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The Broken
In the heart of the Pocono Mountains, a three month manhunt comes to an unusual end when an expert survivalist turned bank robber abruptly surrenders to police, babbling wild stories of a ghost in the woods that harassed him each night- a legend of local lore known as the Gray Man. A helicopter crashes in the forested wilderness, stranding a team of state troopers tasked with recovering the robber's discarded loot. Leading them is disgraced Army pilot, Blaire Andover, who is forced to pull her small band of injured survivors together to await rescue. Now it is starting to grow dark. And a handful of incapacitated men will be easy prey to what is out there lurking in the shadows. But Blaire may find herself more worried about what kind of monster walks among her group.
310 pages, Paperback
Published June 7, 2018
About the author
Evan Yarema
9 books7 followersEvan Yarema is a self-published author who prefers to work in the realm of suspense, horror, and mystery. He has published eight novels so far.
Strong protagonists are his bread-and-butter, and often he's most comfortable when his characters are gathered around a bar, bantering with each other.
He's a native to Eastern Pennsylvania where he lives with his wife and cats. True to the settings and characters of his novels, Evan is a former private investigator, gun salesman, and a security "Knave" at a casino... that may or may not have been haunted.
Follow him on facebook at: www.facebook.com/ESYaremaBooks
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Strong protagonists are his bread-and-butter, and often he's most comfortable when his characters are gathered around a bar, bantering with each other.
He's a native to Eastern Pennsylvania where he lives with his wife and cats. True to the settings and characters of his novels, Evan is a former private investigator, gun salesman, and a security "Knave" at a casino... that may or may not have been haunted.
Follow him on facebook at: www.facebook.com/ESYaremaBooks
Or subscribe and listen to his audiobooks!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR3I...
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April 22, 2018
A few self-reflections from the author:
This is the third time I've reviewed a novel that I've written; and this is the third book in a loosely connected series.
As usual, Amazon and CreateSpace publishing did a very nice job on the printing and feel of the finished product. I have no complaints.
I went into writing each novel with a different mindset. To be fully honest, this particular story I wasn't terribly excited about until I went back and began to reread it. I found myself pretty blown away by how engaging the story is, its overall creepy vibe, and the way it grabs you and pulls you in so that you don't want to put it down. Considering I experienced all of this while reading a story where I knew everything that was going to happen, tells me that I'm either very egotistical, or I did something very right (haha). I can only imagine what a new reader might experience while jumping into this.
I think that I improved considerably on pacing and creating enough mystery that you want to keep turning the pages. While this book is largely horror/suspense based, I also think that I managed to successfully dabble in an area of writing that always intimidated me: action. And there seems to be just enough of it to make this story fun, as well as scary.
If THE KNAVES is the dark back-story to the series, and THE LONERS is the cozy character-driven mystery which forms the central pillar, then THE BROKEN is definitely the exciting and suspenseful 'movie' in novel form. As usual, I gave it 4 stars, because as much as I loved it, there's always room to improve.
I hope you enjoy!
-E
This is the third time I've reviewed a novel that I've written; and this is the third book in a loosely connected series.
As usual, Amazon and CreateSpace publishing did a very nice job on the printing and feel of the finished product. I have no complaints.
I went into writing each novel with a different mindset. To be fully honest, this particular story I wasn't terribly excited about until I went back and began to reread it. I found myself pretty blown away by how engaging the story is, its overall creepy vibe, and the way it grabs you and pulls you in so that you don't want to put it down. Considering I experienced all of this while reading a story where I knew everything that was going to happen, tells me that I'm either very egotistical, or I did something very right (haha). I can only imagine what a new reader might experience while jumping into this.
I think that I improved considerably on pacing and creating enough mystery that you want to keep turning the pages. While this book is largely horror/suspense based, I also think that I managed to successfully dabble in an area of writing that always intimidated me: action. And there seems to be just enough of it to make this story fun, as well as scary.
If THE KNAVES is the dark back-story to the series, and THE LONERS is the cozy character-driven mystery which forms the central pillar, then THE BROKEN is definitely the exciting and suspenseful 'movie' in novel form. As usual, I gave it 4 stars, because as much as I loved it, there's always room to improve.
I hope you enjoy!
-E
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