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Woo Hoo! More quirky and outrageous horror courtesy of Adam Howe.
Enter…If you dare.
MY REVIEW
Okay….Here we go on another wildassed adventure.
A house on wheels, three mangy rednecks and a Wrestlemania road trip. I feel nothing can go wrong. ‘as I chuckle under my breath’
Some men never grow up, and Mike’s friends, Lonnie and Pork Chop are a perfect example.
They decide to take a shortcut and I know nothing good can come of that, but I sure am eager to find out what kind of trouble they find. They, literally, run into the “goat”, causing a crazy band of vicious, coldblooded cultists to chase them down.
Have no fear. Adam has a way of taking his flawed and twisted characters and turning them into lovable friends that come through at the end, but at what cost. He kills his characters off with no shame, probably laughing with glee as Another One Bites the Dust.
This action packed, fire and brimstone apocalyptic tale leaves me wondering…does anyone survive when the line between good and evil is blurred? Be careful…if you let pride…think you know it all….Arrogance is not an asset.
One minute I felt the truth of it all and the next I felt I was in hell with Sam and Dean Winchester.
Adam Howe shattered my expectations, leaving me loving and hating Mike and his band of misfits…and looking forward to their next twisted adventure.
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Scapegoat by Adam Howe.
GOODREADS BLURB
March 29, 1987… For metalheads Mike Rawson, Lonnie Deveroux, and Pork Chop, an RV road trip to Wrestlemania III becomes a one-way ticket to hell. While delivering an illegal shipment of counterfeit wrestling merchandise, an ill-fated shortcut through the Kentucky backwoods leads them to a teenaged girl carved head to toe in arcane symbols. Soon our unlikely heroes are being hunted through the boonies by a cult of religious crazies who make the Westboro Baptists look like choirboys… a cult that will stop at nothing to get the girl back and complete a ritual that has held an ancient evil at bay for centuries… Until now.
From Adam Howe, writer of Die Dog or Eat the Hatchet, and the winner of Stephen King’s On Writing contest… and James Newman, acclaimed author of Odd Man Out and Animosity.
PRAISE FOR SCAPEGOAT:
“As if Joe Lansdale wrote, and John Carpenter directed, the Jonestown massacre. SCAPEGOAT is Howe and Newman’s Kool-Aid and you’ll want to drink it to the very last drop.” (Eryk Pruitt, What We Reckon)
“A delightful backwoods detour through the three Rs of Southern-fried horror: Rednecks, revenge, and Wrestlemania! One of 2018’s most entertaining reads. This is one GOAT you’ll definitely want to get.” (Michael Patrick Hicks, Mass Hysteria)
ABOUT ADAM HOWE
Adam Howe writes the twisted fiction your mother warned you about. A British writer of fiction and screenplays, he lives in London with his partner, their daughter, and a hellhound named Gino. Writing as Garrett Addams, his short story Jumper was chosen by Stephen King as the winner of the international On Writing contest, and published in the paperback/Kindle editions of King’s memoir. His fiction has appeared in places like Nightmare Magazine, Thuglit, Mythic Delirium, and Year’s Best Hardcore Horror Volume 1. He is the author of Tijuana Donkey Showdown, and two novella collections, Die Dog or Eat the Hatchet, and Black Cat Mojo. In the pipeline: the occult thriller Scapegoat, co-written with James Newman, a horror/crime collaboration with Adam Cesare, and 80s action throwback, One Tough Bastard.
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MY ADAM HOWE REVIEWS
It’s always awesome when a book surpasses your expectations and leaves you thinking
I love it when that happens. 🙂
OMGosh, it sounds terrifying! The kind of book you CAN’T put down!
Adam Howe writes some of the most out there stories and I read…and I love them. He has me laughing and cringing at the same time.
Okay but this looks awesome! I love the cover, and who doesn’t love rednecks?!
I know…and Adam creates some doozies. Can’t help but laugh my way through the horror.
LOL, love the Winchester and Queen references. This sounds like one crazy ride!
Thanks Kim.
I want this one! It sounds chilling and fun at the same time. Great review, Sherry!
Thanks Laura. Always a pleasure to supply you with one more for the reading list. lol
Oh, this one sounds really well done. Thanks for putting it on my radar!
My pleasure!
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