Description
"Clay McLeod Chapman is one of my favorite horror storytellers working today."-Jordan Peele
"Surreal, hypnotic, unrelenting, profoundly claustrophobic, and an absolutely scathing sendup of the pitfalls of American divisiveness."-Keith Rosson, author of Fever House
From Vulture's "master of horror" Clay McLeod Chapman, a relentless social horror novel about a family on the run from a demonic possession epidemic that spreads through media.
Noah Fairchild has been losing his formerly polite Southern parents to far-right cable news for years, so when his mother leaves him a voicemail warning him that the "Great Reawakening" is here, he assumes it's related to one of the many conspiracy theories she believes in. But when his own phone calls go unanswered, Noah makes the long drive from his home in Brooklyn to Richmond, Virginia. There, he discovers his childhood home in shambles, a fridge full of spoiled food, and his parents locked in a terrifying trancelike state in front of the TV. Panicked, Noah attempts to snap them out of it and get them medical help.
Then Noah's mother brutally attacks him.
But Noah isn't the only person to be attacked by a loved one. Families across the country are tearing each other apart-literally-as people succumb to a form of possession that gets worse the more time they spend glued to cable news or falling down internet rabbit holes. In Noah's Richmond-based family, only he and his young nephew Marcus are unaffected. Together, they must race back to the safe haven of Brooklyn-but can they make it before they fall prey to the violent hordes?
This ambitious, searing novel from one of horror's modern masters holds a mirror to our divided nation, and will shake readers to the core.
About the Author
Clay McLeod Chapman writes novels, comic books, and children's books, as well as for film and TV. He is the author of the horror novels The Remaking, Whisper Down the Lane, Ghost Eaters, and What Kind of Mother. He also cowrote Quiet Part Loud, a horror podcast produced by Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw for Spotify. Visit him at claymcleodchapman.com.
Reviews
"Chapman spins established possession and zombie tropes into an original tale that will hijack readers' nervous systems. . . . A compelling, cinematic, visceral, and disturbing tale."-Booklist, starred review
"Clay McLeod Chapman is one of my favorite horror storytellers working today."-Jordan Peele
"A damn roller coaster of a novel, the kind that leaves you shaking and shrieking and smiling. [Chapman] takes all that's troubling our nation in the current day and, somehow, makes it all the more frightening."-Victor LaValle, author of Lone Women
"The proximity of Chapman's demons is enough to make one lock the doors, turn off the television, [and] curl into a ball in the dark. . . . A sparkling variety of narration, mad vivid energy, and even brilliantly funny bits."-Josh Malerman, New York Times best-selling author of Incidents Around the House
"The Purge ain't got nothin' on this."-Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times best-selling author of I Was a Teenage Slasher
"With Wake Up and Open Your Eyes, Chapman isn't merely checking the pulse of America-he's tapping the vein. And trust me, there's blood everywhere. This book throbs with body horror and familial conflict and, most notably, the sociopolitical nightmare we find ourselves in."-Chuck Wendig, best-selling author of The Book of Accidents and Black River Orchard
"Surreal, hypnotic, unrelenting, profoundly claustrophobic, and an absolutely scathing sendup of the pitfalls of American divisiveness."-Keith Rosson, author of Fever House
"A profoundly terrifying, riveting, intense, nerve-shredding modern horror epic. This is Clay McLeod Chapman at the peak of his craft. Brilliant."-Rachel Harrison, USA Today best-selling author of So Thirsty and Black Sheep
"Wake Up and Open Your Eyes is supercharged, gloriously maximalist, terrifying, and disgusting. But mostly it's tragic, and hits much closer to home than any of us want it to."-C. J. Leede, author of Maeve Fly and American Rapture
"A searing and deeply unnerving apocalyptic thriller executed with the true nerve of a master storyteller."-Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
"This novel is relentless and utterly merciless. Chapman takes unflinching aim at modern American culture and nobody is safe in this brutal, insightful apocalypse!"-Christopher Golden, New York Times best-selling author of Road of Bones and The House of Last Resort
"Gut-wrenching, grief-soaked, the book perfectly embodies the panic of seeing the people you love transform into monsters. An utterly disconcerting mirror held up to the terror of our present."-Cassandra Khaw, best-selling author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth
"A harrowing horror experience. Like watching through a window as the world explodes, realizing too late you should have sought shelter."-Johnny Compton, author of The Spite House and Devils Kill Devils
"Wake Up and Open Your Eyes is a fever-pitched maelstrom of modern-day anxieties and terrors."-Nat Cassidy, author of Mary: An Awakening of Terror and Nestlings
"Wake Up and Open Your Eyes is a pedal-to-the-metal, body horror mash-up of The Purge, Pontypool, and Malcolm Devlin's And Then I Woke Up. Chapman has an absolute gift for the unforgettably, mind-saturatingly horrific, and I shall be sending him my therapy bill."-Ally Wilkes, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of All the White Spaces and Where the Dead Wait
"Wake Up and Open Your Eyes doesn't just hit close to home-it's a needle sliding under your skin until you bleed, a rabbit hole stocked with terror all the way down."-Christina Henry, author of Alice and The House That Horror Built
"A modern American classic. Clay McLeod Chapman's panic-inducing, adrenaline-fueled epic digs its fingers into the cracks in twenty-first-century life and pries them open to expose the rot beneath."-Josh Winning, author of Heads Will Roll
"An eye-opening sociopolitical fever nightmare that you won't soon forget."-Ai Jiang, Hugo Award nominee and author of Linghun
Book Information
ISBN 9781683693956
Author Clay Chapman
Format Hardback
Page Count 384
Imprint Quirk Books
Publisher Quirk Books
Weight(grams) 567g
"Surreal, hypnotic, unrelenting, profoundly claustrophobic, and an absolutely scathing sendup of the pitfalls of American divisiveness."-Keith Rosson, author of Fever House
From Vulture's "master of horror" Clay McLeod Chapman, a relentless social horror novel about a family on the run from a demonic possession epidemic that spreads through media.
