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The Holocaust Engine: A Post-Apocalyptic Pandemic Thriller
The armies of hell are loosed upon paradise and nothing can stand in their path.
Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Best Science Fiction “...a chilling community horror adventure like no other, and one which leaves you with a lump in your throat throughout. ...one of the most interesting and original virus-style thriller novels I’ve read in a long while.” ~ Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews, K.C. Finn (5 STARS)
“This is a well-crafted horror story with memorable characters and an unusual plot. The Holocaust Engine is a fun and quick read, thanks to the beauty of language and the authors’ gift for storytelling and plot.” ~ Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews, Jose Cornelio (5 STARS)
It begins with disease.
A brain-rotting virus, which leaves its victims disoriented and hyper-violent, rages out of Cuba into the Florida Keys. The bewildered government destroys the mainland bridge and places the islands under quarantine. Inside this cordon, the population descends into chaos, as rival factions battle over dwindling resources, buildings become fortresses, boats lash together as defensible islands, and whole neighborhoods wall off into armed camps.
As order slips beyond any chance of recovery, hopelessness reigns. But not everyone accepts this fate.
“...I was pulled in right from the beginning. ...The writing is polished and it flows with an unusual fluidity and crispness. ...I was so taken by the keen exploration of human nature.” ~ Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews, Romuald Dzemo (5 STARS)
EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS the first book in the thrilling post-apocalyptic horror thriller series, "The Holocaust Engine."
Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Best Science Fiction “...a chilling community horror adventure like no other, and one which leaves you with a lump in your throat throughout. ...one of the most interesting and original virus-style thriller novels I’ve read in a long while.” ~ Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews, K.C. Finn (5 STARS)
“This is a well-crafted horror story with memorable characters and an unusual plot. The Holocaust Engine is a fun and quick read, thanks to the beauty of language and the authors’ gift for storytelling and plot.” ~ Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews, Jose Cornelio (5 STARS)
It begins with disease.
A brain-rotting virus, which leaves its victims disoriented and hyper-violent, rages out of Cuba into the Florida Keys. The bewildered government destroys the mainland bridge and places the islands under quarantine. Inside this cordon, the population descends into chaos, as rival factions battle over dwindling resources, buildings become fortresses, boats lash together as defensible islands, and whole neighborhoods wall off into armed camps.
As order slips beyond any chance of recovery, hopelessness reigns. But not everyone accepts this fate.
“...I was pulled in right from the beginning. ...The writing is polished and it flows with an unusual fluidity and crispness. ...I was so taken by the keen exploration of human nature.” ~ Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews, Romuald Dzemo (5 STARS)
EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS the first book in the thrilling post-apocalyptic horror thriller series, "The Holocaust Engine."
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Published August 29, 2024
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June 28, 2024
Very interesting thriller
Very interesting apocalyptic story. It follows different characters as they navigate survival in Key West, Florida after a pandemic breaks out.
The different character perspectives made it an easy read that kept me excited to see how their stories would play out. You should check it out!
Very interesting apocalyptic story. It follows different characters as they navigate survival in Key West, Florida after a pandemic breaks out.
The different character perspectives made it an easy read that kept me excited to see how their stories would play out. You should check it out!
June 21, 2024
THE HOLOCAUST ENGINE by David Rike & Stephen Patrick #PostApoc
If I had more room for my title, the extension would be, #Florida and What’s it like to be quarantined with Patient Zero?
I love undead apocalypses, especially when they hook me right away and give me a little pepper with my salt.
Rike and Patrick have only created spectacular setting in the Florida Keys quarantined zone. A local outbreak catches our early pov characters, and after that a quarantine isolates them from the mainland.
Quote from The Holocaust Engine:
Of everything Charles Stratton had seen on this day, his daughter’s brainless boyfriend knifing a madman with the cool precision of a contract killer easily counted as the most bizarre.
Indeed. Rike and Patrick have a penchant for showing the many sides of this post apocalyptic setting. The above describes a father watch his daughter’s boyfriend save their lives, but the more surprising part is how easily he’d killed the monster.
There are plenty of surprises within this 428 page adventure in undead town, so without spoiling any I’ll just say there is more than meets the eye about many things.
Have fun with the audio excerpts sections including first hand accounts in this apocalyptic community by a taxi driver and a detective. I’m thinking the audiobook version would pick this up well, so I’m glad to support this series in the hope of seeing that made.
Below is a quote showing the taxi guy, Uber Alles:
Florida, Uber Alles Key West, Quarantine Zone Day 37 - In the Ongoing Hot Mess Surrounding Max-A-Millions
You know about entropy? It’s how everything’s always changin’, always fallin’ apart, everything wigglin’ and shakin’—the stars heatin’ up, the oceans churnin’, everything burnin’ and rumblin’ into chaos. Everyone’s gonna lose what’s theirs soon enough. You can’t take it with you, so even the man with the most stuff’ll lose it on the day he dies. What was Key West losin’? It’s damn mind, that’s all.
… (skip to below)
I pull beside him, my right foot over the accelerator in case this goes where my head tells me it could. “Need a ride, fella?”
“I am the Light of the World.” Sure enough, a wannabe Jesus. “Is that so? I don’t care if you’re God himself, as long as you can pay the bills.”
