
Offspring
The sequel to the one that started it all, Off Season.
THE STORY BEHIND THE GRUESOME LEGEND....
Twenty years ago....It shocked horror fans everywhere -- Jack Ketchum's Off Season, the brutal and harrowing story of an inbred family of cannibals in present-day Maine. Some readers were horrified, others outraged. Yet no one could put the book down. An instant cult classic.
THE LEGEND LIVES ON!
The local sheriff of Dead River, Maine, thought he'd killed them off ten years ago... a primitive, cave-dwelling tribe of predatory savages. But somehow, the clan survived. To breed. To hunt. To kill and eat. Now the peaceful residents, who came to Dead River to escape civilization, are fighting for their lives....
"Offspring may
well be the most horrifying book you will ever read."
-- Robert Bloch
Offspring has recently been adapted for film. The official website for the film is located at http://offspringthemovie.com. Be sure to check out ModernCine's behind-the-scenes YouTube videos, too!
1991 Berkley Books - mass market paperback
1994 New Joker (Russian translation, paired with Off Season) - hardcover
1996 Headline (UK edition) - paperback
2006 Overlook Connection Press - limited harcover editions, trade paperback edition
2006 Leisure Books - mass market paperback
2007 Fushosha (Japanese translation)
2009 Heyne Hardcorde (German translation, as Beute Gier)