Release: July 25th, 2019
Format: Ebook
Publisher: Flame Tree Press
Source: Amazon
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What are you willing to do, what are you willing to become, to save someone you love?
A mysterious man known only as Corliss resurrects Sierra Sowell’s dead brother Jeffrey. Corliss also transforms four people in Sierra’s life into inhuman monsters determined to kill her. Sierra and Jeffrey’s boyfriend Marc work to discover the reason for her brother’s return to life. Meanwhile, they are also struggling to survive attacks by this monstrous quartet.
Corliss gives Sierra a chance to make Jeffrey’s resurrection permanent if she makes a dreadful bargain. Can she do what it will take to save her brother, no matter how much blood is shed along the way?
FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018, the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.
About the Author:
Tim Waggoner’s first novel came out in 2001, and since then, he’s published close to forty novels and three collections of short stories. He writes original dark fantasy and horror, as well as media tie-ins. His novels include Like Death, considered a modern classic in the genre, and the popular Nekropolis series of urban fantasy novels. He’s written tie-in fiction for Supernatural, Grimm, The X-Files, Doctor Who, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Transformers, among others. He’s written novelizations for films such as Kingsman: The Golden Circle and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. His writing articles have appeared in Writer’s Digest, Writer’s Journal, Writer’s Workshop of Horror, and Where Nightmares Come From.
In 2017 he received the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction, and he’s been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award and the Scribe Award. His fiction has received numerous Honorable Mentions in volumes of Best Horror of the Year, and in 2016, the Horror Writers Association honored him with the Mentor of the Year Award. In addition to writing, he’s also a full-time tenured professor who teaches creative writing and composition at Sinclair College.
They Kill Review:
“They Kill” was fun, creepy, and thoroughly entertaining, and I loved every minute of it! For me, this felt like the perfect book for this genre.
Firstly, I enjoyed the characters and thought they were the best! Sierra shines in the role as she starts to figure out something is wrong in the first year of her brother’s death. More than Sierra, I enjoyed the villains in the story. Whether it be Mandy, Grace, Randall, or Stuart, all of these four characters made compelling villains. It was interesting to see how their personalities drastically changed when Corliss confronted them.
Similarly, even Corliss is a unique and memorable villain, even if he only appeared shortly. He is one of those characters who I will never forget. The author dynamically wrote the cast, and it was interesting to see how even they get conflicting emotions for their actions.
Moreover, the author also wrote the plot in such an engaging manner that I could not take my eyes off the pages. I have read many horror books, but some scenes in this story truly shocked me (like Mandy’s control of Karolyn). Moreover, I found the parts where the four superpower villains confront each other were epic and good! Also, the author also maintains an air of mystery as to why Corliss targets everyone against Sierra, which we find out in the climax.
Overall, I thought this was the perfect story for the genre and loved every minute of it. I devoured this book and finished it in one sitting. Tim Waggoner has become one of my favorite authors, and I cannot wait to read his future works.
