The Academy by Bentley Little

The Academy by Bentley Little

"Master of the macabre" Bentley Little offers a new lesson in fear with this terrifying horror novel.

With a promise of more freedom and a chance to get out from under the thumb of a reactionary school board, the teachers of Tyler High have voted to become a charter school. Instructors and parents alike are thrilled with the prospect of independence. And yet....

The formerly laid-back principal has become unusually strict. And with her toadying secretary, she seems to be running the show. That isn't all. The janitors no longer work nights because of what they hear. The students are frightened by what they see. And things are happening on school grounds that defy rational explanation. But there is an explanation. It's just not anything that anyone can begin to believe--or hope to survive.

Bentley Little has written a number of books, short stories, articles, essays, and book reviews. Little sold his soul and abandoned any artistic integrity after receiving a BA in communications and an MA in English, and worked for eight years as a bureaucrat for a midsized city in Orange County, California. His first work, The Revelation, earned the Bram Stoker Award for best first novel from the Horror Writers Association in 1990. Little, a Luddite without Internet access, still listens to vinyl albums and owns no cell phone, iPod, MP3 player, or Blackberry. He has a son and a wife.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780451224675
ISBN 10	0451224671
Title	The Academy
Author	Bentley Little
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2008-08-05
Number of pages	400
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.