Scarecrow

by Darren G. Burton

On a small island resort in the middle of the Bahamas, three college graduates dive for lost Spanish treasure. In their efforts to find the gold, the three men open an underwater cave that has been sealed shut for more than two decades. In the cave lurks a creature of unspeakable evil. One by one, the resort guests start to disappear. Headless corpses wash up on the beaches. Kurt, Matt and Pete must find a way to stop the bloody rampage before they all die. But only one man knows the secret of the SCARECROW.

Genres: Horror, Supernatural

269 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 16, 2008

About the author

Born in Sydney, Australia, and now living on the Gold Coast, I have been writing for more than 30 years. I've written numerous full length and short works of fiction and non-fiction, and have had many articles and short stories published in major Australian and international publications.

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Reviews

[✨ Bookferatu ✨ · Rating 1 out of 5]

It was tempting to put this book down from the very beginning, or at least after one of the worst (and completely pointless) sex scenes I have ever read that was so poorly written that I had to stop everything and look up the author to see if he was a teenager, I really did because, oh my gawd - the female dialogue and the way the sex is written is out of a 16 year old's fantasy. And then there were more of them! They were the most horrifying thing about this book and added NO MERIT to the story whatsoever. I don't even remember anything about the pirate scarecrow part of the story after those ridiculous scenes, i just needed to purge from all that terrible character writing.

The characters, the dialogue, just a disaster; this is a VERY poorly written book, and with all the amateur writing it was painful to finish, and I only finished out of a misguided sense of duty to read everything I start, but man... I am just glad I picked up the PDF for free because if I had paid for this trash I would be so f'n pissed. I actually am kinda pissed anyway.

This is easily one of the worst books i've ever read. I also believe this author, which, shockingly, has written many other books, and is actually an adult, has some serious masculinity issues.

I created a "could barely finish" shelf just for this book. And there's been lots before that I could barely finish, but this one takes the honour of pushing me to that point of actually going out of my way to create the shelf and stick it there!

I am embarrassed to have read it, but I would be more embarrassed to have paid for it.

I expect lots of THANK YOUS for saving people from this abomination.

[IAN SPEIGHT · Rating 3 out of 5]

On a small island resort in the middle of the Bahamas, three college graduates dive for lost Spanish treasure. In their efforts to find the gold, the three men open an underwater cave that has been sealed shut for more than two decades. In the cave lurks a creature of unspeakable evil. One by one, the resort guests start to disappear. Headless corpses wash up on the beaches.

An enjoyable read, No great frills, does what it say's on the cover. If you're
a horror fan you'll lap it up, if you're not you won't be reading it anyway.

[Billy Young · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this was going to be similar to Children of the Corn or something but I was wrong. No in this tale of fright you have a Pirate come back from the dead to seek revenge on all mankind. A good solid tale well worth the read.

[William · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found it in dire need of some editing. There was just a lot of fluff that was unnecessary. The sex scenes were a hair descriptive for their minor role in the book. It is what it is...a predictable slasher book with a supernatural twist.

[Collin Reremoana]

thanks buddy must read!