- Paperback: 276 pages
- Publisher: Booksurge Publishing (23 Feb 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1439226261
- ISBN-13: 978-1439226261
- Product Dimensions: 13.3 x 20.3 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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October 31st, 1946, 11:31 p.m.
"What the bloody hell are you doing here, Alister?"
These are the words of Alister Smith, a man who is about to sell his soul, a decision which has far reaching and horrific results for the inhabitants of Careview.
This is the sort of book that you don't want to read when you're all alone in the dark evenings! There were many gory moments, people having strange recurring nightmares and various oddballs.
Zack Daggy's easy writing style was a page turner as the story weaved back and forth in time and we were introduced to various characters who later turned out to be inextricably linked to each other: some good, some evil.
One of my favourite characters was Lilly who discovered that she had special powers passed down through her family, such as reducing a couple, who were trying to sacrifice her, into ashes, including the furniture and all her clothes! She had some of the funniest lines in the book - yes there was humour as well as the scary bits.
There was also Casey, a man who could see the past, present and future of every person he met, due to a horrific experiment in 1977 with tragic consequences.
This is a well-written and pacy horror story with bewitching characters; and is the 1st in a trilogy; at the end of the book is a tantalising snippet of the next book, carrying on with more of the same bloodshed!
"What the bloody hell are you doing here, Alister?"
These are the words of Alister Smith, a man who is about to sell his soul, a decision which has far reaching and horrific results for the inhabitants of Careview.
This is the sort of book that you don't want to read when you're all alone in the dark evenings! There were many gory moments, people having strange recurring nightmares and various oddballs.
Zack Daggy's easy writing style was a page turner as the story weaved back and forth in time and we were introduced to various characters who later turned out to be inextricably linked to each other: some good, some evil.
One of my favourite characters was Lilly who discovered that she had special powers passed down through her family, such as reducing a couple, who were trying to sacrifice her, into ashes, including the furniture and all her clothes! She had some of the funniest lines in the book - yes there was humour as well as the scary bits.
There was also Casey, a man who could see the past, present and future of every person he met, due to a horrific experiment in 1977 with tragic consequences.
This is a well-written and pacy horror story with bewitching characters; and is the 1st in a trilogy; at the end of the book is a tantalising snippet of the next book, carrying on with more of the same bloodshed!
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Careview is Not A Nice Place to Visit...
7 April 2009
Let alone live there. Temptation is the greatest challenge in this fine town. Every thirty one years, someone makes a horrible mistake - and the residents in Careview pay for it with their very lives.
Dark Worlds: Project 31 reaches deep into those dark places in the night and in your head and drags them across the asphalt. It is a mind trip through the real world, in your dreams, and into the depths of the underworld!
Zack Daggy presents his story and the characters in a way that both urges you to read on, but scares you enough to close the book and hope you can go to sleep. The book reaches out to you and grabs you -- literally!
When you read this book, make sure you leave the lights on. All of them. During the day. I look forward to reading the next installment of the Dark Worlds Trilogy!
Dark Worlds: Project 31 reaches deep into those dark places in the night and in your head and drags them across the asphalt. It is a mind trip through the real world, in your dreams, and into the depths of the underworld!
Zack Daggy presents his story and the characters in a way that both urges you to read on, but scares you enough to close the book and hope you can go to sleep. The book reaches out to you and grabs you -- literally!
When you read this book, make sure you leave the lights on. All of them. During the day. I look forward to reading the next installment of the Dark Worlds Trilogy!
Creepy and full of suspense
16 May 2009
Zack Daggy's Dark Worlds: Project 31 is book one in what is to be a three part horror series. In Project 31, nightmares become real in the city of Careview as demons use the earth as a personal battleground and take over humans to act as fleshly vessels to give them and their shades physical forms. Because of a drug, a form of heroin called Shadow, humans are more susceptible to possession by a shade. And because demon lords are too strong to step into earth as they are, they must seek out a body to use to enter earth. In 1977, an attempt to give a demon bodily form to destroy it ended in disaster and began a chain of events that culminate in 2008 when ancestors are faced with stopping the rising of a powerful demon named Cervenoko, who has unleashed her shades to aid in her rise to power.
Involved in this is Jimmy, the product of a family secret and an ex-alcoholic medical worker who watched his mother get killed by shades as a child. Then there is Lilly, who works in a diner and has special powers. Also important is Casey, an older man who has psychic powers that he tries to use for good... in his own way. Of course, we can't forget Allison, the serial killer of serial killers who sells Shadow on the side. Each one of them has a connection to the events of 1977 and must `return' to the moment to try to stop the rise of Cervenoko. At least, that's what some of them think is going to happen...
The thing that sticks out the most about this book is how much it reads like a movie script. The dialogue, the descriptions, and the actions sequences all have the style of a script. There were times when reading that I would stop and think how that scene would play out if I were watching it on a screen. Someone needs to alert Fangoria or Rue Morgue now. Project 31 doesn't have a lot of in-depth and overly completely internal dialogue and reflection, at least none done in such a way that it couldn't be portrayed visually. I really do think that this book would be perfect for film adaptation, and without a lot of reworking and editing of the plot to get the film elements right. In fact, I think some of it would be better were it a visual and not words. Some of the descriptions about bodies splitting open and becoming strange creatures would work better on the screen, definitely.
Project 31 is a fast paced and nightmarish book, playing with themes of humanity, the human soul and conscience, and the lengths people will go to get what they want. It's about human weakness and our natural fallibility, as well as the evil that is in some people. Project 31 full of action and suspense, with a few twist and turns along the way. The details of the past are revealed slowly, so the tension builds behind a wall of unfurling mystery, only to explode into a climactic ending rather than a steady uncoil.
Involved in this is Jimmy, the product of a family secret and an ex-alcoholic medical worker who watched his mother get killed by shades as a child. Then there is Lilly, who works in a diner and has special powers. Also important is Casey, an older man who has psychic powers that he tries to use for good... in his own way. Of course, we can't forget Allison, the serial killer of serial killers who sells Shadow on the side. Each one of them has a connection to the events of 1977 and must `return' to the moment to try to stop the rise of Cervenoko. At least, that's what some of them think is going to happen...
The thing that sticks out the most about this book is how much it reads like a movie script. The dialogue, the descriptions, and the actions sequences all have the style of a script. There were times when reading that I would stop and think how that scene would play out if I were watching it on a screen. Someone needs to alert Fangoria or Rue Morgue now. Project 31 doesn't have a lot of in-depth and overly completely internal dialogue and reflection, at least none done in such a way that it couldn't be portrayed visually. I really do think that this book would be perfect for film adaptation, and without a lot of reworking and editing of the plot to get the film elements right. In fact, I think some of it would be better were it a visual and not words. Some of the descriptions about bodies splitting open and becoming strange creatures would work better on the screen, definitely.
Project 31 is a fast paced and nightmarish book, playing with themes of humanity, the human soul and conscience, and the lengths people will go to get what they want. It's about human weakness and our natural fallibility, as well as the evil that is in some people. Project 31 full of action and suspense, with a few twist and turns along the way. The details of the past are revealed slowly, so the tension builds behind a wall of unfurling mystery, only to explode into a climactic ending rather than a steady uncoil.
Read it in 4 1/2 hours after it arrived
13 May 2009
Horror has never really been my genre of choice. However, for this book, I will make an exception. I was curious when I first heard of it and read the teasers on Zack Daggy's website. (http://whatisproject31.com) When it arrived at my door, I opened the box and instantly started reading. Four and a half hours later, I realized I had finished the entire thing. I can't wait for the sequels. Definitely worth reading!
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