EXIT

by Julian Boote

"The wages of sin is DEATH". This is the terrifying message a band of thieves find during a midnight heist gone horrifyingly wrong. Trapped by a horde of faceless vigilantes, the crooks see an opportunity to escape when they discover the entrance to a vast, abandoned Cold War nuclear bunker. But the crooks' apparent salvation turns out to be only the start of a journey into the blackest hell. The vigilantes knew of the bunker all along, and now, trapped within the sprawling underground complex, the hunted criminals one by one fall victim to a systematic campaign of stalking, gruesome traps and bloody vengeance. For reformed thief Kim Sawyer - blackmailed back into the business - it's going to be the longest night of her life. Faced with ghosts from her criminal past, unless somewhere in the dark she finds courage and redemption, there's little chance she'll see daylight again... Pray there's another way out. "Exit, by Julian Boote, is a terrifying read that will keep you up well after your bedtime. And you might want to leave the lights on."-Self-Publishing Review "...richly imagined, and its characters are fun to follow-even into deadly catacombs."-Kirkus Reviews

596 pages, Paperback

First published August 18, 2015

About the author

Julian Boote has a BA Honours in Film & Art from Reading University, where his focus was the theoretical understanding of film and its history, which he has since applied since leaving college through production of shorts and features. He has worked in a variety of roles in the industry since graduation, from clerk on BBC’s "The Late Show", through storyboardist and 1st AD, to writer and director of shorts, until forming the Seventh Twelfth Collective with in 1997, where his role was primarily as producer of the company’s feature, "The Killing Zone", and main administrator for the company. However Julian was also co-screenwriter, story segment director and second unit director on the Collective’s second and third films; "Dead Room" and "Fallen Angels" respectively.

Julian left Seventh Twelfth in 2004, and began focusing on writing, as well as returning to acting, his first love, and has since chalked up a number of supporting and leading roles in short films and features, those of note being; Go With God, "The Eleventh Hour", "Dark Country" (shorts) and "Evil Souls", "He Who Dares", "Jack the Giant Killer", "DeadTime" and "Mesocafé" (features).

Julian has recently had scripts produced again, garnering co-writer credits on two short dramas, "The Eleventh Hour", and "Cuckoo" - both of which have won festival awards. He has written three feature film screenplays and is developing more.

Julian is a member of UK actor’s union, Equity, and the Writers Guild of Great Britain.