The Totem Author:David Morrell When police chief Nathan Slaughter settles in the tiny mountain community of Potter?s Field, Wyoming, his most fervent prayer is that he has left behind him forever the nightmare he barely survived on a blizzardy night in Detroit. But nothing prepares him for the greater sanity-threatening nightmare he is about to confront. Beginning with the di... more »scovery of mutilated cattle on outlying ranches, Slaughter is drawn deeper and deeper into a vortex of terror as animals become savage and children go insane, trapping the entire town in a frenzy of violence. As Slaughter races against time to expose the horrifying secret behind the increasingly savage attacks, he also struggles to overcome his deepest fears.« less
Funny thing. When I first read the abridged version back in the early '90's, I just couldn't get into it. I really didn't understand it. Fast forward to 2007 when I picked up the unabridged version, gave it another try and - MAN, what a difference.
I would recommend the unabridged version any day to anyone. It's a very good, intriguing book.
I couldn't stick with this one, it just seemed to drag along and was taking forever to get the story going enough to get engrossed with it so I gave up, there are better ones to be read.