Terminal Island
Published on 1. December 2012
280 pages
978-1-59780-438-7 (ISBN)
Description
Henry Cadmus grew up on Catalina Island, a scenic vacationland off the Southern California coast. But Henry's experiences were far from idyllic. Today, even though Henry has seen firsthand the horrors of war, the ghastly images that haunt his dreams is one he associates with his childhood... and the island: a snarling pig-man holding a cleaver; a jackal-headed woman on a high balcony, dripping blood; strange occult rituals... and worse. If it was up to Henry, he would avoid the island entirely.
But Henry is returning to Catalina Island. At his wife Ruby's insistence, Henry, Ruby, and their infant daughter are coming to Avalon, so that Henry can face his fears, exorcise his demons, and reconcile with the one he fears most... his mother.
From Walter Greatshell, author of Xombies comes Terminal Island, a novel of cosmic horror.
But Henry is returning to Catalina Island. At his wife Ruby's insistence, Henry, Ruby, and their infant daughter are coming to Avalon, so that Henry can face his fears, exorcise his demons, and reconcile with the one he fears most... his mother.
From Walter Greatshell, author of Xombies comes Terminal Island, a novel of cosmic horror.
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Language
English
Place of publication
OR
United States
File size
1,58 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-59780-438-7 (9781597804387)
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Walter Greatshell here. I am the author of XOMBIES (Berkley, 2004), which was rereleased as XOMBIES: APOCALYPSE BLUES (2009), and followed by the sequels XOMBIES: APOCALYPTICON (2010), and XOMBIES: APOCALYPSO (2011). I have a short story called "The Mexican Bus" in the zombie anthology THE LIVING DEAD 2 (Night Shade Books), and my novel MAD SKILLS was called "the literary equivalent of a syringe of adrenaline" by Publishers Weekly. My latest books are the giant satire ENORMITY (Night Shade Books), written under the pen-name W.G. Marshall, and TERMINAL ISLAND, a novel of suspense and cosmic terror.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue: American Idol
- PART I: DISINTEGRATING NICELY
- Chapter One: Labor Day
- Chapter Two: Terminal Island
- Chapter Three: Avalon, Present Day
- Chapter Four: Fantasy Island
- Chapter Five: Flying Fish
- Chapter Six: Return To Sender
- Chapter Seven: Big Game
- Chapter Eight: The Butcher
- Chapter Nine: Charcoal-Seared Steak
- Chapter Ten: Fish Head
- Chapter Eleven: Bohemian Paradise
- Chapter Twelve: Catch-22
- Chapter Thirteen: Buffalo
- Chapter Fourteen: The Office
- Chapter Fifteen: Pig
- Chapter Sixteen: Escape From Devil's Island
- PART II: ANGEL'S TRUMPET: ANGEL'S TRUMPET
- Chapter Seventeen: War Dogs
- Chapter Eighteen: We're Shady Isle
- Chapter Nineteen: Pismo Beach
- Chapter Twenty: Cuckoo Clock
- Chapter Twenty-One: Buffalo
- Chapter Twenty-Two: Easter Parade
- Chapter Twenty-Three
- Act One: The White Bull
- Act Two: Nativity
- Chapter Twenty-Four
- Act Three: The Mare
- Act Four: Foul Play
- Chapter Twenty-Five
- Act Five: Resurrection
- Chapter Twenty-Six
- Act Six: Salvation
- Chapter Twenty-Seven: Steel Rain
- Chapter Twenty-Eight: Pit Stop
- Chapter Twenty-Nine: Kodachrome
- Chapter Thirty: Father's Day
- Chapter Thirty-One: The Isthmus
- Chapter Thirty-Two: Big Fish
- Chapter Thirty-Three: Topsy-Turvy
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
