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Personal Demons
PERSONAL DEMONS is now available as a mass market paperback from Medallion Press. PERSONAL DEMONS is the first volume in "The Jake Helman Files," an ongoing horror thriller series, and in this origin story, drug addicted ex-cop Jake Helman takes on a reclusive billionaire who has monopolized genetic engineering, ghosts, a demon, and a serial killer who steals the souls of his victims. Jake
Helman returns in DESPERATE SOULS in 2010. This time he confronts a drug
kingpin who uses a deadly new street narcotic called "Black Magic"
to create an army of zombies.
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“Where's Old Nick?” It's the dawn of a new era in genetic breakthroughs. Jake Helman, an ex-homicide cop seeking redemption, becomes the Security Chief for Nicolas Tower, a reclusive billionaire. On the streets of Manhattan, and in the corporate fortress known as The Tower, Jake is drawn into a nightmarish battle between an angel named Abel, a demon called Cain, and a serial killer who steals the souls of his victims.
“What begins
as a mystery moves from the procedural emphasis of Ed McBain to the grisly
psychopathology of Thomas Harris, then turns the corner into Isaac Asimov
and Michael Crichton territory before speeding along Peter Straub Street
to William Peter Blatty Boulevard. Like Roman Polanski, Lamberson understands
that true horror doesn't spring from a coffin like Max Schreck in Nosferatu
but from the depths of mundane desires, curiosities and fears, often in
broad daylight. In Personal Demons, he has crafted a tale that explores
murder, madness, and myth and, ultimately takes us back to a common source
for all three. It is a story well told.” “Lamberson has
delivered an irresistible, scary, action-packed horror novel full of intrigue
and deep thoughts on life and death. Fans of nail-biting suspense scenes
will be in their glory here. Personal Demons is a sure-fire hit for anyone
who likes horror on the supernatural side.” “Personal Demons
by Greg Lamberson is a novel with a little bit of everything under the
literary sun in it: noir, science fiction, serial killers, supernatural
forces, demons, shoot-outs, ghosts, Biblical portents, police procedurals,
and Faustian pacts. That sounds like a lot for one novel, possibly too
much. For some writers, it would be. But not for Lamberson, who combines
these elements into one whopper of a story that almost any reader will
find irresistible. He adds even more to the mix with compelling characters,
a multi-layered plot, a crisp writing style, and some literary misdirection
for highly effective surprises and plot twists.” “I had to put
this book down to catch my breath.” “Personal Demons
was a total disaster for me: I had two feature films to finish, and yet
I couldn't put the book down! Gregory Lamberson has taken a sturdy noir
foundation and applied a fresh coat of supernatural paint. There are some
wonderfully original and provocative ideas, and a reveal or two worthy
of Dostoyevsky. I can't wait to see the film, or read the next installment.
I'll take either one.” “Visceral and
ambitious, Personal Demons is an intricately constructed, genre busting
decent into a hellish noir sci-fi nightmare with an unexpected spiritual
dimension.”
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