"Burke raised the bar with this one." KIN by @kealanburke #horror
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Kin
Written by Kealan Patrick Burke
Genre(s): horror, thriller, suspenseGET YOUR COPY HERE!
On a scorching hot summer day in Elkwood, Alabama, Claire Lambert staggers naked, wounded, and half-blind away from the scene of an atrocity. She is the sole survivor of a nightmare that claimed her friends, and even as she prays for rescue, the killers — a family of cannibalistic lunatics — are closing in.
A soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder returns from Iraq to the news that his brother is among the murdered in Elkwood.
In snowbound Detroit, a waitress trapped in an abusive relationship gets an unexpected visit that will lead to bloodshed and send her back on the road to a past she has spent years trying to outrun.
And Claire, the only survivor of the Elkwood Massacre, haunted by her dead friends, dreams of vengeance... a dream which will be realized as grief and rage turn good people into cold-blooded murderers and force alliances among strangers.
It's time to return to Elkwood.
In the spirit of such iconic horror classics as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Deliverance, Kin begins at the end and studies the possible aftermath for the survivors of such traumas upon their return to the real world — the guilt, the grief, the thirst for revenge — and sets them on an unthinkable journey... back into the heart of darkness.
A soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder returns from Iraq to the news that his brother is among the murdered in Elkwood.
In snowbound Detroit, a waitress trapped in an abusive relationship gets an unexpected visit that will lead to bloodshed and send her back on the road to a past she has spent years trying to outrun.
And Claire, the only survivor of the Elkwood Massacre, haunted by her dead friends, dreams of vengeance... a dream which will be realized as grief and rage turn good people into cold-blooded murderers and force alliances among strangers.
It's time to return to Elkwood.
In the spirit of such iconic horror classics as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Deliverance, Kin begins at the end and studies the possible aftermath for the survivors of such traumas upon their return to the real world — the guilt, the grief, the thirst for revenge — and sets them on an unthinkable journey... back into the heart of darkness.
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Fans are saying
A Modern Classic
KIN is an incredible trailblazing novel by an author at the top of his game. It begins where every other book and movie in the subgenre ends and tells the tale that always needed to be told. How evil does not exist in a vacuum. That an act of violence creates a series of ripples that can do more damage than the initial act itself. How real people, flawed or not, react in the aftermath.
Pushing the boundaries of the entire genre and pulsing with raw, visceral emotional power, KIN is sure to become a classic that will raise the standard by which horror is judged.
KIN is an incredible trailblazing novel by an author at the top of his game. It begins where every other book and movie in the subgenre ends and tells the tale that always needed to be told. How evil does not exist in a vacuum. That an act of violence creates a series of ripples that can do more damage than the initial act itself. How real people, flawed or not, react in the aftermath.
Pushing the boundaries of the entire genre and pulsing with raw, visceral emotional power, KIN is sure to become a classic that will raise the standard by which horror is judged.
Burke raised the bar with this one.
I read Kin in an approximately 24 hour period---basically every spare moment til I finished. Once you have taken the first steps, you are compelled to finish this journey.
The first part of this book (roughly 25%) is a white-knuckled ride that will leave you feeling as if you had drank half a pot of coffee. You know---nerves on end, jittery, and unable to sleep. Blood soaked and violent yet lyrical in a way that reminded me of the classic Southern Gothic novel As I Lay Dying (Faulkner) with the modern edge of Cormac McCarthy.
Riveting, compelling and darkly fascinating. You will not soon forget these characters.
I read Kin in an approximately 24 hour period---basically every spare moment til I finished. Once you have taken the first steps, you are compelled to finish this journey.
The first part of this book (roughly 25%) is a white-knuckled ride that will leave you feeling as if you had drank half a pot of coffee. You know---nerves on end, jittery, and unable to sleep. Blood soaked and violent yet lyrical in a way that reminded me of the classic Southern Gothic novel As I Lay Dying (Faulkner) with the modern edge of Cormac McCarthy.
Riveting, compelling and darkly fascinating. You will not soon forget these characters.
Author Bio
Kealan Patrick Burke
Kealan has worked as a waiter, a drama teacher, a mapmaker, a security guard, an assembly-line worker at Apple Computers, a salesman (for a day), a bartender, landscape gardener, vocalist in a grunge band, and, most recently, a fraud investigator. He also played the male lead in Slime City Massacre, director Gregory Lamberson's sequel to his cult B-movie classic Slime City, alongside scream queens Debbie Rochon and Brooke Lewis.
When not writing, Kealan designs covers for print and digital books through his company Elderlemon Design. To date he has designed covers for books by Richard Laymon, Brian Keene, Scott Nicholson, Bentley Little, William Schoell, and Hugh Howey, to name a few.
In what little free time remains, Kealan is a voracious reader, movie buff, videogamer (Xbox), and road-trip enthusiast.
A movie based on his short story "Peekers" is currently in development through Lionsgate Entertainment.
