Slab [Paperback]

Jeff Mariotte (Author), Tommy Lee Edwards (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 29, 2003

An original horror novel by Jeff Mariotte. In the grim days following 9/11/2001 three veterans of different wars, whose lives have been intersected by magic, find themselves thrown together in California's cruel desert - while a group of serial killers ply their deadly trade, and an ancient evil grows beneath them.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A ripping good thriller." -- New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson

"I highly recommend The Slab." -- New York Times bestselling author Scott Ciencin

About the Author

Long time desert rat Jeff Mariotte is kept too busy by other obligations--editing comics and books, owning (with Maryelizabeth and Terry) specialty bookstore Mysterious Galaxy, writing constantly, including many books set in the universe of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, and comic books that include the Stoker and International Horror Guild Award-Nominated series Desperadoes, being a husband and father--to spend nearly as much time out there as he'd like. But his home in San Diego isn't too far away from desert, and it's full of books and comics and music and toys and animals and laughter, so he likes it.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: IDW Publishing (September 29, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932382070
• ISBN-13: 978-1932382075
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,630,757 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jeffrey J. Mariotte is the multiple award-winning author of more than forty-five novels, including original supernatural thrillers Cold Black Hearts, River Runs Red and Missing White Girl, horror epic The Slab, thriller The Devil's Bait, and the Stoker-Award nominated teen horror quartet Dark Vengeance, as well as books set in the universes of Supernatural, CSI, Spider-Man, Superman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Conan, 30 Days of Night, and more. He is also the author of more comic books than he has time to count, including the horror graphic novel Zombie Cop, the original Western series Desperadoes (some of which have been nominated for Stoker and International Horror Guild awards) and the bestselling Presidential Material: Barack Obama. He is a member of the International Thriller Writers, Western Writers of America, and the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers. With his wife, Maryelizabeth Hart, and partner Terry Gilman, he co-owns Mysterious Galaxy, a bookstore specializing in science fiction, fantasy, mystery and horror. He lives on the Flying M Ranch in the American southwest with his family and pets in a home filled with books, music, toys, and other examples of American pop culture. More information than you would ever want to know about him is at jeffmariotte.com, where you'll also find a link to his blog.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Slab, April 2, 2004

By 

M Slott (La Costa, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Slab (Paperback)

The Slab is the freshest thing I've read in years. With a touch of the subtlety of F.Paul Wilson, some of the strangeness of Dean Koontz, Jeff Mariotte has captured the minds and actions of "real feel" people in a not so normal situation.

Staged in Salton Sea California, this book gives the reader the real feel of this desert isolation and it's quirky residents. Combining a mix of characters that includes a greedy real estate broker, a socially inept but morally strong sheriff, his corrupt deputy, and a cast of outcast characters that mix so well together that the reader feels right at home inside the heads of most of them. The book is a trip!

Written with a supernatural undertone, the pieces of this puzzle flow so well together that as I read, I was not at all disappointed with the prospect of this excellent suspense thriller ending with "more than human" powers being exerted. What starts as a thriller, ends with a supernatural event.

If you like F Paul Wilson you will love The Slab. I did!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars horror and suspense in the CA desert, September 28, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Slab (Paperback)

The Slab gives Jeff Marriotte' Desperado and Angel, etc., fans a chance to see what he can do when writing prose in a universe of his own creation. There's a lot going on in this book -- some good, some evil, most weird and magical. A young woman is on the run from a group of twisted hunters. People living in the middle of nowhere are in danger of losing their homes, their lives, and maybe the rest of humanity along with them. The great artwork complements Marriotte's descriptives nicely.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jeff Mariotte delivers!, December 17, 2006

By 

Shannon Eric Denton "Writer and Publisher" (Phoenix, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Slab (Paperback)

I've been a fan of Jeff's DESPERADOES series and always like Tommy's art so it's no surprise this combination works so well. Three thumbs up!