarily by farmers. Our main leads are Tyler, a local farmer who just returned back home after college and a career in the Agricultural Ministry when his father died, leaving him the farm, and Jo, a reporter from NYC who was forced to flee the Mob and is basically hiding in the British countryside, working at a local rag.
A new chemical company located just outside of town has been supplying the local farmers with a new feed stock for their animals and oh my, does it make them grow fast. Unfortunately, it also gives them a taste for blood as well as passing on these features to those who consume their tainted flesh. So, quite quickly, most of the townies are turned into vampire/zombies and Tyler and Jo are forced to fight for their lives. Can they stop the evil chemical corporation and its plans? Can they manage to get the secret out? You will have to read this trashy pulp novel to find out.
Like I said, fun stuff from Hutson, but at times it almost read as a satire of the horror genre. I lost count of all the timeless cliches evoked-- you know, the car just doesn't start just when you need it, the flashlight burns out just when you need it the most, etc. Campy just does not do this justice. Still, it did evoke the 'mad cow' scare years before it actually happened in the UK and elsewhere, so I guess there is a bit of a portent of a tainted future. 3 pulpy stars!!
A new chemical company located just outside of town has been supplying the local farmers with a new feed stock for their animals and oh my, does it make them grow fast. Unfortunately, it also gives them a taste for blood as well as passing on these features to those who consume their tainted flesh. So, quite quickly, most of the townies are turned into vampire/zombies and Tyler and Jo are forced to fight for their lives. Can they stop the evil chemical corporation and its plans? Can they manage to get the secret out? You will have to read this trashy pulp novel to find out.
Like I said, fun stuff from Hutson, but at times it almost read as a satire of the horror genre. I lost count of all the timeless cliches evoked-- you know, the car just doesn't start just when you need it, the flashlight burns out just when you need it the most, etc. Campy just does not do this justice. Still, it did evoke the 'mad cow' scare years before it actually happened in the UK and elsewhere, so I guess there is a bit of a portent of a tainted future. 3 pulpy stars!!
May 13, 2015
I notice a few readers find this author a bit hit and miss which is a shame because this guy tells a great story. Yes it may not be as in depth as other books are but so what. You get a quick, balls to the wall book, this guy is not afraid to spill the gore and violence! Like I said in a status update, it's like reading your own horror movie. NOTE - there are scenes of gore and violence involving animals and even a baby so if easily offended don't read.
September 27, 2010
A good, not great little horror novel. This was my first experience with Shaun Hutson, and I must say, I like his style. He writes in a very simple style and focuses mainly on action and gore. This is strictly pulp horror, with no literary aspirations. On that level, it was good. He doesn't have the insane plotting or deeply disturbing aspects that a Richard Laymon has. He doesn't have the crazy inventiveness of an Edward Lee, but still, he writes fun, easy to read gory horror. This book would make a cool film in the right hands. That's basically what reading this novel was like. It was just like watching a Grade B 1980s horror film. And that's a-okay with me. Believable characters and motivations are waylaid in favor of fast moving action and gore. Recommended for fans of pulpy horror.
April 18, 2009
I actually thought that this book was a very good novel. Obviously we're still talking about a Hutson novel here, so don't expect an outstanding stardard of writing or an incredibly complex and intelligent plot, but do expect the usual blood, gore and horror along with the hot firery liquid burning down 'his' throat and knots of muscles tighting in characters jaws...as you would expect from evey Hutson novel. I think the reason I particularly like this one is because you can tell that he really enjoyed writing it. You know when you're a kid and you first watch Night of the Living Dead and afterwards, you imagine that you're stuck in the house with Ben and the rest of them. You make up this whole story in your head, based around the film, as you lie there in bed with your eyes closed. Well Hutson's gone that stage further and actually brought that Night of the Living Dead inspired fantasy back to life. And you can tell he's loving every second of it! As will you. So, do give it a read....we're talking about some really light, horror enterainment here!
September 3, 2021
Got off to a very good and gory start only to loose it's way midway through - to the point where a couple of random characters were introduced seemingly as an after thought to accompany the protagonists on their plight. If this were to be categorized by modern standards, it'd be more thriller than chiller with a semi Stranger Things vibe.
