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The Dead Man #18
Streets of Blood
Matt Cahill was an ordinary man leading a simple life until a shocking accident changed everything. Now he can see a nightmarish netherworld that exists within our own. Now he's on a dangerous quest for the answers to who he is and what he has become...and engaged in an epic battle to save us, and his soul, from the clutches of pure evil.An elderly, bed-ridden woman in a retirement home is having nightmares of a dark, devilish entity tormenting her and her childhood friends in a dreamscape that's as familiar to her as it is terrifying. She's not the only one having the dreams. Matt Cahill is, too, and when he arrives in town, he discovers a community torn apart by gruesome violence, its residents in the grip of an evil force unlike any Matt has encountered before...one that's even beyond the touch of Mr. Dark. Barry Napier was the winner of the You Can Write a Dead Man Novel contest in 2012... and we're sure after you read the sample, you'll see why Streets of Blood stood out among the hundreds of entries we received from around the world.
90 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 28, 2013
About the author
Barry Napier
115 books65 followersBarry Napier is the author of The Cooper M. Reid series, The Bleeding Room, Bound, Break Every Chain, Nests, and several other titles. His books span a wide range of genres, from paranormal thrillers to Christian adventure.
He works as a ghostwriter while working on his own titles. He enjoys coffee, ambient music, and irony.
He works as a ghostwriter while working on his own titles. He enjoys coffee, ambient music, and irony.
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May 31, 2013
Barry Napier was the winner of the Write A Dead Man novel contest.
Here Matt Cahill comes to the small town of Steeple with a feeling some sort of evil overrode everything. He'd been having dreams of five young girls playing together, dressed in old fashioned clothes. What it meant he had no idea.
He takes a job at an assisted living facility and meets the old woman who'd financed the whole thing. One entire floor was to be for the use of three childhood friends that had reached advanced years.
It set Matt to thinking.
There was evil here. He didn't see the rotting flesh anywhere that was a hallmark of his nemesis, Mr. Dark, that only he could see since his rebirth from a frozen death after three months.
Four old women. Who and where was the fifth?
People were dying when Mr, Dark puts in his appearance, his usual swagger and arrogance there. It's left up to Matt to destroy two evils this time around.
A winner.
Here Matt Cahill comes to the small town of Steeple with a feeling some sort of evil overrode everything. He'd been having dreams of five young girls playing together, dressed in old fashioned clothes. What it meant he had no idea.
He takes a job at an assisted living facility and meets the old woman who'd financed the whole thing. One entire floor was to be for the use of three childhood friends that had reached advanced years.
It set Matt to thinking.
There was evil here. He didn't see the rotting flesh anywhere that was a hallmark of his nemesis, Mr. Dark, that only he could see since his rebirth from a frozen death after three months.
Four old women. Who and where was the fifth?
People were dying when Mr, Dark puts in his appearance, his usual swagger and arrogance there. It's left up to Matt to destroy two evils this time around.
A winner.
June 13, 2013
If Streets of blood is not the best of the Dead Man series it is definitely in the top three. This one is actually scary. The story is set in a small town in Virginia that Matt drifts through. It all starts when he gets a job at an assisted living home. There are some genuinely scary moments in this one that I think any Dead Man fan will love. In fact, I can't remember any of them being scary before.
The thing I like best about this installment is the fact that it doesn't feel like the same old same old. I love the Dead Man series but to be honest the last few have felt just like they are running together. Don't get me wrong, this one goes by the same formula there isn't anything different about it but somehow it doesn't feel stale and repetitive.
Streets of Blood is why I read this series. Chapters this good are few and far between but you never know when the next one is going to be. It has been a while.
Barry Napier should write the rest of the series!!!
The thing I like best about this installment is the fact that it doesn't feel like the same old same old. I love the Dead Man series but to be honest the last few have felt just like they are running together. Don't get me wrong, this one goes by the same formula there isn't anything different about it but somehow it doesn't feel stale and repetitive.
Streets of Blood is why I read this series. Chapters this good are few and far between but you never know when the next one is going to be. It has been a while.
Barry Napier should write the rest of the series!!!
December 21, 2013
Good. I had almost forgotten. this set of stories.
June 3, 2014
A clever story idea results in mutilation of the character. Almost good.
October 23, 2016
An above average entry in the series, with a decent plot, some good action and amusing one liners.
November 22, 2016
Better than the last couple; it's tighter and has more narrative drive.
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