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Hell Cometh
Review- "Hell on earth lies closer than you'd expect. Hell Cometh is a unique novel of horror and despair as Todd Card crafts a hell out of a small mining community called Wisdom. As the people of Wisdom face the cruelties of their town as it begins to infect their quiet town with hell. As terror and mind breaking affects strike at the people of the town, they will soon come to realize what hell really is. Hell Cometh is a riveting spin of horror and doomsday, sure to please those who like thrillers of good and evil and Armageddon." -- 5 Stars! Midwest Book ReviewSynopsis- Originally released on May 27, 2011, Hell Cometh paperback copies sold out 4 times its first three months on Amazon.com and is now on the verge of its third printing for world-wide sales, as it is released for Kindle. This macabre tale will usher your captivation through the razor thin veil between the world of the living and the infernal domain of the walking dead. Hell Cometh is an unforgettable rollercoaster ride of gruesome zombie gore and soul-chilling horror. You immediately plunge into hopeless terror, before barreling through astonishing plot twists and shocking revelations you’ll never see coming. The story takes place in the fictional coal mining community of Wisdom, which is nestled in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains of southwest Virginia. The riveting pages dissect the intricate layers of an unassuming hamlet’s secretive residents to reveal a writhing cesspool of moral debasement cloaked in sanctimonious conservatism. Unique and memorable characters thrive before you descend again into traumatizing imagery with the release of a merciless orgy of monstrous butchery. Then, the plot spirals to dizzying heights of unyielding suspense and hair-raising action as sparse collections of survivors find themselves trapped in the center of town with dwindling resources and no way out. While fighting to stay alive, they discover a horrendous secret that’s remained hidden under their noses for decades. The narrative blazes out of control as they’re forced to hack and blast their way through endless throngs of flesh-starved corpses while battling an evil enemy as old as time. The creep factor rides high in this book with blistering combat as you pass through raging barrages of intense horror and grisly violence. You’ll travel from the isolated mountain peaks of Virginia to the darkest tormenting pits of Hell before arriving on the heart-wrenching battlefield of Armageddon. Hell Cometh is the first installment in a promised trilogy that delivers a vividly brutalizing flurry of all things zombie.Review- "Don't expect a movie of HELL COMETH any time soon! There's not enough Hollywood makeup blood and guts to put this level of carnage on the screen. Todd Card's zombie thriller strips the genre back to its gory, carnage-filled roots." --R.J. Sullivan, author of Haunting BlueReview- "Hell Cometh lures the reader into chaos immediately. The suspense builds as several layers of devastation unfold. Mr. Card does an amazing job of exciting the readers' senses. The excerpt is fast-paced, well-written, and creates an overwhelming sense of claustrophobic dread. It holds the reader's interest from beginning to end. It's a gory, psychological tour-de-force that leaves the reader terrified...but wanting more." --Kevin Rodgers, author of such stories as Hellhound and DemolitionReview- "Todd Card's exquisite story telling is not hard to imagine being adapted onto the silver screen someday. A definite page turner; no book (or movie) can grab you like the intense writing in Hell Cometh. People This book might just jump up and grab you! It may cause your heart to race and you may just find yourself waking up among the living dead.
387 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 10, 2011
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August 29, 2013
Hell Cometh is just what the title promises as Todd Card unleashes the nightmare of Hell onto a lonely mountain town. Hicks and deviants, sluts and innocents – they’re all in danger in this tale of demonic possession.
An unwitting coal miner finds something in a shaft that he thinks he can make money on. He’s supposed to report any strange finds and leave them undisturbed, but dollar signs cloud his vision. He stashes the artifact and hopes to retrieve it later.
Two innocent children find the item and unwittingly unleash Hell on Earth.
Demon’s take over and make cannibal zombies out of normal, everyday folk. There’s no stopping them…
The only way to send Hell back to Hell is to destroy the object before it can be joined with others like it and bring Satan to Earth.
A small group of survivors battles the ravenous undead forces, and a visitor from Hell itself, in an attempt to save what’s left of their town, and, for some, the love that they share.
Many are lost to the dark forces along the way… Will they be able to seal up Hell in time? Or will they fail and fall victim to Hell itself?
I enjoyed this book very much. I love the creativity and depth the author went into, showing many forms of darkness – on Earth among humans, and in Hell. The book kept me guessing, which kept the pages turning.