September 13, 2020
Thoroughly enjoyable novel. This one had it all. Vampirism. Cannibalism. Mad cow disease. Mad humans, what have you. There was no wasted time in this at all. I would have to say that with every Shaun Hutson book that I read, I become more and more a fan. Spawn was my favorite by him before I read this.
A small farming village in England is using a new feed for their farm animals from a chemical plant that looks more like a fortress. Animals start to go crazy and that's when the fun starts. Soon the villagers start to turn as well. A young farmer and a journalist are the ones who search for answers. Seek this one out at all costs.
A small farming village in England is using a new feed for their farm animals from a chemical plant that looks more like a fortress. Animals start to go crazy and that's when the fun starts. Soon the villagers start to turn as well. A young farmer and a journalist are the ones who search for answers. Seek this one out at all costs.
January 29, 2014
Experimental animal feed mutates animals in a small English town, turning them into killers. Likewise to the townspeople that eat the meat. A farmer and American reporter try to dig up the truth, while the evil chemical plant owner, who for some reason commands the British military, try to contain and cover up the incident.
The book is strongest at the beginning, with regular animal attacks leading up to human atrocities. It suffers when it tries to have a plot, provide scientific explanations, and draws way too much from I Am Legend and its derivatives.
It's Shaun Hutson. A quick, fun gorefest.
More reviews at Trash Menace.
The book is strongest at the beginning, with regular animal attacks leading up to human atrocities. It suffers when it tries to have a plot, provide scientific explanations, and draws way too much from I Am Legend and its derivatives.
It's Shaun Hutson. A quick, fun gorefest.
More reviews at Trash Menace.
February 12, 2017
Great book. One of my favourite Shaun Hutson's. I really liked his early stuff and I wish he would revisit some of his earlier work with sequels.
October 24, 2025
randomly picked this book up on a country walk from one of those free library phone box’s and surprisingly loved it. A horror set to the backdrop of mad cow disease, written like a Jilly Cooper and featuring vampires and big pharma. Not the most well written in parts (it’s pretty obvious when characters appear purely for function and mostly to die) but a fun read* and not what I expected from the terrible cover
*edit: just remembered the bit where they are randomly racist and say immigrants are ruining the country what the hell was that about
*edit: just remembered the bit where they are randomly racist and say immigrants are ruining the country what the hell was that about
October 28, 2025
First published 1984. With a great cover.
Gets me interested straight away in the author and his books. I was ten years old in 1984. Now this book is 41 years old. Start reading it and it feels like it was released yesterday. All because I love 80’s (and 70’s) horror books.
A horror story set in a small town, called Wakely, in England.
There are plenty of farmers in Wakely and a new chemical company uses these farmers to try out a new feed stock for their animals which seems to work nicely. However, it starts to give animals the lust for human blood. If you eat the animal, you will change and soon enough the humans have a craving for human blood, and they change. A farmer named Tyler, and a NYC USA reporter Jo investigate what is going on.
They want to expose what is happening in Wakely but the chemical company want it kept a secret.
Plenty of blood and gore. It has been revealed in some reviews what is killing in this town. Not hard to work out. Have a read and find out.
Totally enjoyed this book.
Gets me interested straight away in the author and his books. I was ten years old in 1984. Now this book is 41 years old. Start reading it and it feels like it was released yesterday. All because I love 80’s (and 70’s) horror books.
A horror story set in a small town, called Wakely, in England.
There are plenty of farmers in Wakely and a new chemical company uses these farmers to try out a new feed stock for their animals which seems to work nicely. However, it starts to give animals the lust for human blood. If you eat the animal, you will change and soon enough the humans have a craving for human blood, and they change. A farmer named Tyler, and a NYC USA reporter Jo investigate what is going on.
They want to expose what is happening in Wakely but the chemical company want it kept a secret.
Plenty of blood and gore. It has been revealed in some reviews what is killing in this town. Not hard to work out. Have a read and find out.
Totally enjoyed this book.
