A tale of survival, power and the unyielding fight against darkness, Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons explores the depths of human nature—and its capacity for both destruction and hope. Saul Laski is trapped in the horrors of the Chelmno extermination camp, a cog in the monstrous machinery of Hitler’s Final Solution. But in the shadow of unimaginable cruelty, Saul confronts a force that operates on an entirely different plane of terror—an ancient evil that thrives in the chaos of history’s darkest moments.
Driven to survive at any cost, Saul embarks on a harrowing journey through decades of history, uncovering a chilling truth: a secret society with uncanny psychic powers manipulating events behind the scenes. These shadowy beings compel others to commit unthinkable acts of violence. And each year, their most formidable members meet to orchestrate chaos. But this year, something has gone wrong—and Saul’s relentless pursuit leads him to the heart of their conspiracy, setting the stage for a final confrontation between predator and prey.
Widely praised as one of the greatest horror novels of the 20th century, Carrion Comfort won the Bram Stoker Award, the Locus Award for Best Horror Novel, and the August Derleth Award. Stephen King called it “one of the three greatest horror novels of the 20th century,” while Guillermo del Toro hailed it as “epic in scale and scope but intimately disturbing.”