Chalk (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780765390950)

"This is what horror ought to be: primal, personal, and powerful." -- Seanan McGuire

Paul Cornell plumbs the depths of magic and despair in Chalk, a brutal exploration of bullying in Margaret Thatcher's England.

Andrew Waggoner has always hung around with his fellow losers at school, desperately hoping each day that the school bullies -- led by Drake -- will pass him by in search of other prey. But one day they force him into the woods, and the bullying escalates into something more; something unforgivable; something unthinkable.

Broken, both physically and emotionally, something dies in Waggoner, and something else is born in its place.

In the hills of the West Country a chalk horse stands vigil over a site of ancient power, and there Waggoner finds in himself a reflection of rage and vengeance, a power and persona to topple those who would bring him low.

Author: Paul Cornell
ISBN-10: 0765390957
ISBN-13: 9780765390950
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Language: English
Published: 03/21/2017
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.80d