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The terror : a novel Item Preview. EMBED for wordpress. Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! None of the people has the slightest idea what is going on or why those people are suddenly after them.
And what originally looks like a military mission gone bad, may turned out to be exactly what was planned for the little town. This book as insane. So much action, never a boring moment, always someone's life in immediate danger, there was so much death and fights and running from the enemy, it was really insane, beautifully insane. The first few chapters were the most terrifying thing I've ever read, and I read them at night, right before sleep.
The story is very addicting, once I had the book in my hands I couldn't stop reading. I loved the characters, even the bad guys, there all just gave life to the story. Seeing them suffer and run for their lifes kept me on edge for the whole book. My favorite one has to be Duncan, the little kid involved in the story, he was pretty amazing for a kid.
If things like that happened to me when I was his age, I'd just hide under bed until the bad guys found me. Anyways, this is an amazing story.
It has a movie sense about it. I could picture everything going on. But be warned, it is not for younger readers. There is so much torture and gore, that I would only recommend this to adults only and not the fainthearted ones. Nov 20, Crystal Hiatt rated it it was amazing. Warning: This book may cause severe heart palpitations and lack of sleep. Afraid is intense! Right from the first page, it pulls you into this macabre world that you're afraid to stay in but to engrossed in to leave.
I can't wait to read the rest of the books in this series. Michael David I'm intrigued! Great review, Crystal! I'm intrigued! Crystal Hiatt It's not for the faint of heart, but if you're a fan of the splatterpunk genre this book is one of the better ones I've read. It reminded me a lot of It's not for the faint of heart, but if you're a fan of the splatterpunk genre this book is one of the better ones I've read.
It reminded me a lot of The Troop by Nick Cutter. Mar 16, Ophelia Julien rated it it was amazing. Jack Kilborn knows that a small town in America's heartland is the perfect place to set a horror thriller: remote, surrounded by shadowy woods, and sparsely populated by residents who still live by an unlocked-door policy. After reading this book, residents of small towns everywhere will be locking their doors with deadbolts and going to bed with. I know I would.
The evil that descends upon this town, literally, in a helicopter, is motivated by the worst of all ni Jack Kilborn knows that a small town in America's heartland is the perfect place to set a horror thriller: remote, surrounded by shadowy woods, and sparsely populated by residents who still live by an unlocked-door policy.
The evil that descends upon this town, literally, in a helicopter, is motivated by the worst of all nightmares: inflicting pain and death for the sheer enjoyment of it. Sure, there is an agenda behind it all, but the reader realizes pretty quickly that the agenda is secondary to the basic goals of pain and death, in that order.
And pain is dispersed among the townspeople in spectacularly grisly fashion. Kilborn is very good at visiting every possible nightmare from biting to stabbing, from burning to drowning, dismemberment to electric shock, with unremitting darkness and the occasional bout of claustrophobia thrown into the mix.
One can almost picture Kilborn sitting at his keyboard and rubbing his hands in cackling glee as he speeds from one ghastly vision to the next. This is not to say that the entire book is nothing but gore. The reason this book succeeds so well is that beneath the surface layer of horror is a tight, strong, well-founded story that follows the path of three and a half unlikely heroes as they battle not only to survive but to overcome the monstrosity that has derailed their lives.
The fact that all of them have been clothed in very real flesh and blood by the author will keep the reader turning pages to see what happens next, because you will care what befalls each of them. If you are seeking a page-turner that will have you switching on more lights as darkness descends and will linger in your mind long after you've reached the end, then AFRAID is the book for you.
Just do yourself a favor and try to read it when you can consume it in one gulp. It's that good. View 1 comment. May 14, Glen Krisch rated it really liked it. Set during one harrowing evening, Afraid pits the citizens of the sleepy Wisconsin Northwood's town of Safe Haven against a special forces unit programmed with implanted computer chips and chemical enhancements to torture, maim and kill whoev Afraid is the first horror novel from Jack Kilborn, aka thriller writer, JA Konrath.
Set during one harrowing evening, Afraid pits the citizens of the sleepy Wisconsin Northwood's town of Safe Haven against a special forces unit programmed with implanted computer chips and chemical enhancements to torture, maim and kill whoever gets in their way.
How and why are these trained killers let loose on the unsuspecting town? That answer lies in the land of spoiler alerts, and I won't tread that line in this mini review. Rest assured, the Safe Haven citizenry--average citizens who could reside in any American town--rise up and fight back against this Goliath-like enemy.
While I generally shun spoilers, I will warn readers about becoming too attached to these likeable characters. Like I said, the pace of Afraid is relentless, and there are casualties along the way--even the fleshed out characters you can imagine settling down to a good long life are at risk of untimely demise. May 05, Tressa rated it really liked it Shelves: horror. Population A military helicopter crashes in the tiny Wisconsin town of Safe Haven.
A sheriff, a firefighter, a single mom, and her year-old son band together for survival and seek the answer to their own question: Why would the military drop on their quiet t Safe Haven, Wisconsin.
A sheriff, a firefighter, a single mom, and her year-old son band together for survival and seek the answer to their own question: Why would the military drop on their quiet town a band of programmed, enhanced killing machines whose objective is to: Isolate. Afraid gets one of the saddest and goriest starts imaginable when longtime married sweethearts Sal and Maggie are introduced. They bought a home on the lake where the nearest neighbor is miles away, but forgot that in the country no one can hear you scream.