June 27, 2025
Erebus- A place in Hell representing the dark shadowy region which souls pass on their way to Hades.
Wakely is a small town that is known for farming and the residents here are very close knit. There is a new company that comes to town that starts distributing livestock. After this happens things start changing within the community and people start changing too.
Jo and Tyler find themselves in the middle of this mystery. Jo is a reporter and Tyler is a native of the community but a death in the family forces him back. They both have a common interest which is to get to the bottom of what’s going on in the town.I enjoyed the characters in the book, they were written like everyday people.
This can be categorized as a classic tale of vampires with a unique twist to it. This twist definitely does add to the book. I love the slow dread displayed in this book. There is a lot of blood and gory scenes that’ll satisfy any horror lover. Honestly, some of the scenes will stay in my mind. Small town horror is always the best definitely give this book a read.
There is a scene with the death of a newborn if you’re sensitive to this type of horror proceed with caution while reading.
Wakely is a small town that is known for farming and the residents here are very close knit. There is a new company that comes to town that starts distributing livestock. After this happens things start changing within the community and people start changing too.
Jo and Tyler find themselves in the middle of this mystery. Jo is a reporter and Tyler is a native of the community but a death in the family forces him back. They both have a common interest which is to get to the bottom of what’s going on in the town.I enjoyed the characters in the book, they were written like everyday people.
This can be categorized as a classic tale of vampires with a unique twist to it. This twist definitely does add to the book. I love the slow dread displayed in this book. There is a lot of blood and gory scenes that’ll satisfy any horror lover. Honestly, some of the scenes will stay in my mind. Small town horror is always the best definitely give this book a read.
There is a scene with the death of a newborn if you’re sensitive to this type of horror proceed with caution while reading.
December 30, 2022
4.5 stars
Nobody can say Hutson’s writing is remarkable but damn, if it isn’t a ton of over the top, gory, schlocky, cheesy, dumb fun.
Though it goes down a slightly different route than most, Erebus really doesn’t do anything to make the vampire genre new or original, however Hutson, in his typically glorious, trashy style, makes his baddies scary and a hell of a lot of fun.
Coupled with excessive amounts of bloodshed, action, and requisite explicit sex, Erebus feels more like a Richard Laymon story (without the obligatory kiddie porn and statutory rape). All told, this novel manages to be one of the surprise hits (for me at least) of 2022 and proves you don’t need to write the next great horror novel to be successful…just make it entertaining and balls out ridiculous.
Nobody can say Hutson’s writing is remarkable but damn, if it isn’t a ton of over the top, gory, schlocky, cheesy, dumb fun.
Though it goes down a slightly different route than most, Erebus really doesn’t do anything to make the vampire genre new or original, however Hutson, in his typically glorious, trashy style, makes his baddies scary and a hell of a lot of fun.
Coupled with excessive amounts of bloodshed, action, and requisite explicit sex, Erebus feels more like a Richard Laymon story (without the obligatory kiddie porn and statutory rape). All told, this novel manages to be one of the surprise hits (for me at least) of 2022 and proves you don’t need to write the next great horror novel to be successful…just make it entertaining and balls out ridiculous.
February 21, 2022
Pretty fun trashy vampire novel that plays out more like a zombie story. If Slugs was Hutson's riff on Herbert's The Rats then this was his go at recreating The Fog by way of Salem's Lot.
July 14, 2022
I loved Erebus. This gave me everything I'd expect from Hutson. A superb 80's pulpfest that is packed with gore, violence and sex (often at the same time)
This could very easily be a Resident Evil story, written some 12 or so years before the video game, Erebus has all the beats of Capcoms zombie franchise. All that was missing was a 'big bad' such as Tyrant, which I'm sure will appear in the recently announced Erebus sequel.
Animal lovers should approach with caution as there's a lot of death and violence set on farms. Unflinching brutality that really keeps the reader on their toes.
Bar a couple of characters randomly appearing towards the books exciting finale that really seem to serve no purpose apart from a doctor was needed to progress the plot, I can't really think of anything I didn't like.
