Identity

by Steven Piziks

Identity is a secret. Identity is a mystery. Identity is a killer. In the middle of a raging storm, ten strangers find themselves stranded at a run-down desert motel, cut off from the outside world. The bleak refuge of the motel provides them safety from the elements, but not from the true danger. There is a killer among them. With an almost inhuman savagery, the murderer strikes -- and soon the dead outnumber the living. As blinding mistrust and mortal fear threaten to tear the survivors apart, one thing slowly becomes clear: they were all drawn to the motel by something. Not by fate or circumstance, but by shadowy forces beyond their imagination -- forces that promise those who survive a destiny that may be worse than death....

Genres: Horror

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Steven Harper Piziks was born in Saginaw, Michigan, but he moved around a lot and has lived in Wisconsin, Germany, and (briefly) Ukraine. Currently he lives with his three sons in southeastern Michigan.

His novels include In the Company of Mind and Corporate Mentality, both science fiction published by Baen Books. Writing as Steven Harper for Roc Books, he has produced The Silent Empire series. He’s also written books based on Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, and The Ghost Whisperer, as well as the movie novelization Identity, which he managed under a deadline of only three weeks. His numerous short stories have appeared, among other places, in all but one of Esther Friesner’s Chicks in Chainmail anthologies and in all of her humorous suburban fantasy anthology. Currently he’s working on The Clockwork Empire steampunk trilogy for Ace Book.

Reviews

[Jonathan Irvine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fantastic book. If you have never seen the movie (I haven't seen it in 15 years so I forgotmost of it), this is a great murder mystery/thriller, and I highly recommend checking this one out. Ten people stranded in a seedy motel during a terrible storm in the desert. Being picked off one by one by someone or something until the final climax of the story. No spoilers here, but I was quite pleased with how the novel filled in the gaps the movie missed, and it flows very well in the novelization.

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the movie and picked the novel up at a used bookstore. I ended up liking the novel a little bit more because it tied a lot together.

[Gisela · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it!