“I have come to bring love to this broken land of filth and sin.” “That’s something I haven’t heard in twenty minutes. But, Mr. Messiah, pay my fare and I’ll get you where you goin’. Might even get you to Miami, if you got the dime.”
The below quote is from another great POV:
Reagan knew, indeed. Derrick could be self-absorbed dick, but he was like Reagan—they both understood how the world worked. One day you were going through life like you always did, and then, poof, it was all over. Everything you’d worked for was gone, and every one of your dreams just went up in mushroom-cloud smoke. Your bug-out car was sitting in a storage unit in Jacksonville, with its maps and water filters, and you were stuck inside a government quarantine. Shit happens. Just when you think you have it all sorted, it rears up out of the water and grabs you and pulls you down into the crushing depths.
I can’t wait to see how the many surprises will play out in book 2, Fluid Shock! The Florida setting for this quarantine zone and varying pov perspectives made this stand out as an original twist on a favorite genre staple.
Instead of defending your home from the newly undead, this is a story of the people trying to survive inside the house already teeming with the infected.
The Florida setting gives it a wide open, yet isolated feeling that furthers the effect of the scarier elements I won’t spoil here.
Like any good post apocalyptic monster romp, we have a cast of characters learning more about their threats and terrain. If you’re like me you’ll enjoy these turns and revelations along with the authors’ delivery. The audio recordings are a fun twist that shows the story in a compelling, page turning experience I look forward to repeating when I read Fluid Shock. The sequel appears to be no slouch either at 514 pages!
Book 1 is currently 99 cents, so this is a great time to start The Holocaust Engine.
Originally reviewed at Wardbook.com
If I had more room for my title, the extension would be, #Florida and What’s it like to be quarantined with Patient Zero?
I love undead apocalypses, especially when they hook me right away and give me a little pepper with my salt.
Rike and Patrick have only created spectacular setting in the Florida Keys quarantined zone. A local outbreak catches our early pov characters, and after that a quarantine isolates them from the mainland.
Quote from The Holocaust Engine:
Of everything Charles Stratton had seen on this day, his daughter’s brainless boyfriend knifing a madman with the cool precision of a contract killer easily counted as the most bizarre.
Indeed. Rike and Patrick have a penchant for showing the many sides of this post apocalyptic setting. The above describes a father watch his daughter’s boyfriend save their lives, but the more surprising part is how easily he’d killed the monster.
There are plenty of surprises within this 428 page adventure in undead town, so without spoiling any I’ll just say there is more than meets the eye about many things.
Have fun with the audio excerpts sections including first hand accounts in this apocalyptic community by a taxi driver and a detective. I’m thinking the audiobook version would pick this up well, so I’m glad to support this series in the hope of seeing that made.
Below is a quote showing the taxi guy, Uber Alles:
Florida, Uber Alles Key West, Quarantine Zone Day 37 - In the Ongoing Hot Mess Surrounding Max-A-Millions
You know about entropy? It’s how everything’s always changin’, always fallin’ apart, everything wigglin’ and shakin’—the stars heatin’ up, the oceans churnin’, everything burnin’ and rumblin’ into chaos. Everyone’s gonna lose what’s theirs soon enough. You can’t take it with you, so even the man with the most stuff’ll lose it on the day he dies. What was Key West losin’? It’s damn mind, that’s all.
… (skip to below)
I pull beside him, my right foot over the accelerator in case this goes where my head tells me it could. “Need a ride, fella?”
“I am the Light of the World.” Sure enough, a wannabe Jesus. “Is that so? I don’t care if you’re God himself, as long as you can pay the bills.”
“I have come to bring love to this broken land of filth and sin.” “That’s something I haven’t heard in twenty minutes. But, Mr. Messiah, pay my fare and I’ll get you where you goin’. Might even get you to Miami, if you got the dime.”
The below quote is from another great POV:
Reagan knew, indeed. Derrick could be self-absorbed dick, but he was like Reagan—they both understood how the world worked. One day you were going through life like you always did, and then, poof, it was all over. Everything you’d worked for was gone, and every one of your dreams just went up in mushroom-cloud smoke. Your bug-out car was sitting in a storage unit in Jacksonville, with its maps and water filters, and you were stuck inside a government quarantine. Shit happens. Just when you think you have it all sorted, it rears up out of the water and grabs you and pulls you down into the crushing depths.
I can’t wait to see how the many surprises will play out in book 2, Fluid Shock! The Florida setting for this quarantine zone and varying pov perspectives made this stand out as an original twist on a favorite genre staple.
Instead of defending your home from the newly undead, this is a story of the people trying to survive inside the house already teeming with the infected.
The Florida setting gives it a wide open, yet isolated feeling that furthers the effect of the scarier elements I won’t spoil here.
Like any good post apocalyptic monster romp, we have a cast of characters learning more about their threats and terrain. If you’re like me you’ll enjoy these turns and revelations along with the authors’ delivery. The audio recordings are a fun twist that shows the story in a compelling, page turning experience I look forward to repeating when I read Fluid Shock. The sequel appears to be no slouch either at 514 pages!
Book 1 is currently 99 cents, so this is a great time to start The Holocaust Engine.
Originally reviewed at Wardbook.com
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