Yes, it had moments of dubious 80s insensitivities but I'm sure you'll be expecting those. What do feature aren't too offensive to be honest.
People may be more offended by the multiple uses of 'moist cleft' 😁
Erebus is so OTT...I loved it!
This could very easily be a Resident Evil story, written some 12 or so years before the video game, Erebus has all the beats of Capcoms zombie franchise. All that was missing was a 'big bad' such as Tyrant, which I'm sure will appear in the recently announced Erebus sequel.
Animal lovers should approach with caution as there's a lot of death and violence set on farms. Unflinching brutality that really keeps the reader on their toes.
Bar a couple of characters randomly appearing towards the books exciting finale that really seem to serve no purpose apart from a doctor was needed to progress the plot, I can't really think of anything I didn't like.
Yes, it had moments of dubious 80s insensitivities but I'm sure you'll be expecting those. What do feature aren't too offensive to be honest.
People may be more offended by the multiple uses of 'moist cleft' 😁
Erebus is so OTT...I loved it!
December 4, 2007
In the small English village of Wakely, something terrible is happening to the livestock: they are growing disproportionaly large and attacking every creature in sight. Could it have something to do with the new feed provided by local creepy multinational Venderburg Chemicals? And shouldn't people stop eating meat since bizarre things are happening to the animals? Since this is a horror novel, you can guess the answer to those questions. Before you've reached page 10, you know all the vegetarians in town will be fighting for their lives in a matter of days.
What starts out as a great book to read if you wish to give up meat (in the tradition of Fast Food Nation and Upton Sinclair's The Jungle) soon turns into a bizarre amalgamation of right-wing nausea (the main protagonists complain about the latinos in New York and the immigrants in Britain over a romantic candle-lit dinner) with hardcore pornography (would you have sex in a bloody bathroom, with a hole in your shoulder and raving zombies surrounding your hotel? I didn't think so.) Sadly, I don't think Shaun Hutson means to be arch or satirical - everything is written as the equivalent of a Jackie Collins bonkbuster, with entrails substituting diamonds. By the end, you are left counting the cliches, the plot holes and the body bags, though I do have to say Hutson is a master of sickening gore description.
What starts out as a great book to read if you wish to give up meat (in the tradition of Fast Food Nation and Upton Sinclair's The Jungle) soon turns into a bizarre amalgamation of right-wing nausea (the main protagonists complain about the latinos in New York and the immigrants in Britain over a romantic candle-lit dinner) with hardcore pornography (would you have sex in a bloody bathroom, with a hole in your shoulder and raving zombies surrounding your hotel? I didn't think so.) Sadly, I don't think Shaun Hutson means to be arch or satirical - everything is written as the equivalent of a Jackie Collins bonkbuster, with entrails substituting diamonds. By the end, you are left counting the cliches, the plot holes and the body bags, though I do have to say Hutson is a master of sickening gore description.
August 17, 2017
so so horror thriller by hutson...
May 24, 2014
Oh wow, this one's going back a while. Erebus was the first horror novel I ever read. I loved it for its British setting and how it introduced the whole horror genre itself.
Erebus itself comes in before Mad Cow Disease was known, and yep, nowadays it would be considered a trope (contaminated food being eaten = people going psychotic), but back when I picked it up, it was just such a spine-tingling read. I never really lost that feeling over the years.
Shaun Hutson's writing has just grown so beautifully. There's few authors who can cross genres and have readers follow them as they move away from horror. But when I had my nose stuck in every horror novel going from Herbert to Barker, Hutson pulled away me away from horror into the likes of the urban thriller.
Erebus itself comes in before Mad Cow Disease was known, and yep, nowadays it would be considered a trope (contaminated food being eaten = people going psychotic), but back when I picked it up, it was just such a spine-tingling read. I never really lost that feeling over the years.
Shaun Hutson's writing has just grown so beautifully. There's few authors who can cross genres and have readers follow them as they move away from horror. But when I had my nose stuck in every horror novel going from Herbert to Barker, Hutson pulled away me away from horror into the likes of the urban thriller.
