Frankenstorm 2011

Still driving and reaching her destination on page 72 We next see her on page 122 127 getting invited inside the house and waiting for her money Things are going so slow That I m left wondering WHY she features at all Nothing much has happened with her until she is dodging bullets between pages 149 152 So I m not getting much chance to engage in her problems or care about her Andy suffers a similar fate as he goes to get his son His appearances are spaced out and I don t get into his story either He s just some guy with custody issues who we don t get to know A lot of these side stories are totally irrelevant when the story that matters is at the facility This book is trying to be The Stand by Stephen King.

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I m not sure where to start this review of Frankenstorm First off the title will be enough of a grabber to at least get people to read the blurb on the back of the book where they will also see plugs from such notables as Stephen King and Dean Koontz There s a LOT of stuff going on in this book To begin with there is a rare Category 4 hurricane that threatens to wipe the city of Eureka CA off the map Outside the city limits there is a basement full of genetically altered homeless people who have been used as guinea pigs in a government experience to create a new military weapon Oh yeah there s a mad scientist who s behind these experiments There s a paramilitary unit with the goal of freeing the homeless captives How about a deranged sheriff s deputy who s already killed his wife and child and now decides to start taking the law into his own hands And not to be forgotten a down on her luck woman who agrees to deliver a package to a group of drug dealings only to generate enough cash to help pay for her crippled son s medical bills And certainly not to be left out a father who rescues his son from his doped up ex wife but soon finds himself in an even dangerous situation. Frankenstorm ray garton Somehow author Ray Garton keeps all of the parts of this plot in the air at the same time The book was originally released as a serial novel so each major section ends with a cliffhanger of sorts The story does just fine as a complete book It would take too much space to try and explain how all of these different characters come together in this plot so I will refrain from attempting to do that Just let it be said that the book is difficult to put down even though there are parts that make it wholly unbelievable The ending seemed a little rushed and too pat for my liking but this is a solid thriller that will satisfy Garton s fans and the casual reader alike 409 Homeless people have been disappearing off the streets of Eureka California and some conspiracy buffs are convinced they have been kidnapped taken to a supposedly abandoned psychiatric facility and are now being used as guinea pigs in a very disturbing military experiment The conspiracists decide to mount a rescue operation just as the worst storm in recorded history is bearing down on them At the same time in another part of town a deputy sheriff with a decidedly psychopathic bent is having a very bad day When he runs into Andy an old friend and his son he decides to take the pair on his own version of patrol whether they want to go or not Needless to say these two events are heading for a collision of epic proportions and things will go horribly wrong for everyone concerned. Frankenstorm td Okay so admittedly this all sounds like one of those wild and wacky shows from the Syfy channel like Sharknado known mostly for their absolute over the top violence gore and crazy and their complete and utter disregard for the laws of well anything And there is no question that there are some of these syfy or if you prefer scifi elements in Frankenstorm the latest from author Ray Garton However than anything Frankenstorm is horror and like the first Frankenstein tale that pitted man against science and man against man it makes the point that science without ethics and people without morals are both terrible to behold And what makes these tales so horrifying is the very real possibilities they offer we all know a story like Sharknado s just make believe thank goodness because that would be really messed up but let s face it even those of us who don t think fluoride in the water is a secret government conspiracy to do what we don t know but it s got to be really bad because ya know government do wonder occasionally what new horrors science may unleash upon the world in the name of National Defence But put aside the scary possibilities it evokes or for that matter the impossibilities Frankenstorm is one heck of a thrill ride It s chock full of really bad bad guys and some very eccentric but likable good guys who despite their love of conspiracies are just your everyday Joes willing to do what they think is right no matter the risk It is also one heck of a pageturner with pretty much non stop action Throw in a scumbag scientist with a sex and drugs addiction some rampaging zombies and a virus that if set loose from the lab can destroy us all and you ve got one fun read 409 The big problem with this book is the number of characters that we are following There was the guy at the radio station Ivan who was investigating what illegal activities were going on at the old mental hospital Ollie defender of the homeless who is determined to rescue his people who are being kidnapped and experimented on Fara the doctor working on the experiments who is having a crisis of conscience and wants out Latrice who is delivering an illegal package to get money for medical bills Andywho is determined to get his son away from his ex Mad scientist Jeremy Hank a patient in