Around midnight Maggie hears the microwave beeping and smells burned popcorn. Doesn't Sal know that eating late at night is bad for his heartburn? She's about to go into lecture mode as she hears her husband casually munching popcorn outside her bedroom door.
Then she hears her husband's boat driving up. When the trembling woman asks the intruder what he plans to do to her, he answers "everything. Afraid is Kilborn's first novel; let's hope it won't be his last. View all 14 comments. Oct 02, Pam rated it it was amazing. What a crazy, creepy gory ride that was! I really enjoyed this book! My first by this Author and now off to look up his others!
May 07, Crystal rated it really liked it. What a wild ride that was!! This book is packed with action from cover to cover! Such a fun, intense read!! Why does the ending sounds like a cliff hanging? And what?! Why no punishment for the bad people?
Are all government or military or whoever related this are as bad as mentioned in the book? Or am I the only one knowing about the reality now? So I'm a little behind on my reviews Well, I'll tell you why So here's the thing I LOVE horror movies, but when it comes to horror novels, well they're a tricky thing, aren't they? Sometimes horror just doesn't translate on the page quite like it does on the big screen.
So, when I find a horror novel that delivers, well "I'm not afraid of the dead, I'm afraid of what made them dead. So, when I find a horror novel that delivers, well then it needs the praise it deserves. Am I right folks? This is not for the squeamish or easily afraid. When reading you will want to have all the lights in the house on and your guns loaded and a phone nearby in the event of an emergency.
A helicopter crashes in the small town of Safe Haven sweet irony there and it's not long before the small town is taken over by a small group of highly advanced supped up super soldiers. These "soldiers" aren't just your typical American soldiers however. They have dark pasts, and this experimental drug that enhances their abilities, well, let's just say that it doesn't exactly make for the perfect "ops" team. As the soldiers descend on Safe Haven, they have one mission, find Sheriff Streng's brother.
Only Sheriff Streng knows the whereabouts of his brother Wiley and he's not telling. He will do whatever it takes to stop these soldiers from destroying his town and the people in it.
He soon realizes that it might just cost him his life. This is my first novel by Jack Kilborn aka J. Konrath and it certainly did not disappoint. While there were aspects of this novel that were somewhat out of left field, there were others that were completely believable and downright terrifying.
Kilborn was able to tap into a multitude of situations that any number of people would find terrifying. There is without a doubt some place in this novel that will terrify you. I'm sure of it.
I listened to the audio version narrated by Phil Gigante, and I have to say, he brings these characters to life for sure. Yet, at the same time he was able to bring empathy and warmth to characters such as Duncan, Josh, and Fran. I definitely plan to check out some of Jack Kilborn's other novels. I'm certain they'll be just as entertaining. View all 5 comments. Mar 13, Debra rated it really liked it Shelves: horror-supernatural. This was like watching SAW; pretty gruesome torture scenes, although the author doesn't go into many gory details.
However, there is plenty of shocking stuff through-out the book. I don't love that kind of stuff, but it's like watching a train wreck; I just had to keep turning the pages because the story was so good! I really cared about the characters and was rooting for the small group of people and scene-stealing Woof fighting the evil that had come to their town.
Nothing supernatural going This was like watching SAW; pretty gruesome torture scenes, although the author doesn't go into many gory details. Nothing supernatural going on here, just a horrifying thriller.
I had to suspend belief when it came to how much physical and psychological damage the heroes and heroine could take and keep on running and fighting. In spite of that, I really enjoyed this fast-paced novel. Mar 21, Joe Rixman rated it really liked it. One word describes the first novel from author Jack Kilborn: relentless. Each section break, while short, somehow manages to ratchet up the suspense to the point that you wonder how much more you can take.
The story is a non-stop horror ride…once on One word describes the first novel from author Jack Kilborn: relentless. The story centers on Safe Haven, Wisconsin, a small town that prefers its privacy over even economic depression. Through their eyes and half-a-dozen other peripheral characters , we witness the horrors that can befall those unprepared. The attacks, when they come, are lightning quick…yet seem to last for hours. Gripping stuff! The story slowly, methodically unfolds even as the body count rises.
The gruesome factor rises exponentially as the story heads toward its violent climax, but the real horror, the real suspense, comes from those scenes where the information is doled out in tidbits, allowing the mind to fill in the gaps…and it is guaranteed that those gaps will eventually be filled with the most awful things imaginable. There are moments of pure beauty, selfless heroism and several scenes that, were this to be a movie, would illicit screams of pandemonious glee and gut-wrenching terror.
It is exhausting. The words are visceral. You can see the enemy approaching, smell the burning flesh, taste the blood, feel the knife slither across your skin and hear the sounds of your heart thumping madly in your chest.
Yes, the book is that good. That is not to say this is a perfect book. The characters are not as fully-rendered as I would have liked and the nasties felt, at first, contrived and dull.
However, like a pro, Kilborn takes these quibbles and sets them aside, due mostly to the frenetic pace of his story, the bareness of his prose and, in the end, our personal desire to see good triumph over evil. The realization that we humans are capable of atrocities similar to what are revealed throughout this book permeate the soul long after the last words are read, much like mold over rotting food.
It is a bitter pill to swallow, that we are capable of such great good and yet, perform such hideousness upon one another. Both sides of that coin get equal billing here. Then hold on tightly for a ride you will both want to jump off…and ride again and again.
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