Maternal Instinct [Hardcover]

J. F. Gonzalez (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2002

A Romantic getaway turns into a nightmare on the open highway. A normal woman is held captive, torn from her husband and deposited into the seedy underworld of illegal pornography and snuff films, a world she never knew existed. Now she is in the fight for two lives: hers and the child she and her husband had been trying to conceive. And she will do anything to escape. Anything...

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Editorial Reviews

Review

"...Gonzalez brings intellect and a studied, consummate craft to the table, creating tales the right way..." -- Edward Lee, Author of INCUBI

"...J.F. Gonzalez is one of the most consistently imaginative new voices in horror fiction..." -- Brian Keene, Author of NO REST FOR THE WICKED

"Maternal Instinct is the riveting stuff of nightmare..." -- Robert Devereaux, CALIBAN AND OTHER TALES --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Publisher

J. F. Gonzalez has created a novella that will keep readers gripping the pages a little harder. MATERNAL INSTINCT is a tour-de-force of both horror and suspense -- a gateway into the underworld in which Gonzalez researched during the creation of this novella.

This is perhaps one of the most intense novellas out there and shows why Gonzalez is considered by many to be the next big author in the horror genre. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 222 pages
• Publisher: Delirium Books; Limited edition (April 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1929653247
• ISBN-13: 978-1929653249
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,689,831 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Awful writing, December 11, 2005

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hangedwoman (Alaska, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maternal Instinct (Paperback)

I really hated this book, not simply as a matter of personal opinion, but because it was a perfect example of really bad writing. The characters were unsympathetic and at times their motivation unbelievable, readers were knocked upside the head with plot devices, and worst of the worst, there was a section with several pages of exposition, the main villian of the story explaining how he got into making snuff films. ANY rambling exposition like that is ridiculous in a published work, but to top it all off it wasn't even believable.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The underground world of snuff films..., June 25, 2002

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Michael A. Moore "I am the Virus of Life" (Bowling Green, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maternal Instinct (Paperback)

This was an excellent novella by J.F. Gonzalez. Its all about a couple who go on vaction and get seperated. The woman gets kidnapped and has a very good chance to star in her very own film...

...a snuff film! Oh and by the way, shes pregnent and has to not only fend for her life but for her unborn child's as well.

This book was quite graphic in a good way, I won't tell you much more but first you will want to read a short story in a collection by J.F., _Old Ghosts and Other Revenants_ called "Love Hurts".