Defiance

by Marie F. Crow

Surviving their ordeal with Travis, Helena and G.R.I.T. stumble upon another group of survivors fighting their way to the high school. Within this group is someone Helena never thought she would see, again. As old ghosts are stirred, and scars reopened, Helena must fight not only the monsters who stalk them, but also the ones who now stalk her. Together, this new group and G.R.I.T will face dark times as they struggle to discover the true meaning of what defiance means despite Death's many attempts to break them. Unfortunately, Death has her own plans and not everyone will escape her.

314 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 30, 2020

About the author

Marie F Crow believes that monsters should keep you up at night with the thoughts of “what if” stalking your mind. She began writing horror after feeling the genre of zombie horror was getting too far away from actual horror, forgetting what a zombie is, and what that can mean to your world.

The recent advents of movies and literature have pushed the concept of the flesh eating undead too far into the realm of the mundane and cute. There is a need to once more rehash the genre with the proper respect to the psychological ramifications, and sheer horror, that the monsters deserve.

That sheer horror of possibly having to kill your friends, family, or anyone else for that matter before they become a shambling corpse willing, even driven, to consume the flesh of their own. The psychological destruction to the minds of the living their deaths could cause to those around them.

With the release of The Risen series, she hopes to, once again, breathe fear back into the genre that has always been a favorite of hers. Crafting her stories with honest emotions, and believable circumstances, she creates her world with an added twist to the classic monsters. She believes nothing is sacred in the land of horror inviting the reader to explore the depth of that concept by luring them deeper into her realm with visual images and emotional drama wrapped with a sparkling, gore dripping bow.

With open arms, she welcomes them back into the world of horror hoping they enjoy the ride, but requests they do keep all their limbs inside the ride at all times. The Risen are waiting, and they are hungry.


Sugar and Spice and Everything Dies Twice,

Marie F Crow

Reviews

[Tara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. What an ending. What a story. The depth of character and human emotion, wrenches the heart. The way one sees themselves vs the way the ones around us see us is glaringly obvious and brutally honest. We always see the worst, while others frequently see the best. How ghosts of the past can haunt us, encourage us and terrify us is so poignant in this book and the ones before it. I've never been a fan of the horror genre, but this series was epic and I loved every moment of it.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow great series but sad ending!

This has been one hell of a ride. I have enjoyed being there thru it all with Helena and her group! I am saddened buy the ending it really broke my heart! I wish it ended differently but it was still an ending with full closure. This series is amazing and was worth it I wish it had more with all of these same characters.