January 3, 2017
Really good at the beginning , packed full of mystery! Also an interesting take on the vampire mythos but it mellowed out towards the end with a predictable ending. Good read but probably won't read again.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 8, 2014
also one of the early horror classics by Hutson.
April 28, 2015
An entertaining slice of 80s horror complete with OTT violence and graphic sex. Yes, it's not the best written book in the world but it is a page-turner. I particularly dig the cheesy cover.
September 16, 2016
I LOVE Shaun Hutson books. Think I've read all of them now.
August 7, 2021
4 / 5 for 'Erebus' by Shaun Hutson
Another new author (at least, new to me), as I attempt to broaden my genre-fiction horizons. Shaun Hutson is an English author from up north in Yorkshire, who is affectionately known as 'The Godfather Of Gore'. This is the first of his works that I have read, and I was pleasantly surprised.
From the cover blurb - "Something deadly is affecting a small farming community. A selfish and secretive chemicals group protects its interests regardless of the cost to the local people, or even the rest of mankind."
Hutson certainly earns his nickname - the gore in 'Erebus' is plentiful and beautifully disgusting, suiting the tone of the book and, in some places, really making the toes curl. Be warned - there is violence towards animals and even children in this book. Hutson's descriptiveness within the rest of the book is perfectly fine - not overly descriptive, or poetic or impressive in any way - but his descriptiveness when it comes to gore is fantastic.
The book itself is told in 3rd person, mainly from the POV of two main characters and dual protagonists - Jo, a reporter, and Tyler, a local farmer. We occasionally get asides from the Big Bad Guys, and we often get asides from the POVs of various locals as they meet their gory end, or witness someone else doing so. These asides are good in both ways, as the Bad Guy asides give us a better understanding as to what is actually going on at Vandenburg Chemicals, and the gory local's asides progress the plot and allow us to see the local people devolving into these bloodthirsty 'Zompires' (see what I did there?).
Hutson writes well, telling an exciting story through short, fast-paced chapters, keeping those pages turning at a fair old pace. His dialogue is good and any exposition is handled well, never feeling clunky. There is a fair amount of characterisation for the two MC's, and the Bad Guys hitman too, but despite a large supporting cast, we don't really get too much characterisation for them, and some of them do kind of blur into the same person at some points.
The story itself is highly plausible, and the plot progresses in a logical way, with the tension never really letting up straight from the start, only to ramp up magnificently towards the end. The gore and scares come more and more frequently as the book goes on and you do find yourself rooting for the MC's and being reviled by the Bad Guys and Zompire locals both. The real-life disease explanation is totally believable and pretty well researched by Hutson, and only makes the story feel even more real, even more possible.
It's not quite a perfect book though - there are some clumsily written and awkward love scenes, and a fair old bit of male-gazey sexism. Also, Hutson has a tendency to finish a chapter with a short sentence letting us know how many minutes it will be before so-an-so arrives back in town, or how many hours until sunset. This becomes quite grating after a few chapters and by the end of the book, I did find myself eye-rolling at the end of each chapter. The MCs reluctance to go to the police, in case the police don't believe them, felt like a blatant plot device and it stood out like a sore thumb. Finally, and I can't be too harsh here as this was written in the early eighties when personal computers were still a reasonably new thing.... but, the sequence near the end where a certain character instructs all the PCs in the building to 'self-destruct', via one single terminal, leading to the whole plant, and nearby lorries(!) and annexes, to go up in sudden explosions and flames, really did make me laugh out loud. This sudden and very naive piece of absurdity kind of gave the ending sequence a bit of a silly vibe.
Having said that, the rest of the book was great - especially the actual final ending. Nothing like a bleak finish to a horror book! Overall, a thrilling page-turner, with loads of scares and gore, and a story whose plausibility only makes the horror of the story itself even more horrific. I really enjoyed this book, and I look forward to my next Hutson read.
4 / 5
Another new author (at least, new to me), as I attempt to broaden my genre-fiction horizons. Shaun Hutson is an English author from up north in Yorkshire, who is affectionately known as 'The Godfather Of Gore'. This is the first of his works that I have read, and I was pleasantly surprised.
