All the Fiends of Hell

By: Adam Nevill

Narrated by: Kris Dyer

The red night of bells heralds global catastrophe. Annihilation on a biblical scale. Seeing the morning is no blessing. The handful of scattered survivors are confronted by blood-red skies and an infestation of predatory horrors that never originated on earth. An occupying force intent on erasing the remnants of animal life from the planet. Across the deserted landscapes of England, bereft of infrastructure and society, the overlooked can either hide or try to outrun the infernal hunting terrors. Until a rumour emerges claiming that the sea may offer an escape.

Ordinary, unexceptional, directionless Karl, is one of the few who made it through the first night. In the company of two orphans, he flees south. But only into horrifying revelations and greater peril, where a transformed world and expanding race of ravening creatures await. Driven to the end of the country and himself, he must overcome alien and human malevolence and act in ways that were unthinkable mere days before.

All The Fiends of Hell is a novel of alien horror from the four times winner of the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel.

©2024 Adam Nevill (P)2024 Adam Nevill

Not bad, not great; not among my favourites.

I like the premise of the story but really, overall feels like many other british horror books and movies: very good premises and a rather not so good execution.

Its not terrible by any means as long as you like the genre but it did not impress me.
"Lots of wasted potential" is the thing that comes to mind often about this one.

The narration is correct, easy to listen and follow, no complaints there.

"What did you do, before the sky started to bleed?"

I enjoyed this one a lot. The author's been on my radar since his first short story collection, and this book really shows why he's one of my favorite modern horror writers. He keeps the focus limited to the protagonist and just a few other characters for much of the book, and maintains a good level of eeriness with some occasional unsettling imagery along the way. I also appreciate that he shows just enough of the strange things happening in the world to keep you wanting more, but never overexplains it. And for a horror story, I appreciate that the ending is actually delivered well. I want to read more about what happens next, but the ending is also satisfying as-is. Overall, just a great experience, it gets my highest recommendation.

Robotic narration

I can’t finish this because of the narration. Sentences that always go up in tone. No periods. Just awful voice performance.

Excellent supernatural post-apocalypse

This is astonishingly good, probably Nevill’s best yet. It genuinely scared me several times, and as someone who’s nearly 60 and been reading horror since my early teens, I seldom get that real feeling of deep fear these days. It also made me cry several times, as Nevill captures the accumulated weight of regret, exhaustion, self-condemnation, and other bad emotions his protagonist feels. I love it when a story makes me feel like the author is saying, “I’m very sorry to have to deal you this part, but here’s what happened next….”

I can scarcely recommend this too highly to other horror readers.

A bloody sky

Thos was a nice book to listen 2. I have no complaints about it and rather enjoyed it as it remided me of an older book I read and i found it entertaining. I honestly wouldn't mind another one set in the same universe as it that might shed further light on the Horrors organs and motivation. If you liked this you may also like Garth Nix's Book Shades Children.