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The Influence

By: Bentley Little
Narrated by: Joe Barrett
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Everything is about to change…

When Ross Lowry moves into his cousin's guest house in the small community of Magdalena, Arizona, he expects nothing more than breathing room and a brief respite from his economic woes. But something is not right in the desert. After a raucous party on New Year's Eve, the luck of the attendees undergoes an immediate U-turn. The rich and successful suddenly find themselves facing catastrophic failure while the less well-off are unexpectedly flush with good fortune.

This is only the beginning…

Soon the citizens of Magdalena are experiencing unnatural desires. Next their children begin to disappear and freakish creatures emerge from the surrounding wilderness. The community is unraveling at a frightening pace. But these are merely the early warning signs of a showdown with a powerful force of darkness that could obliterate the world forever, and only Ross Lowry sees the danger that lurks ahead.

©2013 Bentley Little (P)2013 AudioGO Horror Scary

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If you could sum up The Influence in three words, what would they be?

Strange alluring nightmarish

What did you like best about this story?

The mix of the humdrum modernity of the mundane
Colliding into the completely absurd horrific weird world of freakiness

Which character – as performed by Joe Barrett – was your favourite?

Joe Barrett's laid back almost bored sounding american voice was perfect for this journey into Bentley Littles world of a fractured reality.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

It ain't Oklahoma

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Bentley Little

Bentley little is addictive

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Exceptionally well thought out and beautifully written, this book is a complete novelty, and one that I highly recommend. Will definitely be checking out more by this author, who I'm ashamed to admit I hadn't heard of gill I read the precis of "The Influence" and thought it sounded kind of interesting...

It's so much more than that, and I would advise anyone who enjoys Frank Herbert, Dean Koontz and/or Stephen King to give Bentley Little a go... You won't be disappointed !

Really unexpected delight...

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Awesome and classic horror mixed in with some very dark humour. Loses its way a bit at the end and gets rather boring with a few chapters of in-depth analysis of some non-essential characters. The ending tries, and in some respects succeeds at ramping things up although I think the ending is a little bit of a cop out. Still a great listen and a great performance.

Classic horror

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I actually really enjoyed this. It's the second book by this author I've read and his writing style is definitely growing on me. He takes good time to introduce and develop his characters which I like. The story itself was good although, for me, he could have done more in developing the plot line of the towns people going bad a little more. Overall however a decent yarn.

Pretty Good!

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When I started this book I wasn't sure I would like it. It started kind of slow for me. But once things got going, I was hooked. I wanted to listen to this book as much as I could, and I found the story really interesting. It had just enough scary stuff to keep me wanting more, but not to put me off (I don't like anything that's too scary). I couldn't wait to find out how this book would end, but at the same time, I didn't want it to end. I thought the performance of the narrator was very good as I am really particular about the narration of an audiobook. Really good book for those that like strange stories with a touch of supernatural to it.

Loved It!!!

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Having just discovered Bentley Little I am in the process of listening to the free books I got from audible and will definitely be spending some of my credits on his books in the future If you love to be scared and lying awake for ages because you’re listening for stuff in the dark then these books are for you

The influence

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What a thoroughly unpleasant book - I LOVED IT!!! Definitely not for those that offend easily. Very disturbing in places, and quite hard to listen to but a great story to listen to maybe with the lights on….

Not for the faint hearted

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I liked this story from Bentley and it was well narrated, The characters were believable and the story well thought out. Bentley can also put his hand to writing quite explicit material as well , the few sex scenes with the main character and Jill were well described all it needed was a bit of 1970 porn music to go along with it.
Credible ending so will look for more Bentley Littles work 👍

Good story thoroughly engaging

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Well written, well read. A good supernatural mystery that takes it's time to unravel, as a good mystery should. A monster lurks and people must figure out the right from wrong as their lives and minds twist and turn. Fun stuff!

Another well written supernatural mystery

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I had a hard time not listening to this book all the way through. Improbable so it was, the story had me very interested and I was especially taken by the way it was read by excellent narrator, Joe Barrett. Ross moves into his cousin’s guesthouse and before long all sorts of weird things start happening, not only to him but to the whole town. Ross meets a wonderful woman and they try to piece together what is causing the chaos. I enjoyed it although it petered out a bit at the end. It had a very exciting pre-conclusion though which is not to be missed.

I enjoyed The Influence

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