From the cover blurb - "Something deadly is affecting a small farming community. A selfish and secretive chemicals group protects its interests regardless of the cost to the local people, or even the rest of mankind."
Hutson certainly earns his nickname - the gore in 'Erebus' is plentiful and beautifully disgusting, suiting the tone of the book and, in some places, really making the toes curl. Be warned - there is violence towards animals and even children in this book. Hutson's descriptiveness within the rest of the book is perfectly fine - not overly descriptive, or poetic or impressive in any way - but his descriptiveness when it comes to gore is fantastic.
The book itself is told in 3rd person, mainly from the POV of two main characters and dual protagonists - Jo, a reporter, and Tyler, a local farmer. We occasionally get asides from the Big Bad Guys, and we often get asides from the POVs of various locals as they meet their gory end, or witness someone else doing so. These asides are good in both ways, as the Bad Guy asides give us a better understanding as to what is actually going on at Vandenburg Chemicals, and the gory local's asides progress the plot and allow us to see the local people devolving into these bloodthirsty 'Zompires' (see what I did there?).
Hutson writes well, telling an exciting story through short, fast-paced chapters, keeping those pages turning at a fair old pace. His dialogue is good and any exposition is handled well, never feeling clunky. There is a fair amount of characterisation for the two MC's, and the Bad Guys hitman too, but despite a large supporting cast, we don't really get too much characterisation for them, and some of them do kind of blur into the same person at some points.
The story itself is highly plausible, and the plot progresses in a logical way, with the tension never really letting up straight from the start, only to ramp up magnificently towards the end. The gore and scares come more and more frequently as the book goes on and you do find yourself rooting for the MC's and being reviled by the Bad Guys and Zompire locals both. The real-life disease explanation is totally believable and pretty well researched by Hutson, and only makes the story feel even more real, even more possible.
It's not quite a perfect book though - there are some clumsily written and awkward love scenes, and a fair old bit of male-gazey sexism. Also, Hutson has a tendency to finish a chapter with a short sentence letting us know how many minutes it will be before so-an-so arrives back in town, or how many hours until sunset. This becomes quite grating after a few chapters and by the end of the book, I did find myself eye-rolling at the end of each chapter. The MCs reluctance to go to the police, in case the police don't believe them, felt like a blatant plot device and it stood out like a sore thumb. Finally, and I can't be too harsh here as this was written in the early eighties when personal computers were still a reasonably new thing.... but, the sequence near the end where a certain character instructs all the PCs in the building to 'self-destruct', via one single terminal, leading to the whole plant, and nearby lorries(!) and annexes, to go up in sudden explosions and flames, really did make me laugh out loud. This sudden and very naive piece of absurdity kind of gave the ending sequence a bit of a silly vibe.
Having said that, the rest of the book was great - especially the actual final ending. Nothing like a bleak finish to a horror book! Overall, a thrilling page-turner, with loads of scares and gore, and a story whose plausibility only makes the horror of the story itself even more horrific. I really enjoyed this book, and I look forward to my next Hutson read.
4 / 5
August 20, 2024
It's trashy and silly. Bits of it make no sense. There's loads of gore. It's great and crying out for a cheesy b-movie adaptation.
I loved it.
I loved it.
November 2, 2024
Hutson’s answer to Salem’s Lot ends up being Emmerdale meets A Serbian Film. Starts strong, with bold splatterpunk energy, clean prose, and acceptably two dimensional characters, it nevertheless falters by containing roughly no twists whatsoever. (I thought, say, some evil vampire overlord was going to be manipulating the whole thing—but no, that appears to have been thought too taxing for the average reader, so we get this straight-as-an-arrow plot instead.) by the end my reading was being phoned in just as much as the writing.
November 17, 2021
This was my first ever novel by Shaun Hutson. Having got this novel in a monthly subscription box, I wasn't sure who the author was or if I would like this story, but I took a chance on it. Before I get into my review, TRIGGER WARN! - Don't read this if your a vegan, easily offended or have a weak stomach.
