The Beast

by Andrew Scorah

When a group of strangers come together to work at Camp Hero in Montauk, they uncover a plot that has its genesis back in the mists of time. A plot that would lead to the dessimation of a large part of the worlds population and the control of time itself. They have to face their own fears and darkness within to deal a blow against the controllers of the past and masters of a dystopian future.

39 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 2, 2012

About the author

ANDREW SCORAH
(1965-2018) Born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire but moved to Swansea, Wales in 1999. His writing has appeared in Action Pulse Pounding Tales vols 1 & 2 alongside best selling thriller authors Matt Hilton, Stephen Leather, Adrian Magson, Zoe Sharpe and Joe McCoubrey. Having been raised on a diet of seventies and eighties Pulp Fiction, and no he does not mean the film, books like The Destroyer series, Mac Bolan, et al,He intended his work to reflect those humble beginnings of his literary journey. His books are not the long drawn out War and Peace length tomes, and Andrew makes no apologies for this. He writes pure escapist fiction for the general entertainment of the mass audiences. Books that will take you out of the mundane everydayness of your life into a world of pulse pounding action and adventure, just like the old Pulp stories from back in the day. Yes there is violence,sometimes extreme, yes there is bad language, and slang, but the worlds his characters inhabit, this can be the norm. Some people will love them, some will not, it is the way the world revolves, different strokes for different folks. All you need to do is sit back buckle up and enjoy the wild roller-coaster ride, then at the end you can get off and rejoin your life. Don't read too much into them, they're just for fun.

Reviews

[L.A. Miller]

I found this novella to be a good, quick read — a very enjoyable hour. If based on imagination alone, I would give it five stars. And Mr. Scorah definitely has his fingers on the pulse of technology. I found the plot to be riveting and tense. I only wish there would have been a little more background on Camp Hero and its program, but Mr. Scorah could handle that well in a prequel. The action moved along a little too quickly at times. I would have enjoyed even more anxious narrative. It would have given me additional worried moments about what might happen next.
Overall, this story kept my attention all the way to its unusual end. And isn’t that what good stories are supposed to do?

[Diane Major]

This is a short story that moves at a pace. In his dying hours George Cutter tells his story about a secret army of super soldiers. There is not a dull moment in this novella and I really enjoyed reading it.