Genre: Horror
Format: eBook
Pages: 264
Rating: ★★★★
Synopsis:
An unholy being is unleashed in the terrifying novel from the EMMY-award-winning producer and screenwriter of the LIONSGATE horror film THE INHABITANT.
What if the horrors of the past seeped into the present? THE APARTMENT is a place where every hallway, door, and staircase leads to madness. And where a serial killer by the name of THE HARVESTER has decided to stalk their victims.
Benjamin and his girlfriend Katherine move to New York City. Instead of stylish Manhattan, or hip Brooklyn, the couple end up on Roosevelt Island, a spit of land in the middle of the East River.
It's secluded and steeped in sordid history. The place was once known as the ‘Island of the Damned’ when it was home to a prison, a smallpox hospital, and a mysterious building where strange experiments occurred.
Review:
Katherine aka Kat has a special gift. Starting at the age of
eight she has been able to see beyond what others are not able to. Pictures
appearing in her mind showing her events happening or are yet to happen.
Spirits appear to her at times, but there is one that is malicious, a bringer
of doom.
After a traumatic experience at the age of eight, her ability
goes dormant for many years. She has also become very susceptible to becoming terribly
ill. She must be incredibly careful not to be exposed, so she mostly stays
secluded.
"Time and trauma had etched their mark, leaving her with
a perpetual wariness in her storm-grey eyes."
As her life moves forward, she has found love and a new
future. She takes a huge leap of faith and moves to New York with her
boyfriend, Benjamin. He chooses an apartment on a less populated island to help
protect Kat from being exposed to illnesses.
Kat soon learns that the apartment building and the island
have many hidden dark secrets, and it has awoken her ability. Once again, she
starts to see disturbing and horrible things.
The other tenants seem strange and distant, often cranky.
"Some people are just not pleasant."
There is now a murderer among them. The crimes are heinous
and have everyone on edge, feeling unsafe.
As
thoughts of the island linger in Kats mind, her visions become more
frightening, and her dreams become more disturbing. She does not quite feel
like her normal self anymore.
Murder
and mystery abound within these pages. Kat's character is so intriguing as she is
not easy to figure out because of her ability, it turns one's mind to really
wonder what is actually going on, what is real and what is not. The lingering
spirits are unsettling because of how much pain they are in, lost and trapped.
The most disturbing is learning what occurred on the island many, many years
before, heart wrenching.
The
end chapters are full of surprises!
Ghosts,
paranormal, thriller, serial killer, mystery, and horror. This was a fun read!
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About the author
I’m a national EMMY award-winning documentary filmmaker and WGA screenwriter. If you’ve watched National Geographic, PBS, or The Discovery Channel you’ve seen my work. I’m the idiot in the water filming sharks in murky water or vampire bats in pitch-black caves. But I sometimes like to leave the factual world behind and work in fiction.
The elevated horror film I wrote - The Inhabitant - was released through Lionsgate last fall and is available on Prime. A reviewer in The Guardian wrote - “...there’s a lot more finesse here in the telling of the backstory … and a sense of menace lurking around every corner in the bland suburban setting; together it evokes indie “elevated horror” features such as It Follows.”
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