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The Summer I Died

The Roger Huntington Saga, Book 1

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The Summer I Died

By: Ryan C. Thomas
Narrated by: John Andrews
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The cult thriller novel is back in this all new edition which features the original text as it was meant to be published! Dubbed one of "The Most Intense Horror Novels" ever written by many horror review sites, The Summer I Died is the first book in the Roger Huntington saga and has been optioned for film.

Please be warned: This book contains depictions of torture and graphic violence.

BOOK DESCRIPTION:
When Roger Huntington comes home from college for the summer and is met by his best friend, Tooth, he knows they're going to have a good time. A summer full of beer, comic books, movies, laughs, and maybe even girls. The sun is high and the sky is clear as Roger and Tooth set out to shoot beer cans at Bobcat Mountain. Just two friends catching up on lost time, two friends thinking about their futures. . . two friends suddenly thrust into the middle of a nightmare.

Forced to fight for their lives against a sadistic killer with an arsenal of razor sharp blades and a hungry dog by his side. If they are to survive, they must decide: are heroes born, or are they made? Or is something more powerful happening to them? And more importantly, how do you survive when all roads lead to death?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Ryan C. Thomas lives in San Diego with his wife and two dogs. He is the author of several novels including Born To Bleed (the sequel to The Summer I Died), Hissers, Salticidae, The Undead World of Oz, Ratings Game, Origin of Pain, as well as several novellas and short stories.

©2008 Ryan C. Thomas (P)2024 Ryan C. Thomas
Crime Thrillers Psychological Thriller & Suspense Scary Survival Zombie
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Critic reviews

"A tense bloody ride!" - Brian Keene

"The Summer I Died is an endurance test. It’s certainly not for everybody. But if you want to freak yourself out on your next camping trip, you can’t really do any better." - BloodyDisgusting.com

"A down and dirty splatfest, 70s style!" - HorrorDrive-in.com

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it's gory, disturbing and unpleasant, but gripping, I couldn't stop listening to it, finished it in a day. would have liked a bit more character development on the antagonist, but at the same time, it's part of the mystery, trying to find reason where there isn't any, trying to find humanity where it's deeply lacking, having hope when you shouldn't. Just finished book 2 of the series, about to start book 3, looking forward to it!

unpleasant and gripping

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Loved all the gory details, the sense of despair and helplessness is really strong and the story goes in all the right ways.

Loved it!

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The writing is awful. I read a lot of horror and splatterpunk and this just wasn’t good. It’s boring and very shallow. The metaphors used throughout are hilariously garbage too. It’s only 6 hours and it was 6 hours too long.

You can tell this is written by an American man.

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