Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Hush of Dark Wings by Charles L. Grant ISBN 13: 9780451457332. Hired by an old female acquaintance to investigate the enigmatic goings-on in her town, Ethan Proctor of Black Oak Security journeys to Hart Junction, Kansas, to uncover the secrets of a mysterious cult and reveal the identity of the strange winged creatures circling the town. Original. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Shipping: FREE Within U.S.A. Customers who bought this item also bought. Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace. 1. Black Oak 2: The Hush of Dark Wings. Book Description Mass Market Paperback. Condition: New. Brand New!. Seller Inventory # VIB0451457331. 2. Black Oak 02 Hush Of Dark Wings Grant, Charles. Book Description Condition: New. As head of Black Oak Investigations, Ethan Proctor is careful about what he says, what he does, and who his clients are. But when a letter arrives from an old female acquaintance, begging him to investigate the strange goings-on in her town, he gets careless. Without thinking, he travels to the heart of Kansas and a dusty old town where a seemingly friendly cult has recently arrived all women, concerned, and cooperative.But if that's the case, why are the, townspeople so afraid? And why are so many people missing? And, Proctor wonders, what are those strange winged creatures circling the sky above town?. Seller Inventory # 9780451457332. 3. Black Oak 02 Hush Of Dark Wings Grant, Charles. Book Description Condition: New. New. Seller Inventory # Q-0451457331. The Hush of Dark Wings — Charles L. Grant. IS IT -PARANOIA, Black Oak Security is a crack team of private investigators led by brilliant, enigmatic Ethan Proctor. He is a careful man. Careful in what he says, careful in what he does. And very careful about which cases he takes. But when a letter arrives from a woman he once knew, begging him to investigate strange happenings in her town, Proctor is careless. He takes the case without knowing exactly what he's getting into. OR PARANORMAL? Hart Junction, Kansas, is the image of a deserted frontier town. Its claim to fame is being the set for many a grade-B western. But the movies moved out, and a strange cult moved in. Its members seem friendly. Concerned. Cooperative. So why are the townspeople so afraid? Why are so many people missing? And what are the strange winged creatures seen circling in the sky above town? Black Oak 2: The Hush of Dark Wings. Black Oak Security is a crack team of private investigators led by brilliant, enigmatic Ethan Proctor. He is a careful man. Careful in what he says, careful in what he does. And very careful about which cases he takes. But when a letter arrives from a woman he once knew, begging him to investigate strange happenings in her town, Proctor is careless. More. Black Oak Security is a crack team of private investigators led by brilliant, enigmatic Ethan Proctor. He is a careful man. Careful in what he says, careful in what he does. And very careful about which cases he takes. But when a letter arrives from a woman he once knew, begging him to investigate strange happenings in her town, Proctor is careless. He takes the case without knowing exactly what he's getting into. Hart Junction, Kansas, is the image of a deserted frontier town. Its claim to fame is being the set for many a grade-B western. But the movies moved out, and a strange cult moved in. Its members seem friendly. Concerned. Cooperative. So why are the townspeople so afraid? Why are so many people missing? And what are the strange winged creatures seen circling in the sky above town? Category: Fiction » Horror » Occult Category: Fiction » Horror » General Published by Crossroad Press Published: March 4, 2016 Words: 50,470 Language: English ISBN: 9781310798306. Charles L. Grant (1942-2006) won a World Fantasy Award for his novella collection Nightmare Seasons, a Nebula Award in 1976 for his short story "A Crowd of Shadows", and another Nebula Award in 1978 for his novella "A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn's Eye," the latter telling of an actor's dilemma in a post-literate future. Grant also edited the award-winning Shadows anthology, running eleven volumes from 1978-1991. Contributors include Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, Al Sarrantonio, R.A. Lafferty, Avram Davidson, and Steve Rasnic and Melanie Tem. Grant was a former Executive Secretary and Eastern Regional Director of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and president of the Horror Writers Association. His story "Temperature Days on Hawthorne Street" was adapted into an episode of Tales from the Darkside entitled "The Milkman Cometh" in 1987. He also served eight years as an officer of the Science Fiction Writers of America, served ten years on the Board of Directors of the World Fantasy Awards, is past-president of the Horror Writers of America, served five years as President of the Board of Trustees of HWA, and is on the board of advisors for The Burry Man's Writers Center. In 1987 he received the British Fantasy Society's Special Award, for life achievement. In May of 2000, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from HWA. In addition, he has received two Nebula Awards and three World Fantasy Awards for his writing and editing. He is sorely missed. The Hush of Dark Wings. Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. "Sobbing and not caring, wishing the tears hadn't blurred her vision because she was sure the slow-fading beam kept slashing over something out there, just out of reach. Large or small, she couldn't tell. A glimpse, nothing more. And when the flashlight finally died and left her in the dark, the sound of soft wings settled over her. Without even time for a single frightened scream." Charles L. Grant wrote what he called "quiet horror". Think a cross between the old Universal Horror Films (Wolf Man, Dracula, etc) and 1970s monster flicks. Toss in some old Hammer Horror. He would have been right at home, doing an episode of the original Night Stalker TV series. The "Black Oak" series is pretty much what you'd get if "The X-Files" had been about a guy with a private security firm, who dabbles in weird and "unusual" cases, on the side. Proctor isn't a Mulder clone, in fact he's nothing like Mulder. And he doesn't have a specific sidekick, though in this volume (and it future ones, it is suggested) he does have a female partner who is more bodyguard than investigator. A mysterious plea for help, an unnamed threat, and an extremely unusual small town that doesn't show up on all maps. just right for horrors and danger and life threatening action! I'm never disappointed by Grant. But if you want more gore and splatter. well. it's here, but only subtly so. but this ain't your modern horror show. I quite enjoyed it. ( ) This is the second installment in the Black Oak Security series featuring Ethan Proctor, the owner & lead investigator of the firm. A fun, scary, X- files like story, you'll like it if you are ready to settle down with a supernatural mystery that is just for fun. While it could be in the horror genre, it is also science fiction & a mystery. It's not horror that sells in the supermarket,either. In the first installment Ethan Proctor decided that he would take on the case of multi-millionaire Taylor Blaine's missing daughter. The missing daughter seems to be an ongoing story from what I can tell. In this book, while the Black Oak Team is working on the Blaine case, Ethan decides to take on the case of an old woman who sent him a letter for help from a town out in the Kansas boonies. Blaine (as Proctor notes), sends Ethan his own employee, Vivian, to "protect his investment". So though Proctor doesn't want her there, that's too bad, so she goes along with him to Kansas. When they get there, they feel like they've stumbled onto Dodge City, complete with saloon, stables and hitching posts for the horses. No one pays them any attention, which is weird enough, but as night begins to fall, people begin to go home, not wanting to be out on the streets at night. But it turns out that there is some strange religious cult/order which takes up residence in the town, and since they've been there, people have been disappearing. However, to hear the townspeople talk, the religious group is actually helpful to the town, so what's going on? Actually, this book went very fast. I think the missing Blaine girl story is a sort of background thing that will be a part of the other books and then eventually in some subtle way, make its way to the forefront of one of the stories. While this book was sufficiently mysterious & spooky, if not altogether ooky, there were a few unanswered questions left hanging. If my hunch is right, though, these stories are all going to connect up at some point. So don't be frustrated by the ending, although it was difficult not to be. Read book #1 first. I think it's important so that you get a handle on Ethan's character & with the missing Blaine daughter story. Read book 1, sit back, relax, pour yourself a nice cup of coffee & read. Have fun. I have just ordered book #3; I really want this series to move along! ( ) Die größten Hörerlebnisse nur bei Audible. Erlebe Audible auf dem Smartphone, Tablet, am Computer oder deinem Amazon Echo. Auch offline. Die größten Hörerlebnisse. 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