BOOK SYNOPSIS
Monsters, gore and a kick-ass action hero. The trilogy begins . . .
It’s 1983 and Katrina Robbins’s life is in tatters. Once a respected scuba diver, she now works on board a rusting icebreaker in the Arctic Circle. The crew are misfits with too many secrets. Her captain is scheming his way through the Cold War.
It’s what I deserve, Kat thought. After what I’ve done.
She yanked the strap on her diving belt, stared ahead, and tried to forget. But clawing nightmares had followed in the ship’s wake, had crawled up the hull in the dead of night, slunk into her cabin while she slept. And something else stirred on the horizon. A grotesque evil of devastating design ready to exploit unexplained accidents on board the ship.
Entwining classic horror with fast-paced action, Hunted introduces Katrina as a feisty, yet damaged hero. She has the inner anger to fight, the will, and the courage. But facing Kat is the Abarath. And it’s coming. And there’s no escape.
Kat's dreams (whenever she actually got the opportunity to get some sleep) were haunted by terrifying visions of shapes emerging out of the darkness and tiny hands pulling at her insides. Some nights, when not only her night light helped to keep her terrors at bay, to ensure that she at least got some rest,she found herself relying on her special little pills. But,little did she realise that during The Vladyka Mira's latest voyage, Kat's nightmares will be the least of her worries after a unscheduled visit to a shipwreck will result in the awakening of a ancient evil. Kat and the other individuals aboard the ship swiftly find themselves caught up in a breath taking, action packed battle for survival with a cold blooded, ruthless killer.
The story opens with a intense chapter which covers the events that changed Kat's life. Then it moves forwards in time and we are introduced to the various characters whom Kat will be interacting with throughout the story. They were a eclectic mix of realistic individuals and personalities, some likeable,some not so likeable,a couple of whom I really hoped were going to suffer seriously nasty and painful deaths. There is good old classic horror movie vibe permeating the plot of this intense, spine chilling, atmospheric battle for survival between man and a ancient force of evil within the claustrophobic confines of a sinking ship. The reader is hardly given the opportunity to remember to breath as you are launched through a series of action packed scenes as the story rockets towards its breath taking conclusion and the author ramps the edge of your seat tension to the max. I would love to watch a film or tv adaptation of this outstanding debut and l look forward to reading the other two titles in the trilogy. A absolutely bloody brilliant read that is very very highly recommended by little old me
AUTHOR INFO
Damian Dawes was born in Australia, educated in England and travelled the world as a ballet then theatre dancer. After working for numerous animal charities, he now writes full time. Damian lives in Spain with his wife, Sally, dog, Jack Sprat, and very many feral cats!
Damian’s writing inspirations are Hunter Shea, Jeremy Bates, Nick Cutter and James Herbert
PUBLICATION DATE: 25th January 2022
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hunted-Abarath-Trilogy-Book-One-ebook/dp/B09H7MVKBV/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3S8LUAPFPVU1B&keywords=hunted+by+damian+dawes&qid=1645993480&sprefix=Hunted+by+dami%2Caps%2C120&sr=8-1
The Abarath Trilogy
1: Hunted
2: Hunger
3: Origins
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ReplyDeleteDear Nicki. Thank you so much for this amazing, in depth review. Damian Dawes
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