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THE HORNED ONES CORNUCOPIA
Cornucopia Caverns. A safe, fun, family-friendly show cave destination where visitors can enjoy guided tours of subterranean chambers and spectacular limestone formations in a nice cool reprieve from the California summer heat. Until the disaster. Until the rocks fall, and the blood flows, and the lights go out. Until three groups of tourists are trapped in the darkness, hoping for rescue, trying to find a way out, hoping to survive. But they aren't alone down there. The caverns reach deeper and farther than anybody knew. Something else hides in Cornucopia's depths. Something that's been waiting for an opportunity like this.
- GenresHorror
391 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 1, 2012
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March 30, 2022
It is late afternoon, and we are in Cornucopia Caverns. A safe, family friendly show cave to quench your heart's desire to be underground. That is, until there is an explosion and the cave collapses on several tour groups. Lost in the rumble are dead bodies, injured explorers, and tour guides. Soon they will find out they are not alone in the dark. Something ancient resides in the depths of these caves. It needs live hosts to carry out its wicked plan. Excellent read with a lot of scare points. The tension builds to the bloody end. Recommend!
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March 3, 2025While not a bad story the writer is extremely novice and has an obsession with excessive adjectives. Every sentence is:
Adjective, adjective, adjective - blathering - adjective
Adjective, adjective - except it’s really THIS adjective, adjective - instead
Or adjective, adjective, adjective, metaphor, maybe another metaphor or -another “exception.”
It’s amazing how many times they make all these descriptions just to change course mid-sentence with their exceptions.
They also rely too heavily on the inner dialogue tool. This is meant as a TOOL to help the reader along the thought process as to why the character is doing something that might seem odd without having this internal context. It is NOT meant to be the primary device of writing the story.
Adjective, adjective, adjective - blathering - adjective
Adjective, adjective - except it’s really THIS adjective, adjective - instead
Or adjective, adjective, adjective, metaphor, maybe another metaphor or -another “exception.”
It’s amazing how many times they make all these descriptions just to change course mid-sentence with their exceptions.
They also rely too heavily on the inner dialogue tool. This is meant as a TOOL to help the reader along the thought process as to why the character is doing something that might seem odd without having this internal context. It is NOT meant to be the primary device of writing the story.
February 28, 2022
This is a fun page-turner. If you love creepy things happening underground, I recommend reading this book. I'd also advice you not to get attached to anyone. There's a lot of gruesome and sometimes unexpected death in this book (and I loved it!)
At first, I was a little wary of all the shifts in perspective, but despite the large cast of characters and the constant shifts I was never really confused about where and who all the characters were, which is impressive.
There were a few twists in this that I didn't see coming. One of them disappointed me a little bit, but then the ending really justified that particular twist. Great ending; definitely gave me a lasting sense of the creeps.
At first, I was a little wary of all the shifts in perspective, but despite the large cast of characters and the constant shifts I was never really confused about where and who all the characters were, which is impressive.
There were a few twists in this that I didn't see coming. One of them disappointed me a little bit, but then the ending really justified that particular twist. Great ending; definitely gave me a lasting sense of the creeps.
July 15, 2019
Whoo-eee. I read this over the course of one night. I was able to read a free copy through kindle unlimited. I originally wanted to read the story because of the setting. A group of people exploring underground caverns when tragedy strikes. How do they make it out alive? I have always been fascinated my people exploring underground. I think I am too claustrophobic to do that. And what happens when you run out of batteries for your lamps? Then you are in total darkness.
After a cave in, many people are left dead. Of those left alive, some of them are not good people. Some of them are happy their family members are dead. Pretty chilling behavior. And then people start disappearing.
When I found out what was taking the children, I was a little disappointed. Too basic. But I did like the very ending. There is room for a sequel too.
After a cave in, many people are left dead. Of those left alive, some of them are not good people. Some of them are happy their family members are dead. Pretty chilling behavior. And then people start disappearing.
When I found out what was taking the children, I was a little disappointed. Too basic. But I did like the very ending. There is room for a sequel too.
July 6, 2021
Good read!
I love this author. She is so talented! Love the gore, the suspense, and the humor. She is a definite recommend!
I love this author. She is so talented! Love the gore, the suspense, and the humor. She is a definite recommend!
February 3, 2025
We have the dark spawn™️ at home.
Tons of bratty characters yapping non-stop
Tons of bratty characters yapping non-stop
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March 26, 2013
Review of The Horned Ones: Cornucopia
Christine Morgan
Belfire Press
5 stars
When I began this riveting book, I thought I was reading an adventure/thriller, a story of courage (and the opposite, fearful selfishness) in the face of a natural disaster—an underground cave system partially collapsing, trapping three full tours of curious tourists and their guides. Well, I did get all that, and in the meantime watched the human condition unfold, as certainly times this troubling bring out the true character of any individual, and the characters in “The Horned Ones: Cornucopia” certainly run the continuum from almost all good to almost all evil, including “bad guys” who actually demonstrate altruism, and other bad guys the reader will hope never to encounter.
But this novel is not just a thriller—this novel is also scientifically bent, exploratory, and contains a great deal of horror, the kind of horror that made my hair stand on end and chills run tiny spider legs along my spine (perhaps, considering the story’s locale, tiny albino cave eyeless cave spiders). The horror that rules the last portion of the book is virtually unforgettable—and left this reviewer hoping for a sequel.
Christine Morgan
Belfire Press
5 stars
When I began this riveting book, I thought I was reading an adventure/thriller, a story of courage (and the opposite, fearful selfishness) in the face of a natural disaster—an underground cave system partially collapsing, trapping three full tours of curious tourists and their guides. Well, I did get all that, and in the meantime watched the human condition unfold, as certainly times this troubling bring out the true character of any individual, and the characters in “The Horned Ones: Cornucopia” certainly run the continuum from almost all good to almost all evil, including “bad guys” who actually demonstrate altruism, and other bad guys the reader will hope never to encounter.
But this novel is not just a thriller—this novel is also scientifically bent, exploratory, and contains a great deal of horror, the kind of horror that made my hair stand on end and chills run tiny spider legs along my spine (perhaps, considering the story’s locale, tiny albino cave eyeless cave spiders). The horror that rules the last portion of the book is virtually unforgettable—and left this reviewer hoping for a sequel.
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