Noah Fairchild has been losing his formerly polite Southern parents to far-right cable news for years, so when his mother leaves him a voicemail warning him that the "Great Reawakening" is here, he assumes it's related to one of the many conspiracy theories she believes in. But when his own phone calls go unanswered, Noah makes the long drive from his home in Brooklyn to Richmond, Virginia. There, he discovers his childhood home in shambles, a fridge full of spoiled food, and his parents locked in a terrifying trancelike state in front of the TV. Panicked, Noah attempts to snap them out of it and get them medical help.
Then Noah's mother brutally attacks him.
But Noah isn't the only person to be attacked by a loved one. Families across the country are tearing each other apart-literally-as people succumb to a form of possession that gets worse the more time they spend glued to cable news or falling down internet rabbit holes. In Noah's Richmond-based family, only he and his young nephew Marcus are unaffected. Together, they must race back to the safe haven of Brooklyn-but can they make it before they fall prey to the violent hordes?
This ambitious, searing novel from one of horror's modern masters holds a mirror to our divided nation, and will shake readers to the core.
About the Author
Clay McLeod Chapman writes novels, comic books, and children's books, as well as for film and TV. He is the author of the horror novels The Remaking, Whisper Down the Lane, Ghost Eaters, and What Kind of Mother. He also cowrote Quiet Part Loud, a horror podcast produced by Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw for Spotify. Visit him at claymcleodchapman.com.
Reviews
"Chapman spins established possession and zombie tropes into an original tale that will hijack readers' nervous systems. . . . A compelling, cinematic, visceral, and disturbing tale."-Booklist, starred review
"Clay McLeod Chapman is one of my favorite horror storytellers working today."-Jordan Peele
"A damn roller coaster of a novel, the kind that leaves you shaking and shrieking and smiling. [Chapman] takes all that's troubling our nation in the current day and, somehow, makes it all the more frightening."-Victor LaValle, author of Lone Women
"The proximity of Chapman's demons is enough to make one lock the doors, turn off the television, [and] curl into a ball in the dark. . . . A sparkling variety of narration, mad vivid energy, and even brilliantly funny bits."-Josh Malerman, New York Times best-selling author of Incidents Around the House
"The Purge ain't got nothin' on this."-Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times best-selling author of I Was a Teenage Slasher
"With Wake Up and Open Your Eyes, Chapman isn't merely checking the pulse of America-he's tapping the vein. And trust me, there's blood everywhere. This book throbs with body horror and familial conflict and, most notably, the sociopolitical nightmare we find ourselves in."-Chuck Wendig, best-selling author of The Book of Accidents and Black River Orchard
"Surreal, hypnotic, unrelenting, profoundly claustrophobic, and an absolutely scathing sendup of the pitfalls of American divisiveness."-Keith Rosson, author of Fever House
"A profoundly terrifying, riveting, intense, nerve-shredding modern horror epic. This is Clay McLeod Chapman at the peak of his craft. Brilliant."-Rachel Harrison, USA Today best-selling author of So Thirsty and Black Sheep
"Wake Up and Open Your Eyes is supercharged, gloriously maximalist, terrifying, and disgusting. But mostly it's tragic, and hits much closer to home than any of us want it to."-C. J. Leede, author of Maeve Fly and American Rapture
"A searing and deeply unnerving apocalyptic thriller executed with the true nerve of a master storyteller."-Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
"This novel is relentless and utterly merciless. Chapman takes unflinching aim at modern American culture and nobody is safe in this brutal, insightful apocalypse!"-Christopher Golden, New York Times best-selling author of Road of Bones and The House of Last Resort
"Gut-wrenching, grief-soaked, the book perfectly embodies the panic of seeing the people you love transform into monsters. An utterly disconcerting mirror held up to the terror of our present."-Cassandra Khaw, best-selling author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth
"A harrowing horror experience. Like watching through a window as the world explodes, realizing too late you should have sought shelter."-Johnny Compton, author of The Spite House and Devils Kill Devils
"Wake Up and Open Your Eyes is a fever-pitched maelstrom of modern-day anxieties and terrors."-Nat Cassidy, author of Mary: An Awakening of Terror and Nestlings
"Wake Up and Open Your Eyes is a pedal-to-the-metal, body horror mash-up of The Purge, Pontypool, and Malcolm Devlin's And Then I Woke Up. Chapman has an absolute gift for the unforgettably, mind-saturatingly horrific, and I shall be sending him my therapy bill."-Ally Wilkes, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of All the White Spaces and Where the Dead Wait
"Wake Up and Open Your Eyes doesn't just hit close to home-it's a needle sliding under your skin until you bleed, a rabbit hole stocked with terror all the way down."-Christina Henry, author of Alice and The House That Horror Built
"A modern American classic. Clay McLeod Chapman's panic-inducing, adrenaline-fueled epic digs its fingers into the cracks in twenty-first-century life and pries them open to expose the rot beneath."-Josh Winning, author of Heads Will Roll
"An eye-opening sociopolitical fever nightmare that you won't soon forget."-Ai Jiang, Hugo Award nominee and author of Linghun
Book Information
ISBN 9781683693956
Author Clay Chapman
Format Hardback
Page Count 384
Imprint Quirk Books
Publisher Quirk Books
Weight(grams) 567g
Reviews
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MID - JUST THE FAX
Interesting premise and topical but the hype never lived up to the execution. Never chimed with me but hey you might be brainwashed and like this and hate this review or opinion. It’s OK.
