Lemmy
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One I would like to recommend is Tom Egeland, a norwegian writer. I kinda discovered him last year, but since I just signed up here, I'll put him on my 2011-list anyway.
I first started reading a book called Guardians of the Pact, a book in the same style as Dan Brown's books that evolves around a mystery concerning egyptians, vikings and a mummy. It wasn't too interesting, though, so I quit about halfway through. Still, he has written other books.
I picked up Circle's End, the prequel to Guardians and read it more or less in one sitting. I say prequel, but it was published long before Guardians. The funny thing is a lot of people compare him to Dan Brown, but Circle's End was written two years before Dan Brown wrote DaVinci Code. But Angels & Demons was written a year before Circle's End, so who ripped of who isn't easy to tell. What I do know is that Tom Egeland is a much, much better writer than Dan Brown.
Anyway, what really got Tom Egeland popular over here in Norway was the third in the series: Gospel of Lucifer. Circle's End was great and Guardians of the Pact decent, but Lucifer... now that's a story. I can't think of any bad parts in the entire story. Even the ending was pretty aweome. Plus, he even managed to keep it somewhat realistic the whole time even if you can imagine what it's about with a title like that.
Then there are his other books. I know some have been translated to english, but I have them in norwegian. Sorry if I use the wrong english title. I'll look up the correct title if you want me to. But anyway, let's see...
- Night of the wolf: Terrorists attack and take over a tv-studio and keep everyone hostage for 24 hours. Quite creepy stuff, and was turned into a mini-series on tv here in Norway.
. Troll Mirror: (so not the correct title, sorry). Not entirely sure, but it's something about a married couple who lets some stranger live with them, only to discover he's not quite what he appears to be. Pure horror in many ways.
- Ragnarok: One of his more interesting books. A married couple go on a vacation, but loose control of the car and crash. When they wake up, they make their way to the nearest village only to find it's populated by vikings. They try to run back to the car, but strangely there's no sign of the car, path or anything or anyone else from the modern world. Whoopsie...
- Ouija board: Mostly a normal story about a serial killer, but has some decent supernatural elements too.
He does have more books than these, but these should get you started. Some of them have been translated to english, so what are you waiting for?
I first started reading a book called Guardians of the Pact, a book in the same style as Dan Brown's books that evolves around a mystery concerning egyptians, vikings and a mummy. It wasn't too interesting, though, so I quit about halfway through. Still, he has written other books.
I picked up Circle's End, the prequel to Guardians and read it more or less in one sitting. I say prequel, but it was published long before Guardians. The funny thing is a lot of people compare him to Dan Brown, but Circle's End was written two years before Dan Brown wrote DaVinci Code. But Angels & Demons was written a year before Circle's End, so who ripped of who isn't easy to tell. What I do know is that Tom Egeland is a much, much better writer than Dan Brown.
Anyway, what really got Tom Egeland popular over here in Norway was the third in the series: Gospel of Lucifer. Circle's End was great and Guardians of the Pact decent, but Lucifer... now that's a story. I can't think of any bad parts in the entire story. Even the ending was pretty aweome. Plus, he even managed to keep it somewhat realistic the whole time even if you can imagine what it's about with a title like that.
Then there are his other books. I know some have been translated to english, but I have them in norwegian. Sorry if I use the wrong english title. I'll look up the correct title if you want me to. But anyway, let's see...
- Night of the wolf: Terrorists attack and take over a tv-studio and keep everyone hostage for 24 hours. Quite creepy stuff, and was turned into a mini-series on tv here in Norway.
. Troll Mirror: (so not the correct title, sorry). Not entirely sure, but it's something about a married couple who lets some stranger live with them, only to discover he's not quite what he appears to be. Pure horror in many ways.
- Ragnarok: One of his more interesting books. A married couple go on a vacation, but loose control of the car and crash. When they wake up, they make their way to the nearest village only to find it's populated by vikings. They try to run back to the car, but strangely there's no sign of the car, path or anything or anyone else from the modern world. Whoopsie...
- Ouija board: Mostly a normal story about a serial killer, but has some decent supernatural elements too.
He does have more books than these, but these should get you started. Some of them have been translated to english, so what are you waiting for?
