Evil Origins: A Horror & Dark Fantasy Collection (59 page)
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Authors: J. Thorn
The Portal Arcane Series - Book III
- COMING IN EARLY 2014
If you enjoyed this title, you'll love
The Seventh Seal
. Find out why
The Seventh Seal
, is a best-selling, post-apocalyptic, dark fantasy thriller that has placed in the
Amazon Kindle Top 100 Paid Best Seller
lists in four different genre categories!
John Burgoyne awakens from a Halloween
party, with a hangover and a dead cell phone, on the first day of the End of
Days. He's desperate, on the run, and fighting for his life. After a violent
coup, the Father, the figurehead of the Holy Covenant and the commander of a new
military order, pursues John through the post-apocalyptic wreckage of Cleveland,
Ohio, in search of the hidden knowledge he believes John holds. Burgoyne escapes
and aligns with the resistance until Father orchestrates a final showdown.
In the words of author
Vicki Keire,
author of
Worlds Burn Through
...
"...an edge-of-your seat apocalyptic adventure full of twists and turns. I couldn't put it down!"
If you enjoyed
The Seventh Seal
, you have to read the novella sequel,
Man's Ruin
.
Man's Ruin - A Dark Fantasy
Novella (The Seventh Seal Sequel #1)
A band of revolutionaries fights for
survival in the urban decay of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, thirty years after the
First Cleansing brought an end to civilization. Their enigmatic and seasoned
patriarch, John Burgoyne, protects the clan until a man on horseback delivers an
ominous message. John decides to lead his tribe on a grueling march down the
treacherous highway stretching from Pittsburgh to Cleveland, unaware of the
forces aligning against them. When the clan faces a major decision on the road,
John will be forced to do whatever is necessary to ensure their survival.
In the words of reviewer, Gordie, on Amazon.com...
"I started this in the morning and had it finished by lunchtime as I could not put it down..."
If you like tight and fast-paced short
stories, you'll love
J. Thorn's horror and dark fantasy collection,
Voices from Beyond: Volume 1
as well as
The Hunt
and
Tunnel
.
About the Author
J. Thorn believes in the imaginative power of the
horror novel and the escape from reality it provides. He knows that embracing
the entire spectrum of human emotion, even its dark realms, makes for a more
meaningful and authentic life.
"...an edge-of-your seat apocalyptic adventure full of twists and turns. I couldn't put it down!"
Vicki Keire
Author of
Worlds Burn Through
"A new and refreshingly believable handling of an old story concept.
I totally enjoyed the characters who were well rounded out to show the good and bad
and sometimes pure evil in the human condition. .Apocolypse with a twist of humanity"
Gayle from Amazon.com
"It makes you gasp at every turn...J. Thorn does an amazing job of flipping every preconception on its head!'"
Jack D. Albrecht Jr.
Author of
Osric's Wand
"Very enjoyable, hard to put down, some late nights till finished."
Mate from Amazon.com
The Seventh Seal
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The Seventh
Seal
Fifth Edition
Copyright © 2011
by J. Thorn
All rights
reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner
whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations
embodied in critical articles and reviews.
This book is a
work of fiction. The characters, incidents, places, and dialogue are drawn from
the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and are not to be construed
as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead,
is entirely coincidental.
Cover Illustration by Kate Sterling
Edited by:
Robert Reed
Katy Sozaeva
Laurie Love
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For Adam,
my first reader and cohort in crime.
And
the smoke of their torture goes up for ever and ever, and they have no relief
day or night, those who worship the beast and the image of him, and anyone who
takes the mark of his name.
--The
Revelation of John, Chapter 14
Take the cup and sip the wine
Until you see the cursed line
--“Paris
Green,” Threefold Law
Table of Contents
Chapter
1
Every strand of Sarah’s hair shocked John Burgoyne like
voltage from downed electrical wires. The drugs told him that he needed to be
in her, envelop her. The room glowed through the darkness. The hypnotic guitar
of Threefold Law’s “Old Dominion” pulsed through the speakers on tentacles of
golden vibrations, surrounding and stifling the other sounds in the house.