I was disappointed with the editing/presentation of the book, which causes me to give this book a lower rating than I would have liked. Paragraphs were clumped together in a way that made POV confusing, and that added into the slipping from 2nd to 3rd person. Most of the time the 2nd to 3rd worked and was hard to notice, but at other times it was jarring. Inconsistency with spelling and punctuation also added to this. I loved the story so much that I wanted to hurl the book at the editor a few times. I felt the author and reader were cheated out of what could have been a stronger telling of an amazingly imaginative story.
An unwitting coal miner finds something in a shaft that he thinks he can make money on. He’s supposed to report any strange finds and leave them undisturbed, but dollar signs cloud his vision. He stashes the artifact and hopes to retrieve it later.
Two innocent children find the item and unwittingly unleash Hell on Earth.
Demon’s take over and make cannibal zombies out of normal, everyday folk. There’s no stopping them…
The only way to send Hell back to Hell is to destroy the object before it can be joined with others like it and bring Satan to Earth.
A small group of survivors battles the ravenous undead forces, and a visitor from Hell itself, in an attempt to save what’s left of their town, and, for some, the love that they share.
Many are lost to the dark forces along the way… Will they be able to seal up Hell in time? Or will they fail and fall victim to Hell itself?
I enjoyed this book very much. I love the creativity and depth the author went into, showing many forms of darkness – on Earth among humans, and in Hell. The book kept me guessing, which kept the pages turning.
I was disappointed with the editing/presentation of the book, which causes me to give this book a lower rating than I would have liked. Paragraphs were clumped together in a way that made POV confusing, and that added into the slipping from 2nd to 3rd person. Most of the time the 2nd to 3rd worked and was hard to notice, but at other times it was jarring. Inconsistency with spelling and punctuation also added to this. I loved the story so much that I wanted to hurl the book at the editor a few times. I felt the author and reader were cheated out of what could have been a stronger telling of an amazingly imaginative story.
November 28, 2020
A few good bits of few-and-far-between zombie description of brutality, but way too full of exposition (there's no little to horror for the first 132 pages) than very much a slog to get through because of the tiny text and mundanity of events.
Think Edward Lee without the charm and speed.
Think Edward Lee without the charm and speed.
January 26, 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars
James Fenimore Cooper meets Romero, March 31, 2013
This review is from: Hell Cometh (Paperback)
I bought this book after reading the other positive reviews and must say that I was/am not disappointed. Card's rich descriptions of times past and his literate and evocative style, propels the reader deep into the heart of darkness.
Card effectively rewrites history and throws the reader into the midst of a global epidemic where the very essence of hell is unleashed upon unsuspecting pioneers and natives alike. As the story progresses into a labyrinthine tale reminiscent of Dante's Inferno, the visage of Hell is unleashed upon our senses and we become enveloped by the apocalyptic showdown between Zombie and humanity.
I will be reading this book again as I know that it will reveal more to me upon a second reading and it is for this reason (the fact that I want to read it a second time) that I give Todd Card's Hell Cometh my highest recommendation. Other factors such as the literate style and good editing make this book an independent horror classic begging to be read by fans of the genre. If you love well-written horror fiction don't miss Todd Card's Hell Cometh, you're in for a treat (albeit harrowing)!
James Fenimore Cooper meets Romero, March 31, 2013
This review is from: Hell Cometh (Paperback)
I bought this book after reading the other positive reviews and must say that I was/am not disappointed. Card's rich descriptions of times past and his literate and evocative style, propels the reader deep into the heart of darkness.
Card effectively rewrites history and throws the reader into the midst of a global epidemic where the very essence of hell is unleashed upon unsuspecting pioneers and natives alike. As the story progresses into a labyrinthine tale reminiscent of Dante's Inferno, the visage of Hell is unleashed upon our senses and we become enveloped by the apocalyptic showdown between Zombie and humanity.
I will be reading this book again as I know that it will reveal more to me upon a second reading and it is for this reason (the fact that I want to read it a second time) that I give Todd Card's Hell Cometh my highest recommendation. Other factors such as the literate style and good editing make this book an independent horror classic begging to be read by fans of the genre. If you love well-written horror fiction don't miss Todd Card's Hell Cometh, you're in for a treat (albeit harrowing)!
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