This story is set in the farming community of Wakely, and follows our main character called Vic Tyler. There is this new cattle feed that makes animals grow bigger faster, to help improve profitability for farmers. But this new feed, turns these animals into blood drinking, flesh eating monsters. There are graphic scenes where animals are attacking and eating each other. One day, this reporter comes to this town, in search of a mysterious man who informs her of a urgent matter within this chemical company. But after he goes missing they both join forces and try to discover what is going on in their community and with this strange new feed. Resulting in a town turning into a cross between vampires and zombies, it's a race for survival and finding out the truth.
This story is set in the farming community of Wakely, and follows our main character called Vic Tyler. There is this new cattle feed that makes animals grow bigger faster, to help improve profitability for farmers. But this new feed, turns these animals into blood drinking, flesh eating monsters. There are graphic scenes where animals are attacking and eating each other. One day, this reporter comes to this town, in search of a mysterious man who informs her of a urgent matter within this chemical company. But after he goes missing they both join forces and try to discover what is going on in their community and with this strange new feed. Resulting in a town turning into a cross between vampires and zombies, it's a race for survival and finding out the truth.
September 18, 2025
Genetic modifications gone wrong ! A corrupt company ! Just your average Joe Farmer and the Mafia ?!?!
In a nut shell that's the story :) This was a fab read, i felt like i read though this quite quickly it was paced out pretty well. We get to know our main character abit of the their backstory and then down to the 'Meat' of the matter that something seems to be not quite right in the village.
Folk are looking pasty, rough and down right carnivorous ! The local farmers have noticed that their life stock on this new multi feed, seems to be making them grow larger than normal. They don't see this as an issue, but as a massive plus ! They can get better prices at the local market for their livestock. However these large animals appear to have some... interesting tendency's Blood lust, deformities and aggression.
several instances of these animals going wild a sprinkled in throughout the book, gradually moving to mini chapters based on humans effected...
Without spoiling the grand finale of this tale, i do love how Mr Hutson finishes his book. Having read a couple now, it leaves me feeling satisfied with just enough to chew on for the 'What if ?' or 'what will follow this' aspect
In a nut shell that's the story :) This was a fab read, i felt like i read though this quite quickly it was paced out pretty well. We get to know our main character abit of the their backstory and then down to the 'Meat' of the matter that something seems to be not quite right in the village.
Folk are looking pasty, rough and down right carnivorous ! The local farmers have noticed that their life stock on this new multi feed, seems to be making them grow larger than normal. They don't see this as an issue, but as a massive plus ! They can get better prices at the local market for their livestock. However these large animals appear to have some... interesting tendency's Blood lust, deformities and aggression.
several instances of these animals going wild a sprinkled in throughout the book, gradually moving to mini chapters based on humans effected...
Without spoiling the grand finale of this tale, i do love how Mr Hutson finishes his book. Having read a couple now, it leaves me feeling satisfied with just enough to chew on for the 'What if ?' or 'what will follow this' aspect
November 10, 2025
Read this one many moons ago when i first discovered Hutson so a lot of it is pretty foggy, i know it has something to do with tainted animal feed and people who eat of the animals fed on this feed become Vampire/Cannibal like creatures. what i do remember is when i put the book down, i thought to myself "Well that was a lot of fun" and i believe that is what reading Shaun Hutson should be. It's not high brow philosophy, its not literary masterpiece its just some good old bloody fun. So if that is what you are looking for then you cannot go wrong with Hutson, its disgusting, its shocking, its sometimes pretty sexy too because Hutson love to put in his share of sex scenes in his books. and if im not mistaken this book ends with one of his famous Happy-Never-Afters.
December 7, 2015
There is something quiet tranquil while travelling through the country side. Thoughts of escaping the city life, enjoying the endless views of lush green pastures, dreams of one day owning a property of your own. It's not until you notice the hundreds of animals with their heads in the feed troughs you begin to think something is not quiet right. What are these animals eating? Gluten Free?
After reading Erebus you may never eat meat again.....
After reading Erebus you may never eat meat again.....
November 27, 2012
The first Hutson book I ever read - its got everything in it. The ending is marvelous!
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