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Rampike

A Supernatural Thriller

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Rampike

By: European P. Douglas
Narrated by: Tom Taverna.
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Something doesn't want the inhabitants of an isolated mountain town to leave.

When local hermit Maul Thorndean disappears, Sheriff Joe Moorefield finds his cabin in a bewildering state. All of the surrounding trees have turned white and brittle and are leaning towards the cabin. There is blood on the floor but no sign of Maul.

The dying of the trees spreads and soon the townspeople are encircled by ash grey trees with limbs that wont allow them to leave. That's when the people begin to disappear.

As Sheriff Joe Moorefield tries to figure out what is going on, while at the same time trying to keep his people sane, it becomes increasingly clear that the trees are the least of his worries.

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©2018 Rory McNeill (P)2020 Rory McNeill Horror Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Scary Paranormal Suspense

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If you read Gossimer Falls and wanted the know what happened in Mercy, here it is. The trees did it. The story starts slowly building the tension until the last third when it explodes into action. A strong storyline with excellent characters. I liked that the Author doesn't give the reader a cause. It happens, try and survive it. Narration is excellent. I received a complimentary copy of the audio from StoryOrigin and am leaving a honest voluntary review.

Slow building supernatural thriller

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After reading Gossamer Falls I had so many questions about the town of Mercy. What happened to it? Where did all the people go? Rampike, like Gossamer Falls, is such a riveting story that I had a hard time putting it down so I could get to sleep or get on with my day. All my questions were answered. And wow! What a great story teller! This is what nightmares are made of! The narrator was great on the audiobook too. I completely love this author's ability to tell a great story!

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When local hermit disappear. Sheriff Joe Moorfield finds his cabin in a bewildering state. All of the surrounding trees have turned white and brittle and are leaning towards the cabin. There is blood on the floor but no sign of Maul. The dying of the tree spreads and soon the townspeople are encircled by Ash grey trees with limbs that won't let them leave. I found the story lack luster for me. The story is written well the characters likeable. The tree's is the issue. He doesn't really get into the tree's . How did the trees get to the point of attacking? How were the tree's triggered to act that way? Not to my taste.

Mumm horror?

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This was excellent, would not be out of place among Stephen king, Dean r Koontz or James Herbert. Really good book 🙂

Good.. very good!

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A fantastic supernatural thriller, i loved it and look forward to more from this author 😀 xxxxxx

fantastic

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This is a book I want to give a better rating to because the payoff is decent. But the buildup to it is insufferable. It seems as if every other sentence, or every other bit of dialogue is plagued with; (Character name) said. To a lesser extent, asked or answered. The word said must be used in this book several hundred times.

The second reason I find it difficult to recommend is because it’s an exceptionally slow burn. I was initially playing the audiobook at 1.75x speed and it felt slow. It felt snow, like nothing of note was happening. I was halfway through the book when I sped things up to 2.5x speed and it finally started to go somewhere.

If you couldn’t tell by the summary; the book is reminiscent of the movies ‘The Mist’ and ‘Tremmors’, both old favorites of mine and the only thing that kept my interest.

The narrator carries his intense way of talking even to the end of the chapters. So it sounds strange when he abruptly stops talking and there’s a several-second pause before the new chapter number is read. He does an alright job with character voices. Though I did have to skim back through the book to find a conversation to see if they even sounded different.

The word “white” shows up a great many times in this story. The only reason I even took notice of it is because the narrator can’t pronounce it properly. He says “hwhhite”, and any other word that has wh, he adds 2 – 3 h onto it. I found this to be distracting and annoying as hell. As I do any time a narrator can’t pronounce basic words properly.

If you give this one a read (or listen), make sure you’re not the least bit tired. If you’re patient enough to listen to or read half a book worth of middle of nowhereville problems, the payout is decent. I’ll admit, I nearly gave up on this halfway through. When it finally picked up, I decided to give it another chance. I’m glad I experienced it once, but I won’t be doing so again.

NOTE: This copy was provided to me free of charge as a digital review copy. The opinions stated in this review are mine and mine alone, I was not paid or requested to give this book a certain rating, suggestion, or approval.

Slow. Good god, it's slow.

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