The Slab [Kindle Edition]

Jeffrey J. Mariotte (Author)

Book Description

Three veterans of different wars, their lives once saved by magic, find themselves brought together in one of the most strange, remote, and cruel parts of the California desert. As serial killers ply their deadly trade, a young woman, abducted and endangered, seeks her own brand of justice for those who threatened her, and an ancient evil sprouts from beneath desert sands, these three war veterans must learn to embrace the terrifying bond they share. Written in powerful prose as dry and dangerous as its desert setting, The Slab, for all its horrors, is ultimately an epic tale of hope and redemption.

Authors praise THE SLAB:

"In The Slab, Mariotte grabs the reader's mind bare-handed and drags you through the unraveling of human interactions. It's insightful, potent, powerful--and downright creepy. Not only is The Slab a microcosm of the dark side of human nature, it's also a ripping good thriller.
--Kevin J. Anderson, bestselling author of Terra Incognita, The Saga of Seven Suns, and Dune series

"Mariotte is an author with vision. His prose is striking, his plots involving, his characters identifiable. He knows how to move an audience--and how to strike absolute terror in their hearts. If you're not reading his work, you should be. I highly recommend The Slab."
--Scott Ciencin, bestselling author of The Vampire Odyssey

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Mariotte manages both thought-provoking juxtaposition and lizard-brain satisfaction as he plays out the large cast of characters across this hard and relentless landscape. His serial killers are just original enough to catch readers by surprise and he neatly ties together the threads of random magic, post-traumatic stress syndrome, a subtle supernatural invasion and an upper-class attack on a lower class landscape.

"This is a great book to read on an airplane. It's hard to put down once you get the gist of where Mariotte is going."
--Rick Kleffel, Trashotron.com

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

• File Size: 489 KB
• Print Length: 284 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1932382070
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: ILT Publishing (June 4, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0054EKU6G
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #476,798 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Slab April 2, 2004

By M Slott

Format: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!

9 of 9 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

Format: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 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome read!! December 30, 2011

By B. Carrigan

Format:Paperback

I absolutely LOVED this story! It was one of those on the edge of your chair, locking your doors and windows at night type of reads!! Reading this book has made me definitly want to read more from the author. And I will never be able to think about "Dove Hunting" in the same way again! If you want to know what I'm talking about you HAVE to get this book!! This is a must read for all horror/thriller lovers :)

More About the Author

Jeffrey J. Mariotte is the multiple award-winning author of more than forty-five novels, including original supernatural thrillers Season of the Wolf, 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. Star Trek: The Folded World will be released in April 2013.

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, the 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.