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[williemeikle]

The S-Squad now have a series page on Amazon. so you can get them all at once in the one place. https://www.amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B07K4KRQCT/kindle/ref=sr_bookseries_null_B07K4KRQCT

[michaelpatrickhicks]

Review: Fury of the Orcas by Hunter Shea

My rating: 4 of 5 stars All across the world, killer whales are suddenly going berserk. In marine parks and aquariums, orcas are leaping out their pools and tearing apart their trainers. In the Atlantic, pods are attacking ships with cunning, predatory ruthlessness. Orca trainers Chet and Rosario (who are also romantically involved) are thrust into the middle of it all, and are bound and determined to get to the bottom of why these orcas are freaking out in such meticulous and coordinated ways. Their race against time takes them on a globe-hopping whirlwind of violence peppered with a heady dose of conspiracy. Hunter Shea packs in a fair deal of plot points in only 150 pages, taking a bonkers idea and complicating it even further with some X-Files-like shenanigans. As with his previous sea-terror novel, Megalodon In Paradise, Shea ties in some of these elements with his ghost shark novel, They Rise. I still haven't read They Rise, but the gist of it is laid out well enough here that newcomers shouldn't feel too lost in the weeds. As is typical of Shea, the horror elements are well done and frenetically paced. When it comes to high-octane, pulp-styled, B-rated creature features, few do it as consistently well as Hunter Shea. You can count on this author to deliver whacky stories rife with mayhem and loads of fun. For pure entertainment value, Shea's a tough one to beat. Now that I've sank my teeth into a couple of his Severed Press aquatic horror themed books, and with They Rise moving up the Kindle docket a few more notches, I'm digging this unofficial series that particular book kicked off. And given how Fury of the Orcas ends, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for at least one more wonderfully cataclysmic entry. View all my reviews

[michaelpatrickhicks]

Review: Megalodon In Paradise by Hunter Shea

My rating: 4 of 5 stars Hunter Shea is a bit of an old reliable when it comes to fixing up some fun, good ol' fashioned horror fixes. Megalodon In Paradise is no different, and if this beach read doesn't make you want to kick back in the shade with an ice cold Corona, I don't know what will. So, here's the skinny. Ollie is a regular old nobody - so much of a nobody, in fact, that his corporate job was saved from layoffs mostly because none of his superiors even remembered him. He's kept a low-profile, with much of his life revolving around movies, reminiscing about his college glory days with his buddies, and playing the lottery nightly. Eventually, his gambling pays off and he strikes it rich. Super rich. Like, mega rich. Rich enough to buy his own private island, reunite with his college buddies, and build each of them their own home on the island where they can all escape into the lap of luxury together and never work another day in their life. You know what they say about if it sounds too good to be true, right? Well, this island has a bit of a secret history... and a rather large problem resting near the bottom of the ocean, which Ollie and his friends accidentally awaken. Shea takes the simple concept of a shark story and manages to complicate it a bit further, throwing in a handful of other threats aside from the titular, and very bloodthirsty, megalodon. It's not particularly groundbreaking, but (as I've come to expect from Shea's work) it is a heck of a lot of fun and has enough action to keep the pages turning. If you didn't get your fill during this year's recently wrapped Shark Week, Megalodon In Paradise should help smooth you over while you hit up the beach and enjoy a cold one. Jimmy Buffett tunes are entirely optional, of course. View all my reviews

[michaelpatrickhicks]

Review: Savage Jungle by Hunter Shea

My rating: 4 of 5 stars Savage Jungle sees the return of Natalie and Austin McQueen, fresh off their hunt for revenge against the Loch Ness monster. In the course of Loch Ness Revenge, the twins made a promise to help Henrik, their uber-rich German benefactor with a van full of guns, track down the monsters responsible for his father's death. And so the trio set off for Sumatra, hot on the heels of the brutal Orang Pendek, a tribe of fabled simian-like creatures. Hunter Shea does a fine job of delivering action-packed cryptid adventures, layering in dashes of horror and humor for lots of fresh, pulpy goodness. Given the atrocities the McQueens and Henrik have faced in their youth at the hands of wildly different monsters, and their shared adventure in the prior book, there's an automatic bit of camaraderie between the group. But it's in the action department where Shea really excels here, and he tosses in a few welcome surprises along the way. While traipsing through the Sumatran rain forest, our league of adventurers manage to stumble across more dangers than they ever could have reasonably planned for, and the Orang Pendeks turn out to be a bit more than any of them had bargained for. Shea is one of the most consistent writers that I follow, and he always manages to deliver fun, full-throttle reads that present fresh twists on the popular cryptids that have so clearly captured his imagination and interest. [Note: I received an advanced copy of this title from the author and publisher via Hook of a Book Media and Publicity.] View all my reviews

[scifiandscary]

Indie Zone: Talking with J.B. Rockwell

Indie Zone: Talking with J.B. Rockwell

J.B. Rockwell is a New Englander, which is important to note because it means she’s (a) hard-headed, (b) frequently stubborn, and (c) prone to fits of snarky sarcasticness. As a kid she subsisted on a steady diet of fairy tales, folklore, mythology augmented by generous helpings of science fiction and fantasy. As a quasi-adult she dreamed of being the next Indian Jones and even pursued (and…

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Scott Shoyer Releases his Debut Novel Outbreak: The Hunger

Scott Shoyer Releases his Debut Novel Outbreak: The Hunger

Scott Shoyer, a local Austin, Texas author with a wicked mind for horror, has just had his debut zombie novel, OUTBREAK: THE HUNGER, published by Severed Press. Shoyer’s novel was released on April 14, 2015 and is now available in paperback and eBook formats.

OUTBREAK: THE HUNGER is a fast-paced, gory look at events leading up to the outbreak of a zombie virus. This virus, Shoyer promises, is…

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The Ghoul Archipelago by Stephen Kozeniewski

The Ghoul Archipelago by Stephen Kozeniewski @severedpress #review #horror

After ravenous corpses topple society and consume most of the world’s population, freighter captain Henk Martigan is shocked to receive a distress call. Eighty survivors beg him to whisk them away to the relative safety of the South Pacific. Martigan wants to help, but to rescue anyone he must first pass through the nightmare backwater of the Curien island chain. A power struggle is brewing in…

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