The Gates: A Samuel Johnson Tale

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Simon and Schuster, Oct 6, 2009 - Fiction - 304 pages
Bursting with imagination and impossible to put down, this “wholly original” (People) and “refreshing” (San Francisco Chronicle) novel from New York Times bestselling author John Connolly is about the pull between good and evil, physics and fantasy—and a quirky boy, who is impossible not to love, and the unlikely cast of characters who give him the strength to stand up to a demonic power.

Young Samuel Johnson and his dachshund, Boswell, are trying to show initiative by trick-or-treating a full three days before Halloween, which is how they come to witness strange goings-on at 666 Crowley Road. The Abernathys don't mean any harm by their flirtation with the underworld, but when they unknowingly call forth Satan himself, they create a gap in the universe, a gap through which a pair of enormous gates is visible. The gates to Hell. And there are some pretty terrifying beings just itching to get out...

Can one small boy defeat evil? Can he harness the power of science, faith, and love to save the world as we know it?
 

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Section 1
1
Section 2
5
Section 3
15
Section 4
25
Section 5
39
Section 6
47
Section 7
51
Section 8
55
Section 20
151
Section 21
159
Section 22
171
Section 23
177
Section 24
187
Section 25
191
Section 26
199
Section 27
207

Section 9
59
Section 10
61
Section 11
71
Section 12
72
Section 13
81
Section 14
91
Section 15
97
Section 16
113
Section 17
123
Section 18
131
Section 19
141
Section 28
217
Section 29
225
Section 30
237
Section 31
247
Section 32
257
Section 33
265
Section 34
275
Section 35
287
Section 36
291
Section 37
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John Connolly is the author of the #1 internationally bestselling Charlie Parker thrillers series, the supernatural collection Nocturnes, the Samuel Johnson Trilogy for younger readers, and (with Jennifer Ridyard) the Chronicles of the Invaders series. He lives in Dublin, Ireland. For more information, see his website at JohnConnollyBooks.com, or follow him on Twitter @JConnollyBooks.

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