{"product_id":"night-trainisbn-9781785658594","title":"Night Train","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"David Quantick is one of the best kept secrets in the world of writing. He's smart, funny and unique. You should let yourself in on the secret.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Neil Gaiman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Emmy-Award winning author David Quantick, \u003ci\u003eNight Train\u003c\/i\u003e is a science-fiction horror story like no other.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA woman wakes up, frightened and alone. The room shaking and jumping like it's alive. The noise is terrifying. Where is she? Stumbling through a door, she realizes she is on a train carriage. A carriage full of the dead. A personal hell unfolding in an apocalyptic future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is NIGHT TRAIN. A terrifying ride set on a driverless locomotive, heading for a collision somewhere in the endless night. How did the woman get here? Who is she? And who are the dead?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs our heroine makes her way through the train trying to find out what happened to her, she meets a former strongman, a trained killer, and a collection of strange and terrifying creatures. Each step takes her closer to finding out the secret of the Night Train.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e pick for top 5 sci-fi books of 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The style, content and characters of this dark, witty and surprisingly moving novel make David Quantick a Kurt Vonnegut for a new generation.\" \u003cbr\u003eSarah Pinborough, author of \u003ci\u003eBehind Her Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I hadn't planned to read all of\u003ci\u003e Night Train\u003c\/i\u003e in one sitting, but I found myself doing just that. David Quantick's novel sets up a vast mystery and barrels deliriously toward a conclusion you'll never see coming like, I don't know, some kind of railed vehicle that operates in the dark.\"\u003cbr\u003eDavid Wong, author of \u003ci\u003eJohn Dies at the End\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A dark, nightmarish journey into a brand new sort of Twilight Zone, David Quantick’s \u003ci\u003eNight Train\u003c\/i\u003e is breathless, frantic, and creepy as hell. You’ll never see the twists coming.”\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Golden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Starting a trip on \u003ci\u003eNight Train\u003c\/i\u003e is like waking up in a scary game with no rules. I enjoyed trying to work out the parameters of this strange new world with Garland and exploring its ever-more-surreal carriages. When we finally start to discover where we are, we realise there's no going back. Night train is pacy, amusing and gory and an entertaining companion on a dark journey.\"\u003cbr\u003eLouis Greenberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Darkly funny.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Revels in strangeness and snarky dialogue.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An unnerving horror story...  Quantick delivers a fine sense of mystery.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMorning Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Quantick presents a dark mystery of slowly uncovered memories in the midst of claustrophobic horror with skill and verve, creating a story that should satisfy any curious reader, genre fan or otherwise. Recommended for those who enjoy a little mystery or horror in their sf dystopias.\"\u003cbr\u003eBooklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"At times horrifying, at other times laugh-out-loud funny, and always entertaining, Night Train is a ride unlike any other.\" \u003cbr\u003eForeword Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Quantic holds the pacing taut and sustains the tension for 270 pages before finally revealing the truth. Meanwhile, his characters’ sarcastic deadpan helps.” \"Captivating yet hilarious.\" -New York Journal of Boonks \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Either a stone-cold classic that will last for decades if not centuries, or, at the very worst, the best summer read you’ll have this year. \" - Sublime Horror\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Surreal and very clever read\" \u003cbr\u003eHorror DNA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"David Quantick has a medical condition whereby he literally cannot be unfunny.\"\u003cbr\u003eCaitlin Moran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"David Quantick is one of the best-kept secrets in the world of writing.\"\u003cbr\u003eNeil Gaiman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If you choose to only live in one alternative reality make sure it’s the one in which you read Sparks by David Quantick.\"\u003cbr\u003eBen Aaronovitch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Unfolds like The Da Vinci Code, only with a sense of humour and better grammar.\" The Independent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ingenious, likeable, funny and entertaining.\" The Spectator\u003cb\u003eDavid Quantick\u003c\/b\u003e is an Emmy Award-winning television writer for such shows as \u003ci\u003eAvenue 5, Veep, The Thick of It \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Day Today.\u003c\/i\u003e He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAll My Colors, Sparks, The Mule,\u003c\/i\u003e and two writing manuals: \u003ci\u003eHow To Write Everything\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow To Be A Writer.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Titan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300594405605,"sku":"NP9781785658594","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781785658594_726f4bc3-509b-4b91-a4ca-bf545389f34a.jpg?v=1730745209","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/night-trainisbn-9781785658594","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}