Land of the Deviant

by Jon Athan

In near-future America, a group of extremely violent teenagers, led by Donald 'Donnie' Carter, pillage their city and indulge in hallucinogenic drugs on a nightly basis. Abandoned by the government and shunned by the police, the miscreants are free to ravage the city as they please. All goes well for the teenagers until they are captured and forced to assassinate a lonely housewife...

Jon Athan, the uncompromising author of A Family of Violence and Mr. Snuff, brings you a disturbing vision of the future. Land of the Deviant is a novel about deviance and human nature – a novel about people like you and me.

WARNING: This book contains scenes of graphic violence, disturbing themes, and several sexual references. This horror novel also explores taboo subjects. You are not reading Land of the Bubblegum and Rainbows, you are about to read Land of the Deviant — so please expect some deviant themes. This book is not intended for those easily offended or appalled. Please enjoy at your own discretion.

143 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 8, 2016

Reviews

[Peter Topside · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve had a few so so reads from Jon Athan lately, but this book really shined through all of that other muck. But I enjoyed this story so immensely. It was violent, funny, had some memorable characters, and even a really good plot, too. The world that the story exists in was also painted very vividly and kept my interest. I loved the shift it made about halfway, going from something akin to Clockwork Orange and the Droogs to more focused on the main character Donnie and his journey for revenge. The one scene that had me laughing my arse off was when Donnie was performing cunnilingus while on a drug trip. He hallucinates that he’s in a dark, bushy forest, battling crab monsters, all while searching for the ‘man in the boat.’ Yes, you can gather the relevance of all those things. Hysterical! And Athan also had a very unique Killer Klown gang in the story which I thought was very innovative, too. Again, I’m a bit of a klown groupie, so extra brownie points there. But all kidding aside, this was extremely better and more refined from a handful of the author’s other works and really showcased his talent. Next to Grandfather’s House, this is my favorite Jon Athan book to date.

[Adam Wilson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one felt a bit more creative than most of Athan’s other work but still features a ton of violence and people’s heads being referred to as domes far too often. The most memorable parts of this had to be the insane acid trips that go horribly wrong. Pretty interesting in those sequences but, other than that, just a lot of gore.

[Cleo Cole · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved a clockwork orange and I loved this book. dystopian bizarre extreme horror should be done more because it's perfect. I'd love to read more books like this. The ending was satisfying.. can you really beat evil with evil and come out on top?

[Mark Alexander · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another amazing book from Jon Athan that I couldn't put down. Really enjoyed this one!