The Holy Terror eBook Wayne Allen Sallee Neil Jackson
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Serial killer Frank Haid, dubbed the Painkiller by Chicago police and media, murders 18 people--all paralytics. Commanded by an unseen presence that he calls ''Father'' and that speaks in the voice of an uncle whose rotting corpse he keeps in the living room, Haid destroys his victims (what's left of them) and evidence in a way that puzzles police. Hardest hit are residents of Marclinn, a home for the handicapped, where survivors decide they must track down the madman themselves. Their efforts bring them into contact with Chicago's weird underworld--including junkie/murderers and a deformed prostitute whose head grows out her chest--and their own true selves. Crippled physically and emotionally, Marclinn inhabitants must overcome their limitations before taking on their nemesis. Their unlikely front man is Evan Shustak, who is the novel's centerpiece. About a hundred pages into the novel, he dons his superhero outfit - wrist braces, a "utility belt" from which hang bags of vitamins and aspirin, and a plaid heating pad for a cape then announces "Crippled and insane, I am the American Dream!"
Praise for The Holy Terror
"Sallee's characters in "The Holy Terror" are like nothing we've seen since Flannery O'Conner sent Hazel Motes into the big city in her seminal novel "Wise Blood". Like O'Conner, Sallee has the talent to make his repulsive denizens of the street readable with an absurd sense of humor. Of course, he also has the talent to make them extremely terrifying, and in the first part of the novel, he spends a good deal of time doing just that. Still, Francis Haid is one of the most sympathetic serial killers we've seen since Hannibal Lecter, but not because he's witty. Sallee has created an unusual supernatural power, one that the reader will not forget, one that might make Haid as much of a savior as a murderer." --- Rick Kleffel - Agony Column Reviews
The Holy Terror eBook Wayne Allen Sallee Neil Jackson
Wayne Allen Sallee knows Chicago inside and out, and he knows the daily grind and frustration of living in a body that won't do everything that most people take for granted. This story makes the city a character, and also introduces us to a fascinating cast of people who live in a seedy residence hotel for the disabled. They form a loose-knit dysfunctional family which is torn apart when one by one they start to disappear. A killer dubbed The Painkiller is on a mission to end the pain of homeless people in wheelchairs. The police can't figure out how he does what he does, parts of the deceased often being left behind along with an empty wheelchair.Each character is disabled in his own way, and also crippled by emotional scars. Evan Shustak is the superhero The American Dream. Mike Surfer is a man in a wheelchair and with a shunt in his throat, who dies inside when the Painkiller takes a resident of the hotel who everyone calls Granma. Vic Tremble suffers from spasms at unexpected times and has to deal with people thinking he is not disabled because he looks "normal."
Since the police seem unable to find The Painkiller, several of the hotel residents come up with a plot to trap him. This is not a conventional thriller, the plot does more to unravel the group of friends than it does to catch a killer. The method the Painkiller uses to kill is disgusting and impossible, leading to passages of gruesome imagery.
This story is hard to take but hard to put down. Nothing happens the way you expect, when winter stalks the streets, striking down those who have nowhere to go. The Painkiller is just one of many forms of death on the frozen streets of the city.
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The Holy Terror eBook Wayne Allen Sallee Neil Jackson Reviews
...But I didn't get it. The writing was excellent and the narration even better. It kept me interested, I wanted to know how it ended. But it didn't go anywhere, there was no conclusion. I was intrigued by the characters and wanted to know more about them. These people who live with pain and deformities and mutilations as part of their daily life. I am eternally grateful to have been allowed into their lives and to see things from their point of view and understand a bit of the pain they endure, both mental and physical. In the end, though, there was no progression. The killer was twisted, there is no doubt about that. The reasoning behind the murders is not clear, though, and there is no real explanation as to how he does what he does. There is no end to the madness and the few survivors seem to simply go on...or sink deeper into their real or perceived maladies.
Jeffrey Kafer's narration was spot on. He had the right tone, cadence, and even though he didn't try for the female voices there was never any mistaking who was speaking. I enjoyed listening to him tell the story.
I received this audiobook for free from Audiobook Boom! in exchange for an honest review.
Superheroes and serial killers on the streets of Chicago. The Painkiller is stalking the city’s homeless and disabled. Destroying the bodies and leaving quite the puzzling mess behind for the police. Acid, chainsaw, sword? There seems to be no method to the killers’ madness. But there is.
Enter a ragtag group of residents from the Marclinn home for the handicapped who have had enough of the butchery and police inaction, who set out to catch Painkiller themselves. Thankfully, they have “The American Dream”, Evan Shustak on their side. "Crippled and insane, I am the American Dream! I will leave skid marks in your shorts!” How could they lose?
There is some serious comedic genius here amongst the blood and body parts. Truly twisted characters that will stay with me for a long time. Both Painkiller and The American Dream were extremely well drawn and thought out and the back-up cast was just as interesting.
The narrator, Jeffrey Kafer, really did a freaking great job with this one. His intonations were always right on the mark. The pacing was quick when it needed to be and I never felt like I was lost to which character was interacting with the another. Very solid work and Jeffrey’s voice fit the story perfectly.
Overall, I dug everything about this one. I am not sure why I have never read this guy before, since I believe this was first published in 1992. As a matter of fact, I have the signed HC of this one somewhere in my piles and that really is the only reason I picked it up…well, that and I received the audiobook from Crossroad Press in exchange for an honest review. Thanks, CP! Well done.
Wayne writes about Chicago because he knows Chicago like the back of his hand.
Wayne Allen Sallee is my favorite horror writer. Some horror writers are good at showing us the seedier side of human existence. Sallee shows us that the people who live on that seedier side have the same humanity as anyone else, and perhaps a purer sort of humanity, tempered by the things they endure. The Holy Terror is Sallee’s first novel. It’s set in Chicago, a city the author knows well, and features a serial killer who is preying on those who are physically crippled. With the police unable to make any headway on the case, the victims must become their own protectors. One man in particular, Evan Shustak, dons the roll of The American Dream, a superhero with no powers other than his ability to endure. This book is the story of those, like Evan, who endure the unendurable. It’s not a “comfortable” read. But it can be touching as well as brutal. It won’t leave you unmarked, and I highly recommend it.
Wayne Allen Sallee knows Chicago inside and out, and he knows the daily grind and frustration of living in a body that won't do everything that most people take for granted. This story makes the city a character, and also introduces us to a fascinating cast of people who live in a seedy residence hotel for the disabled. They form a loose-knit dysfunctional family which is torn apart when one by one they start to disappear. A killer dubbed The Painkiller is on a mission to end the pain of homeless people in wheelchairs. The police can't figure out how he does what he does, parts of the deceased often being left behind along with an empty wheelchair.
Each character is disabled in his own way, and also crippled by emotional scars. Evan Shustak is the superhero The American Dream. Mike Surfer is a man in a wheelchair and with a shunt in his throat, who dies inside when the Painkiller takes a resident of the hotel who everyone calls Granma. Vic Tremble suffers from spasms at unexpected times and has to deal with people thinking he is not disabled because he looks "normal."
Since the police seem unable to find The Painkiller, several of the hotel residents come up with a plot to trap him. This is not a conventional thriller, the plot does more to unravel the group of friends than it does to catch a killer. The method the Painkiller uses to kill is disgusting and impossible, leading to passages of gruesome imagery.
This story is hard to take but hard to put down. Nothing happens the way you expect, when winter stalks the streets, striking down those who have nowhere to go. The Painkiller is just one of many forms of death on the frozen streets of the city.
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