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The Red Insects

John Russell Fearn (1951)

SubgenreHeroic Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.0

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Positive tags

MysterySurvival

Protagonist archetypes

Ensemble Cast

Synopsis

"Nick Hansley, his wife Ena and father-in-law find that their country house, 'The Cedars', radiates a positively evil aura. Their strange neighbour Dr. Lexton calls, wanting to buy their home. But who is Dr. Lexton? And as for Ena's deceased uncle, entomologist Cyrus Odder, what was the nature of the secret experiment he had worked on there? Then after a mysterious death in the house - death spreads its net across the countryside - and the entire world ..."--Publisher description.

Tags

Science Fiction HorrorGolden Age Sci-FiBritish Weird FictionPulp Horror