Shattered World I: Paris

Shattered World #1

by Scott M. Baker

This is a coming of age story. A story about a boy and his dogs. Only these dogs are shape-shifting hell hounds and the boy is the last hope of humanity.

Jason carries a heavy burden. His mother is responsible for opening a portal to a dark dimension, shattering our reality and unleashing a terrifying evil upon the world. There is a way to close the portal, only it is dangerous. Deadly dangerous.

In a desperate attempt to redeem himself, Jason embarks on a quest with his friends to close the portal and send this evil back to where it belongs.

Will they be victorious? Will they survive to tell the story?

[PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This novel was originally published in 2016 as HELL GATE under the pseudonym Josh Matthews.]

Genres: Fantasy

296 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 5, 2020

About the author

Scott M. Baker was born and raised in Everett, Massachusetts and spent twenty-three years in northern Virginia working for the Central Intelligence Agency. He has traveled extensively through Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, many of the locations and cultures becoming incorporated in his stories. Scott is now retired and lives outside of Salem, New Hampshire, with his dog Fred and two cats who treat him as their human servant.

Scott is currently writing the Nurse Alissa vs. the Zombies and The Chronicles of Paul sagas, his latest zombie apocalypse series, as well as his paranormal series. Previous works include The Deadliest Breed of Assassins, his first techno-thriller involving North Korea; Operation Majestic, his first science fiction novel described as Raiders of the Lost Ark meets Back to the Future – with aliens; Frozen World, his first non-zombie post-apocalypse novel; the Shattered World series, his five-book young adult post-apocalypse thriller; The Vampire Hunters trilogy, about humans fighting the undead in Washington D.C.; Yeitso, his homage to the giant monster movies of the 1950s that he loved watching as a kid; as well as several zombie-themed novellas and anthologies.

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Reviews

[Bjorn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a rerelease that was previously published as The Hell Gate series under the Pseudonym Josh Matthews I feel they are very well written books even though they are categorized as young adult I felt they were written on a level that even as an adult I found very compelling I highly anticipate the rerelease of the other two original books in the series as well as a brand new 4th book due out

[Mike Lewis · Rating 5 out of 5]

An extraordinary story into science fiction, fantasy and horror combined.

Extraordinary story of the end of the world. A Young man must make an attempt to save the world. His mother is responsible at least in part for ripping our world apart. Hell has opened it’s doors and earth is under siege. Can the humans survive? Read on and find out.
Can man’s arrogance destroy our world? The answer is a definite maybe. Just because we figure out how to do some things. Does not mean that we should do them. Opening Pandora’s box did not work out for Pandora.

[Andrea Payne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Surprisingly awesome!

I must begin by saying I only read this book to get the scavenger hunt answer. I love sci-fi, post apocalyptic, and so on but I wouldn't have chosen this book.

I am so very glad I did! It was surprisingly AWESOME! I really enjoyed it. I love the characters and the plot and the everything! I REALLY appreciated the lack of foul language and despicable scenes!

I would absolutely recommend this book for anyone 13ish. There are monsters and demons and such so some parental guidance is recommend.

I will definitely continue this series!

[David J. Breeden · Rating 5 out of 5]

A different tale of the apocalypse, isn’t science wonderful? I enjoyed the continuous action and suspense. Something different taking place in Europe and traveling through France. The characters are varied and strong. There are unexpected directions. Always wondering who’s going to live or die. The emotions are strongly expressed. There is one mystery that wasn’t revealed and I hope it will be in a later book. Now on to Moscow.

[Angel Medina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm usually not a fan of YA books but the cover for this book was well made and got me to read it. The MC is a young adult who must save the world despite his mother being partially responsible. It's not my normal type of read but Scott can tell a heck of a story. I will be reading book 2.

[Adam Boudreau · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was very difficult to put down. I found this book to be action packed and full of suspense that I was excited to turn the pages to find out what happened next. If you like zombie style apocalyptic storytelling then I recommend this book.

[Ami · Rating 4 out of 5]

Shattered World 1 is action-packed, has great characters and is very creatively written. I found it entertaining as well as edge of my seat tense. I highly recommend it.

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