Thorns
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Flame Tree Publishing
Publishing:21st Jul '26
£20.00
This title is due to be published on 21st July, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

A deadly contagion spreads throughout the world, while scientists grapple to find a cure before it's too late...
A deadly contagion causing painful thorns to erupt on people’s bodies spreads throughout the globe. Dr. Monica Cucinotta becomes infected trying to treat the plagues victims at her hospital in Italy. In a world gone crazed, she struggles to return home to her family before time runs out.
Dr. Monica Cucinotta works on the front lines of a hospital in Cassino, Italy, dealing with a deadly contagion that causes thorns to erupt along the surface of the body. When Monica becomes infected with the virus and must leave the hospital, she begins a journey across the dark landscape of a pandemic world where she meets the best and worst of humanity that tests her belief in science and faith as she struggles to return home to her loved ones.
A creepy novel which doesn't rely on gratuitous blood and gore but rather world building to tell. And it's very effective.
-- Horror ReadsPraise for SHADOW FLICKER:
"This is a gripping horror story from an author who deserves a wider audience." - Booklist
"It’s a dark, disturbing treat." Publishers Weekly
"An original, well written horror story, which is sure to scare you or creep you out at the very least! Very well written, with characters written in perfection for this twisted tale! Unique, fun, and chilling to the bone at times! Highly, highly recommend!" - Johnna Whetstone
"This book grabbed me from the start! It had a creepy atmosphere that fit the storyline very well. Must read!" - Naomi Downing
"Shadow Flicker is an intriguing, character driven story with one foot in Eco Horror and the other in Sci-Fi. I loved the descriptions of the island and getting to know it's residents. It is a story of love and desperation and well as greed and fear. The horror creeps up slowly until suddenly it comes crashing in like high tide nearer the end." - Irene Cole
"I read this book almost in one sitting (darn having to go to work) and was captivated right from the first sentence ... This is my first book I’ve read by the author, but it will definitely not be my last." - Michelle Donaldson
"A book that's a blend of genres, horror, mystery, sci-fi and supernatural it was a book I enjoyed to the fullest... This really is a book with a fresh and unique plot. Gregory Bastianelli has done some fantastic world building to make the reader feel like they are transported to Kidney Island with the strange things that are going on." - SharonBeyondTheBooks
ISBN: 9781787589971
Dimensions: 234mm x 153mm x 22mm
Weight: 198g
240 pages
New edition