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Nine Zero One Three: A Paranormal Thriller
They're dead. They're gone. How far would you go to bring them back?
After witnessing her parents' death, nothing is the same for Rachel. Her sister abandons her to the lonely halls of Saint Cyprian's Psychiatric Hospital, never suspecting what might come of this desperate act. It was for the child's own good, after all. But lurking in those isolated passages came spirits of the damned, bearing gifts to forsaken a book of prayer summoning unimaginable evil, whispering unspeakable promises.
Nearly two decades on, terror grips the sleepy island community of Catalina when its residents go missing one by one. But Rachel knows the secrets behind those who find themselves vanished. She knows the past can never be forgotten; it can only be appeased.
If you enjoyed the heart pounding thrillers by Dean Koontz and Leslie Wolfe, or the twists and turns found in works by Kiersten White, you'll love this chilling novel of secrets, lies, and diabolical revelations.
After witnessing her parents' death, nothing is the same for Rachel. Her sister abandons her to the lonely halls of Saint Cyprian's Psychiatric Hospital, never suspecting what might come of this desperate act. It was for the child's own good, after all. But lurking in those isolated passages came spirits of the damned, bearing gifts to forsaken a book of prayer summoning unimaginable evil, whispering unspeakable promises.
Nearly two decades on, terror grips the sleepy island community of Catalina when its residents go missing one by one. But Rachel knows the secrets behind those who find themselves vanished. She knows the past can never be forgotten; it can only be appeased.
If you enjoyed the heart pounding thrillers by Dean Koontz and Leslie Wolfe, or the twists and turns found in works by Kiersten White, you'll love this chilling novel of secrets, lies, and diabolical revelations.
- GenresHorror
298 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 13, 2023
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About the author
Timothy Roderick
11 books26 followersTimothy Roderick is a native southern Californian who lives in Los Angeles. Timothy has written five nonfiction titles including the COVR finalist Wicca: A Year and a Day (Llewellyn Publications, 2005), and Small Press Award Winner Dark Moon Mysteries (Llewellyn Publications, 1996), which was also a Time-Warner Book of the Month Club selection. He has also been featured in The Witches' Calendar, Llewellyn's Magical Almanac, The Encyclopedia of Wicca and Witchcraft (Llewellyn, 2000), and A Witch Like Me (New Page Books, 2001). Timothy's fictional works have received critical acclaim and a broad readership. His works include the folk horror novel Cornbones (2024), the paranormal/psychological thriller Nine Zero One Three (2023), the psychological thriller One Crooked Thing (2020), and the young adult fantasy, Briar Blackwood’s Grimmest of Fairytales (Lodestone, 2015).
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Displaying 1 - 9 of 9 reviews
August 29, 2022
I don’t know where to begin! This book pulled me in and I couldn’t put it down. It’s beautifully written but a little hard to follow at times. Throughout the book, I was a little lost at times, not knowing what was real and what wasn’t. Most of my questions were answered at the end though. Most. Overall I loved it!
October 17, 2023
Let me be so for real I understood what was happening like 1% of the time. I fought so hard to get through this. This wasn't writing this was just word vomit on way too many pages.
February 24, 2023
I really struggled getting through the beginning of this book and the constant time jumping and new characters every single chapter. At the halfway point it got easier to follow and the pace really picked up. But the reveal at the end was definitely worth the wait!!
May 28, 2024
Not a bad read, was a little hard to follow at times and some of the connections revealed at the end didn’t make sense. Kinda felt like I was creating a crime board with read yarn at stupid o clock in the morning after a bucket of espresso and no sleep for about 72 hours for all the sense it made at times. Not quite feeling like a rough draft but doesn’t quite feel fully worked or finished. Still giving it 3 stars as there were good elements, some feelings of dread, and gruesome murders with creepy ghosts. I feel the end was rushed and is the biggest problem I have with the book.
December 1, 2021
Crooked little reading
I liked the book but….it was a bit hard to follow.
I actually like books that jump around telling the story through other characters and during different times, but this book carries it to the extreme. Even I had a hated time following and towards the end just skipped reading to get the gist of the story. I think the writer was sick of it as well and his plot suffers a bit.
All in all this is still a good book and I enjoyed the characters in it. I will try another novel by this author. I would love to see if he can pull his storyline together a little tighter and finish strong!
I liked the book but….it was a bit hard to follow.
I actually like books that jump around telling the story through other characters and during different times, but this book carries it to the extreme. Even I had a hated time following and towards the end just skipped reading to get the gist of the story. I think the writer was sick of it as well and his plot suffers a bit.
All in all this is still a good book and I enjoyed the characters in it. I will try another novel by this author. I would love to see if he can pull his storyline together a little tighter and finish strong!
