Berserk
Author: Tim Lebbon
Desc: Those who go for cold queasy horror will embrace the latest shocker from Stoker-winner Lebbon (Fears Unnamed). When a dangerous military experiment on England's Salisbury Plain goes fatally awry the authorities hastily and secretly bury the bodies of a dozen soldiers and a few other victims. The body of one soldier Steven is supposedly returned to his parents but the coffin is empty. Ten years later Steven's still grieving father Tom locates the place of burial. But when Tom excavates the site he discovers not his son's remains but the moldering corpse of a little girl animated by a peculiar form of life. Lots more nastiness follows. Fans who prefer their horror to have a sense of humanity should look elsewhere.