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Beast #2
Beastmaker
Ex-Vietnam pilot Mark Payne aims to destroy a killing beast created by the government as the ultimate weapon. But they're trying to stop him, and he becomes both the hunter and the hunted in this novel of blood-chilling terror.
382 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published February 1, 1988
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About the author
James V. Smith Jr.
19 books12 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Author photo is a pencil illustration "Gotcha!" by Marie Antoinette Kelly of Montana, portraitsofthesoul.com
James V. Smith, Jr., is breaking out of the military action-adventure publishing world with his latest novel, Curse of the Kavorka , a Substack rom-com about a Guy who starts up a business wrecking romances that brings him into conflict with organized crime. https://jvsmith.substack.com — Curse of the Kavorka
He writes a nonfiction Substack, The Persuasive Writer about how to hack the minds and charm the hearts of readers using the persuasive secrets of masters in sales and marketing. Principles for both fiction and nonfiction writers.
He has published more than a dozen military action-adventure novels, including the six-book series Force Recon. He wrote the Delta Force series under the pen name John Harriman.
In nonfiction, he's written several how-to books from Writers Digest press, including: You Can Write a Novel , The Writer's Little Helper , and The Fiction Writer's Brainstormer .
He’s a former combat soldier, helicopter pilot, newspaper writer and editor, national award-winning columnist, and magazine editor.
Author photo is a pencil illustration "Gotcha!" by Marie Antoinette Kelly of Montana, portraitsofthesoul.com
James V. Smith, Jr., is breaking out of the military action-adventure publishing world with his latest novel, Curse of the Kavorka , a Substack rom-com about a Guy who starts up a business wrecking romances that brings him into conflict with organized crime. https://jvsmith.substack.com — Curse of the Kavorka
He writes a nonfiction Substack, The Persuasive Writer about how to hack the minds and charm the hearts of readers using the persuasive secrets of masters in sales and marketing. Principles for both fiction and nonfiction writers.
He has published more than a dozen military action-adventure novels, including the six-book series Force Recon. He wrote the Delta Force series under the pen name John Harriman.
In nonfiction, he's written several how-to books from Writers Digest press, including: You Can Write a Novel , The Writer's Little Helper , and The Fiction Writer's Brainstormer .
He’s a former combat soldier, helicopter pilot, newspaper writer and editor, national award-winning columnist, and magazine editor.
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August 3, 2014
As a huge fan of horror fiction, I know that you can never judge a book by its cover. Some of the best horror novels I've read have stupid, terrible cover art. Well, this book looks dumb and is in fact dumb. The writing is extremely amateur. Not picking this one up again.
December 27, 2018
I believe I read this book back in the 80's and was pleased to find it again in a little free library.
When others begin to play around with genetics all can go astray rather quickly. What was not meant to be should not have been created least all hell break loose.
When others begin to play around with genetics all can go astray rather quickly. What was not meant to be should not have been created least all hell break loose.
October 29, 2021
Thriller/horror genre, you've met your match. I found someone selling a bunch of used books, and bought a lot. This was one of the books in there, and I just read it for the cover. I started reading it with no expectations, and was pleasantly surprised by what I read. Lab experiments gone bad, government cover-up and a little bit of a Splice vibe going for it. As long as you enjoy the genre, I do recommend adding this to your reading list.
September 29, 2021
A strangely meandering monster story that spends entirely too much time with its human drama rather than its much more interesting creature.
February 14, 2010
this is one of my yard sale books, it was written in 1988. after reading "the note book" (sad, sad, sad) i needed to read something way out there in the imagination, a could never happen book.
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