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The Harvest [Kindle Edition]

Scott Nicholson
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (82 customer reviews)

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Book Description

For fans of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Scott Sigler, from a #1 bestselling Kindle author.

An infection that consumes and changes people...

When an alien entity lands in the remote Appalachian Mountains, a clairvoyant psychology professor, a drunken dirt farmer, and a disillusioned tycoon must team up to stop it before the infection spreads.

But with Windshake's annual spring festival coming, the town is full of visitors, unaware of the unnatural menace creeping toward them from the woods...

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"Fast paced and always creepy, this is one author that aims to kill and never misses.” – Jeremy Robinson, author of INSTINCT and THRESHOLD

"Hold onto your pants, because Nicholson is about to scare them off."- J.A. Konrath, ORIGIN

"Always surprises and always entertains."- Jonathan Maberry, PATIENT ZERO and ROT & RUIN

"A gallery of fine characters, a remote location, and an alien entity bent on feeding. Nicholson has cooked up a perfect tale from this simple recipe, and the result will fill your dreams."--William Meikle, author of THE INVASION and THE VALLEY

"A fresh and true voice that will affect you, disturb you, enrage you, or make you laugh. He will not, however, leave you cold."--Kevin J. Anderson, co-author of the Dune series
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Author's preferred and DRM-free edition of the 2003 paperback "The Harvest." From #1 Kindle bestselling author of 20 paranormal, mystery, and suspense thrillers including LIQUID FEAR, THE RED CHURCH, AS I DIE LYING, SPEED DATING WITH THE DEAD, DISINTEGRATION, and DRUMMER BOY, as well as six story collections, including THE FIRST, GATEWAY DRUG, and ZOMBIE BITS. He's also created the comics GRAVE CONDITIONS and DIRT and the children's books IF I WERE YOUR MONSTER, TOO MANY WITCHES, and DUNCAN THE PUNKIN.

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"Scott Nicholson writes with a mixture of H.P. Lovecraft and Clive Barker."

Product Details

  • File Size: 537 KB
  • Print Length: 384 pages
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publisher: Haunted Computer Books (August 30, 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0041G6LRK
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Lending: Enabled
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,689 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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I did finish it hoping that the ending would surprise me, it didn't. Simons Mom  |  13 reviewers made a similar statement
Written in the likeness of a good Stephen King book. jlpewett  |  11 reviewers made a similar statement
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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes a plant just wants to eat...Everything June 5, 2004
Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Something has crash landed into the Appalachian mountains, just above a tiny one-horse town named Windshake. Wounded and hungry, completely unaware of its surroundings, it begins to feed, needing strength to continue its journey.

Enter the town of Windshake. It's a quiet mountain town, only just beginning to be discovered by developers. It is typically populated with a thin veneer of middle class who overlay the larger collection of dirt poor white trash. Moonshine stills, logging roads, mountain cabins and trailer parks all combine to overcome any real influence from the nearby small University, where Tamara Leon teaches.

She had moved out of the city in order for her husband Robert to take a job at a local yokel radio station, the only job he could find. Bye-bye city life, hello Moose Lodge and Hog Calling. Tamara carries a heavier weight on her shoulders than just moving her family out into the sticks, for she suffers from what she calls "The Gloomies", which is nothing more than a form of ESP.

The second major character is Chester Mull, a crotchety mountain man who's day is filled by drinking moonshine on his porch with his ancient hound dog, at least until the mountain begins to glow a sickly green and his friend Oscar stumbles into his yard looking more plant than man.

Scott Nicholson has done an absolutely tremendous job with this novel, bringing the small town people into fully fleshed reality, and revealing Windshake as a place you can not only see but smell and taste and feel.

The Harvest is one of those stories that is about the entire town, with a few foremost characters leading the hunt for what ails their community. The usual problems seen with books like this are shallow characterizations, which you certainly won't find here. The sinful Preacher, the overly religious Parishioner who is falling for the church secretary, the white trash trailer park queen, the dope smoking teenagers, the fat and lazy sheriff, the excessively arrogant mayor, the successful moonshiner; all are completely introduced as individuals who you will love to hate, or hate to love.

Tamara and Chester make an unlikely team when finally they meet up, and with a couple of fellow believers they undertake the daunting task of destroying the creature that has extended its tendrils into their town.

