Adversary

by Mark Wheaton

When an industrial spy is captured in a multinational’s Berlin skyrise, the company's lead counsel, Annie Bennett, is sent to interrogate him while they await the police. She soon learns that the man isn’t a spy at all, but a mysterious scientist who accuses Annie’s company of kidnapping his wife and holding her in a laboratory. As a series of murders erupt throughout the building, Annie discovers that her company has been attempting to accelerate human evolution to adapt man to extraterrestrial environments. Only, instead of testing on humans, they’ve been using tens of thousands of scientifically-harvested ghosts. As the intruder prepares to release all of the vengeful ghosts at once to slaughter the building's employees, Annie must decide who the real enemy is.

Genres: Novella, Science Fiction

94 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 20, 2013

Reviews

[Kavita Favelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fast paced short story with some interesting new ideas. Characterisation a bit weak, and some cliches on the romantic front, but then again, can't expect depth of development in a short story. One to enjoy and forget, good for passing time on the train.

[Candy · Rating 4 out of 5]

The author sent me this book several months ago as a review request. I've read a few of his other books with mixed reactions, mostly good, a little bad, but good enough for me to add this to my review pile. I admit that after reading the description, I wasn't sure if I'd like it. It sounded like my kind of thing, but at the same time, I just wasn't sure what I was getting into.

I honestly chose this book earlier this month simply because I was looking for something short that WAS NOT chick lit (I seem to have read a lot of that lately). Some thriller/horror short story seemed to be just the ticket, so off I went...

... where I was pleasantly surprised! Mark's writing, while always good, has improved a whole heck of a lot. This book was a great mixture of suspense, horror and keeping my attention. I simply could NOT put it down until I found out what was going on. And just when I thought I knew, the author threw me a big old curve ball. Not many get over on me so well... gotta hand it to him.

Definitely worth a read, it was quick, easy and really well done. Not too gory with a really good plot.

Well done, Mr. Wheaton.

Recommended for thriller readers, I didn't find it too far into the "horror" genre, but I read some pretty nasty stuffy sometimes :)

[Hyacinth · Rating 3 out of 5]

When I read books, my purpose is to read objectively and with an open mind. This book just didn't do it for me. The whole time I was reading, I felt lost and disconnected. I kept having to go back to attempt to make sense of what I had just read. The story reminded me of monster story cartoons. I read it to the end and my reaction was huh and okay? I thought one thing was going to happen then something else did. That isn't necessarily a bad thing but I just couldn't keep up with this book.

[Colleen Lahey · Rating 1 out of 5]

Totally out there.

[Debbie · Rating 3 out of 5]

An OK horror novel.