Summer of Night

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name = Summer of Night
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author = Dan Simmons
cover_artist = Tom Hallman
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Horror novel
publisher = Putnam Pub Group
release_date = January 1991
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 600 (paperback)
isbn = ISBN 0-399-13573-1 (hardback edition)
preceded_by = None
followed_by = A Winter's Haunting

"Summer of Night" is a horror novel by American writer Dan Simmons, published in 1991 by Warner Aspect.

Plot summary

Set in Elm Haven, Illinois, in 1960, "Summer of Night" recounts its five pre-teen protagonists’ discovery that eerie, terrifying events are unfolding in the Old Central School. Operatives, including a dead soldier; giant worms with rows of sharp, serrated teeth; the animated corpse of a deceased teacher; schoolyard bullies; the driver of a rendering truck; their school teacher, and principal of the school, serve a centuries-old evil that seeks to be reborn in their time--and in their town. It is only by banding together that the pre-teens can hope to defeat the monstrosity before it destroys them, their friends, their families--and, possibly, the world.

The sequel to "Summer of Night" is called "A Winter Haunting," in which Dale Stewart, now grown, returns to Elm Haven. Another pseudo-sequel is "Children of the Night" which features a much older Mike O'Rourke, now a Roman Catholic priest, who is sent on a mission to investigate bizarre events in a European city. Another "Summer of Night" character, Dale's younger brother, Lawrence Stewart, appears as a minor character in Simmons' thriller "Darwin's Blade" while the adult Cordie Cooke appears in "Fires of Eden".

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