There is something to be said for a joyfully entertaining, wildly unrealistic adventure into a nightmare landscape or horror and helplessness. Not every book is a work of art, and not every work of art is entertaining, so if you want a hoity-toity art book, go pick up a Tolstoy. But if what you are looking for is a roller-coaster ride filled with aliens, inhuman hunger, green guts, bizarre plants, gaping earth-mouths, and squishy things that go bump in the night, then grab a copy of The Harvest and settle in for the ride. Enjoy!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A new take on an old story September 3, 2010
Format:Kindle Edition
This isn't your average "Alien menace" story. Scott Nicholson has a way with people, and it is people, and their hopes and fears, that drive the action here as a menace from the skies takes hold in the countryside around their town.

It's a tale of loss, of sacrifice, and of hope. The alien is suitably alien, and the people behave like real folks would in a crisis situation. Some run and hide. Others step up and find things in themselves they never suspected were there.

Nicholson does a fine job of bringing disparate folk together into a cohesive fighting unit, and it all builds to a nicely done climax.

Keep watching the skies.
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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars CHILLING! September 26, 2003
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Set in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. Dr. Tamara Leon teaches down at Westridge. She has always had the "gift" of being clairvoyant. She called the darker feelings "the Gloomies". She lived in the little town of Windshake with her husband and two small children. Her marriage is a bit rocky, since her husband HATES hearing anything about the Gloomies. He did not believe in the mess at all. Yet the Gloomies were getting stronger lately. In fact, ever since the weird object fell from the heavens and landed somewhere in the mountains. Things and people began to change. Whatever landed in those mountains was growing and assaulting Tamara's mind in a psychic invasion.

Chester Mull KNEW something was going on! His dog has been turned inside-out, literally! People he used to call "friends" have drastically changed too. Their eyes glowed an eerie green and their skin seemed to be melting.

The zombies sought out other living beings to "convert". Their master, Shu-Shaaa, was hungry and must be fed. It was assimilating itself into the biosystem of the planet, slowing learning and eating everything. As it fed, it searched for the meaning of one set of syllables that seemed to nag at its core. The syllables called "Taa-maaa-raaa."

***** Stephen King and Dean Koontz fans need to sit up and take notice of this talented author. Scott Nicholson has created a new terror that will keep you up late into the night! (Don't say I did not warn you.) Nicholson seems to be destined for fame. Highly recommended reading! *****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch

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3.0 out of 5 stars people
I did enjoy the people and could see them quite clearly . However, I am not into those imaginary situations which were depicted in the book. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Katie B
3.0 out of 5 stars okay read
This and the other Scott Nicholson book I have read are okay reads. What I don't care for is the strong religious aspect of the story line. Read more
Published 5 months ago by LKD
1.0 out of 5 stars To hard to follow
I rarely skim a book but this book became so painful and hard to follow that I couldn't finish it I found the characters less than interesting and the writing seemed to ramble on... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Shari Lloyd
2.0 out of 5 stars Had potential, but in the end it wasn't realized
I liked the premise and I enjoyed the writing style - the author writes a great deal like Stephen King (in a good way). Read more
Published 6 months ago by Brant Gardner
1.0 out of 5 stars Cliche
This book is annoyingly cliche, characters are stereotypical, plot is recycled and inferior to the more original iterations. Read more
Published 6 months ago by A. Romeo
5.0 out of 5 stars freakishly good
Mr. Nicholson does it again! Sure this is an alien story, but it's not your average alien story.The characters are the type you catch yourself cheering for and the background is... Read more
Published 7 months ago by MindyG123
4.0 out of 5 stars The Harvest
I enjoyed this book. It's well written and has some great characters. I found the book very visual, I could picture the action as it went along. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Jackie G Williams
1.0 out of 5 stars I wanted to like it...
I rarely skim a book. This book became so painful that by the 6th chapter I was skimming for my life! Read more
Published 9 months ago by April The Great
4.0 out of 5 stars The Harvest
A great book for science fiction fans. Written in the likeness of a good Stephen King book. Full of suspense and intereting story lines. Read more
Published 10 months ago by jlpewett
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
Very well written story. It kept my attention and each chapter made me want more. The characters and their stories were well written. I will surely read more by this author.
Published 11 months ago by gmadby
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Questions from Readers for Scott Nicholson

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Loved Red Church! Cindy in NC
Cynthia L. Madson asked Jul 28, 2012
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Thanks, Cindy, that's kind of you. The Red Church is set in and inspired by these wonderful NC Mountains!

Scott Nicholson answered Jul 28, 2012

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