Blurbs can be important to a book's success. Not always—ultimately it's what's between the covers, not the blurbs on those covers—but the endorsement of an author can really help. From a writer's perspective, it's often very cool because sometimes, if you're lucky, you get a blurb from someone whose work you admire a lot. In which case it's kind of surreal: Here's this writer who I love, who I grew up reading, who has now read something I've written—and blurbed it!

These two blurbs are from writers I greatly admire. The first I grew up reading (as did many of my generation); the second writer I came to later in my reading life, but I admire him deeply as well.

Thanks immensely, fellows!

"THE TROOP scared the hell out of me, and I couldn't put it down. This is old-school horror at its best. Not for the faint-hearted, but for the rest of us sick puppies, it's a perfect gift for a winter night."

—Stephen King

"Nick Cutter's novel, THE TROOP, reads like a comic book, and I mean this in the best possible sense. Cutter's storytelling is lean and crisp and delightfully over-the-top. Think TALES FROM THE CRYPT think early Crichton, think King on coke. This book should be sold as a diet aid. If you have even the slightest fear of parasites, it'll put you off your food for weeks. It's a disquieting, disturbing, and occasionally downright disgusting story. It's also great fun to read."

—Scott Smith, author of THE RUINS and A SIMPLE PLAN

In other news, there's another book giveaway from the publisher. 30 copies to be given away. Enter July 29-Sept 13. Check the giveaway link to enter.

http://bit.ly/13pwIdg

Good luck!

Yrs,
Nick.