Description: "Hater" tells the story of Danny McCoyne, an everyman forced to contend with a world gone mad. For reasons unknown, vast numbers of the human population suddenly become irrationally violent, killing all who cross their path.
Brief description: From the UK, DAVID MOODY first self-published Hater on the internet in 2006, and without an agent, succeeded in selling the film rights for the novel to Mark Johnson (producer, The Chronicles of Narnia film series) and Guillermo Del Toro (director, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth). With the publication of a new series of Hater stories, Moody is poised to further his reputation as a writer of suspense-laced SF/horror, and "farther out" genre books of all description.
Review Quotes:
"A head-spinning thrill ride, a cautionary tale about the most salient emotion of the 21st century... HATER will haunt you long after you read the last page..." --GUILLERMO DEL TORO, director, Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy 1 & 2
"A lucid approach to the state of fear in which we live in and a spine-chilling fable about its utmost consequences... Be careful with HATER, chapter by chapter it will make its way into your soul till it finds the seed of evil that lurks within." --J.A. BAYONA, director, The Orphanage, Hater "Powerful and well-written." --S.M. STIRLING, author of Dies the Fire, The Scourge of God "HATER touches something universal and truly scary--the little voice in all of our heads that tells us the difference between 'us' and 'them'. Subtly drawn, engrossing characters take us inside a landscape of paranoia and fear." --DAVID WELLINGTON, author of Monster Island, 99 Coffins, Vampire Zero "David Moody spins paranoia into a deliciously dark new direction. [He] is one scary guy." --Jonathan Maberry, author of Ghost Road Blues, Patient Zero "David Moody's HATER is a brutal, eerie, and hugely entertaining novel that grips you with its grim and nihilistic attitude from page one. The attention to detail used to paint an average man's often frustrating life is as disturbing as the bloody violence that follows, giving us one of the year's most readable nerve-shredders." --TOM PICCIRILLI, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Midnight Road, A Choir of Ill Children