September 10, 2022
Let's say 4.5 stars.
What a great horror story! While the plot may seem very recognizable, it's also quite solid. We're guided rather masterfully through the tragedy that unfolds. It kind of reads like a very good movie script. However, it's the characters that make this story stand out. They are fleshed out and I found myself captivated and completely sympathetic. Something rare in a typical "horror" story. If you love that "Blumhouse" kind of horror, this book is for you!
What a great horror story! While the plot may seem very recognizable, it's also quite solid. We're guided rather masterfully through the tragedy that unfolds. It kind of reads like a very good movie script. However, it's the characters that make this story stand out. They are fleshed out and I found myself captivated and completely sympathetic. Something rare in a typical "horror" story. If you love that "Blumhouse" kind of horror, this book is for you!
October 31, 2023
Timothy Roderick's Nine Zero One Three is exactly what's promised in the subtitle -- a paranormal thriller, with equal weight given to both the supernatural elements and the suspense/mystery/crime-solving elements of the story.
But it wasn't what I expected in terms of the setting or what happened. I thought we'd be getting a creepy, scary mystery set in an insane asylum with an evil child, but that's really not what this is. The story mostly takes place on the small island mentioned in the description and the asylum isn't even on the island. But adults are going missing on the island, specifically the lovers of two of our main characters, Gray and Inez. Bodies are showing up on the island, too. Decapitated bodies. How are the missing people related to the dead bodies? How are they related to the opening scene of the novel, where an orderly at the psychiatric facility (off-island) is brutally killed? Also, Gray and Inez, as they search for their loves, are being haunted by an evil force. And the cops aren't being very helpful, apart from one sympathetic officer, Quinn, who finds the case disturbing and intriguing. There are lots of jump-scares and an over-abundance of gory descriptions -- think flies, and dripping fluids, and scary nuns.
It's a complex tale, but I found it cleverly woven together. The author navigates between past and present as the tension ratchets up and the characters' backgrounds are slowly revealed. There's definitely never a boring moment in this book. I appreciated the author's dark and wild imagination and would like to read more of his work. It's really well-written, just read the opening chapter and you will want to keep going. The author keeps up the pace and the rich descriptions throughout.
I'd recommend it for those who like supernatural elements and horror mixed with their detective thriller mysteries. I didn't give it five stars because I really wanted the insane asylum setting and the creepy child to be the main elements of the book and thought that's what I would be getting.
But it wasn't what I expected in terms of the setting or what happened. I thought we'd be getting a creepy, scary mystery set in an insane asylum with an evil child, but that's really not what this is. The story mostly takes place on the small island mentioned in the description and the asylum isn't even on the island. But adults are going missing on the island, specifically the lovers of two of our main characters, Gray and Inez. Bodies are showing up on the island, too. Decapitated bodies. How are the missing people related to the dead bodies? How are they related to the opening scene of the novel, where an orderly at the psychiatric facility (off-island) is brutally killed? Also, Gray and Inez, as they search for their loves, are being haunted by an evil force. And the cops aren't being very helpful, apart from one sympathetic officer, Quinn, who finds the case disturbing and intriguing. There are lots of jump-scares and an over-abundance of gory descriptions -- think flies, and dripping fluids, and scary nuns.
It's a complex tale, but I found it cleverly woven together. The author navigates between past and present as the tension ratchets up and the characters' backgrounds are slowly revealed. There's definitely never a boring moment in this book. I appreciated the author's dark and wild imagination and would like to read more of his work. It's really well-written, just read the opening chapter and you will want to keep going. The author keeps up the pace and the rich descriptions throughout.
I'd recommend it for those who like supernatural elements and horror mixed with their detective thriller mysteries. I didn't give it five stars because I really wanted the insane asylum setting and the creepy child to be the main elements of the book and thought that's what I would be getting.
January 22, 2024
I enjoyed the crap out of this story. I went in not knowing what exactly to expect other than to be scared, and I was pleasantly surprised.
The pieces of the puzzle were woven together well to build intrigue but also kept me reading, though at times I found it hard to follow.
It’s well written with great scene descriptions and parts definitely made me gag.
Worth reading if you like to be scared.
The pieces of the puzzle were woven together well to build intrigue but also kept me reading, though at times I found it hard to follow.
It’s well written with great scene descriptions and parts definitely made me gag.
Worth reading if you like to be scared.
November 5, 2023
Serial killer storyline with very mild supernatural/religious elements that just wasn’t what I was looking for. Well structured story, and I’m sure many readers would eat it up, but just wasn’t exciting or interesting to me. I read the entire thing, but my mind wandered frequently during the process.
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