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Floating Dragon

by Peter Straub · 1982

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Two monstrous evils.

This quiet suburban town of Hampstead is threatened by two horrors.

One is natural. The hideous, unstoppable creation of man's power gone mad.

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The other is not natural at all. And it makes the first look like a child's play.

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Setting
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Mood
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Audience
adult
Length
long · 595 pages

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