Daemonic (novel)

Daemonic is a novel by Stephen Laws published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1995.

First edition

Plot summary

Daemonic is a novel in which reclusive business tycoon and horror movie producer Jack Draegerman offers a large amount of money to a group of people to visit him in his mansion.^[1]

Reception

Jonathan Palmer reviewed Daemonic for Arcane magazine, rating it a 3 out of 10 overall.^[1] Palmer comments that "Daemonic is the name of the book you should avoid. Diabolical might have been more apt."^[1] Reviewing the novel for The Agony Column,^[2] Rick Kleffel described Daemonic as "a complex combination of subtle thought and over-the-top horror, a crowd-pleaser, a perfect B-movie rendered with consummate skill as a high-class piece of writing."

Reviews

• Review by Stephen Payne (1996) in Vector 189, p30^[3]