Blackstone Chronicles is a series of mystery and thriller novels authored by John Saul. The series consists of six novels and takes place in a small New Hampshire town called Blackstone. In each novel a person or persons receives a "gift" from an unknown source and begins to have strange, terrible things happen to them or those around them. The final novel reveals who was behind it all and climaxes in a showdown between the characters.
Novels
- An Eye for an Eye: The Doll Publisher: Fawcett Books (December 28, 1996) Paperback 82 pages ISBN 0-449-22781-2
- Twist of Fate: The Locket Publisher: Fawcett Books (January 29, 1997) Paperback 86 pages ISBN 0-449-22784-7
- Ashes to Ashes: The Dragon's Flame Publisher: Fawcett Books (February, 1997) Paperback 86 pages
- In the Shadow of Evil : The Handkerchief Publisher: Fawcett Books (March 30, 1997) Paperback 96 pages ISBN 0-449-22788-X
- Day of Reckoning: The Stereoscope Publisher: Fawcett Books (1997) Paperback 84 pages ISBN 0-449-22789-8
- Asylum Publisher: Fawcett Books (June 1997) Paperback ? pages ISBN On February 28, 1998
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- The Blackstone Chronicles : The Serial Thriller Complete in One Volume contained all six serial novels. It was released by Ballantine Books in trade paperback, ISBN 0-449-00192-X, 544 pages.
Blackstone Chronicles in other media
With the success of the novels, ABC intended to make a six-part Miniseries giving it an early release date of Summer, 1998. Little came of it and no miniseries was made. In 1998 Mindscape published a multimedia-rich computer game which was developed by Legend Entertainment, entitled John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles: An Adventure in Terror. A sequel to the novels, the game takes place several years after the sixth book, and continues the story of Oliver Metcalf, his family, and the town of Blackstone. The game starts with Oliver arriving at the Blackstone Asylum, which has been purchased and is being turned into a Museum of Psychiatric History. That doesn't sit well with Malcolm Metcalf, Oliver's father and last superintendent of the Asylum. who died some forty years before. All of the activity involved in transforming the Asylum has awakened its residents. For reasons not yet known to Oliver or the player, his father has taken his son, Joshua, and hidden him somewhere in the Asylum, apparently to coerce Oliver there. While the game was not a large success, it is highly sought-after by fans of the series, some even referring to it as the seventh 'book'. The game is impressive for its expansion of the novels' plot, its dark and unsettling atmosphere, and the chilling voice acting done by Henry Strozier (Malcolm Metcalf).
