Nick Gifford

Piggies Nick Gifford

Publisher Marketing: 'The king of children's horror' "Sunday Express" A freak storm transports Ben to a parallel world inhabited by vampires. He manages to escape to the woods where others like him (called ferals by the vampires) hide. As he begins to give up hope of ever getting home, Ben makes friends with Rachel, a vampire more human than some of the ferals who treat him with suspicion. Rachel takes Ben to her farm in an attempt to prove that she's not like the other vampires, but that's when he discovers a terrible secret. And why is the book called "Piggies"? That's the worst horror of all. "Guaranteed to scare your socks off" "Glasgow Herald" "The last sentence of Piggies is perfect. It makes you shudder when you first read it. Then you do a double take as you realise the full horrific implications" "Atu XVIII Book Review Site" "An exceptional new talent in children's literature ... a bold, shocking and completely unputdownable horror story ... a hair-raising and thought-provoking story, with satisfying twists, in highly readable, fluent prose. Most enjoyable" "Waterstone's Books Quarterly" "A final twist that will chill your succulent red blood! A contemporary horror tale to sink your teeth into" "Funday Times" "One of the most original horror tales of recent times ... you'll have to go back quite a way to find a debut novel that is quite as striking as "Piggies"" "Rhyl and Prestatyn Journal" "A chilling read about vampires ... sure to make you squeal!" "Sugar" "A superb achievement" "Interzone" ..".a vampire story with some hectic twists ... This author really managed to freak me out. You'll see what I mean ... So enjoy - but you may want to sleep with the light on!" "Sunday Times," South Africa "An ingenious variant on vampire stories ... this chilling story reads with all the power and demented logic of a thoroughly bad dream" "The Independent" Contributor Bio:  Gifford, Nick Nick Gifford has a doctorate in anthropology, specialising in ancient civilisations most people have never heard of. He comes from a long line of explorers (uncannily, his family is much like the Bone family) and he'd love to have been around when it was okay for a chap to travel the world discovering lost cities and bagging the good bits for the British Museum. As it is, he's had to settle for writing about it all instead.