Brookhaven

by J.C. Eggleton

“It’s a terrible world we live in… I would sooner eat my children than raise them in a place like this. So much senseless death and destruction! There’s no purpose in it!”

Thanks to the words of a mad god, Brookhaven, Alabama, is collapsing into a state of anarchy. Each day, more residents find themselves with no choice but to obey the voices. As a cook suffers the violent consequences of telling his boss to shove it, a small man attempts to become larger than life with the help of a hunting rifle. When a local priest is brutally slain, police officer Marcus Dodd sets off to find a ruthless killer who leaves no trail. As the body count rises, Officer Dodd is pushed beyond the brink of insanity into a world of demons and lunatic gods. In his search for justice, Dodd is unwittingly immersed in an unforgettable battle between good and evil.

In this gripping tale, one man must confront a city gone mad without succumbing to his own insanity. But only one is laughing as the darkness threatens to consume them all.

Genres: Horror, Dystopia

264 pages, Paperback

First published August 14, 2012

Reviews

[Becky Snider · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was the worst book I've ever read - and I've read a lot of books.

My review in one sentence? "Glaring grammatical errors abound in this incoherent tale written in a tone that strikes me as that of a teenage boy drunk on his own ego." (seriously - was there no editor?)

I finished the book but it was a challenge because it was so bad - some shreds of story line were tied together and a few even found themselves closed, but a couple chapters toward the end came off as listening to your stoned friend from high school who thought he was "oh so unique and deep" rant his pseudo-philosophical goth rubbish, painstakingly detailing scenes that really don't have a whole lot to do with anything while ignoring what seemed to be major story lines and just letting them completely drop, presumably for the sequel (I pity, I mean truly and honestly pity, the person who reads this and then wants to read the sequel. There are so many good books out there, even so-so books, this one is a total waste of time).

If ever a book was written where the author comes across as a egomaniacal 15 year old, this is it. I'll take great pleasure in deleting it off my kindle, and, honestly, I'm a tiny bit sad that I don't have a hard copy to flush, little by little, down the toilet. It was that bad.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book.

[Gareth Sloan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Creepy book