the hospital Ollie s men Emilio the guy Ivan planted at the hospital Mike from the radio station Will and Margaret the homeless friends And so on. Frankenstorm td The problem Lets take the example of Latrice On pages 33 35 we get the reason for her driving as the hurricane approaches It s page 64 before we go back to her weaving together the stories of a whole bunch of strangers joined by one event But as this is a shorter book some of the chapters are only three pages before we get 6 chapters of the other characters then switch back again The author isn t taking time to get you caring about the characters and for me there are too many stories going on I think it would have worked better if we had those inside the facility and Ivan outside trying to find out what is going on The rest of the stuff for me was a bit pointless. Frankenstorm nj As we don t get much development of the other characters it s only those involved in the facility that get enough airtime I liked Ollie because he gave a damn about the missing homeless and dedicated himself to looking after veterans He s the only one I really gave a damn about He wasn t just going to sit around while everyone else looked the other way He was going to go and save his people Yeah Ollie Schwarzenegger I did NOT like moaning faced Fara She goes about the facility tutting and grimacing about the terrible experiments that are going on and despite reporting the mad scientist several times she s still there assisting him with his project She only decides to do something about it when she finds Emilio snooping in her office When she realises she is rumbled for being part of it THEN she decides to tell the truth about the experiments It is of course too late to warn Ollie about the infected as he is already storming the building with his men Nope didn t like her And as usual the cops are all racists and psychos Gah I couldn t get into this novel at all If it had just focused on the virus and the raid it could have been a good read Those segments were certainly the most interesting but we kept going away from that to other stories of other people which had no real appeal for me It broke up the flow of the book having never ending POV changes and it made it a bit frustrating. Frankenstorm td prologue Not a great book for me but there is potential for good stories from this author if he reduces his cast of thousands 409 Throwback style disaster story updated for the 21st century Although the storm only plays a small roll in the mayhem that ensues The story line revolves around an old mental hospital that is part of a secret project Homeless people are disappearing and being infected with a maddening disease there A crazy doctor his moral assistant and a janitor are the main characters here An internet talk show host and a wealthy right wing pro homeless man with a militia that plans on rescuing said homeless are another sub plot A distraught man with child custody problems and the cop who use to bully him growing up make the third tip of the story triangle Once this thing starts rolling along it starts to crash through you like it s name sake It s a great non stop ride that kept me guessing with each chapter excellent book 409 First offGreat book The premise is pretty disturbing The dreaded Government is at it again They are developing a biological weapon to beat all biological weapons They ve hired this doctor who is suffering from serious drug addiction to develop a weapon that will make people sick and then go into a murderous rage This doctor isn t interested in testing on rabbits and mice He wants the real deal So he hires men to take the homeless off the streets and into the labs They are located in an abandoned hospital naturally Everyone still thinks it s abandoned because the doctor has the back of the hospital that is conveniently located in deep woods as their entrance and has his subjects located in back There are a few that are worried about the homeless In particular a certain conspiracy theorist who thinks the Government is responsible for everything including this dilemma So he decides to break them out He is convinced that they are in there so he brings his other heavily armed homeless buddies to storm the gates and save the homeless from whatever is going on They happen upon another doctor who is sick of doing this to innocent people She quickly chooses to be on their side as she tells them everything that this crazy doctor is doing Letting these people out is just a bad bad idea They are already infected and react violently against the people hat are trying to save them Things get bloody and scary from there I loved this idea for this book I wasn t really rooting for anyone though Some of the characters were a little clich but tolerable I liked the story line a lot then I liked the characters however That being said it was still a great book Oh dear I forgot There is also a cat 5 hurricane going on during all the fun in the hospital That made the story a lot better More action Who can resist murderous homeless test subjects in a frickin hurricane Not me 409 Remember when paperback originals were cool Sex action suspense Try FRANKENSTORM It s old school Stephen KingA storm of epic proportions is brewing off the coast of northern California Residents have been warned to prepare for disaster It s a false hope in the face of what s coming. Frankenstormf ffxiv FrankenstormIn a secret government lab virologist Fara McManus tries to stop an experiment out of control before human subjects are infected But in a blazing hail of bullets survivalist Ollie Monk launches a paramilitary attack on the lab releasing the infected into the night And as the nightmare escalates to a fever pitch internet blogger Ivan Renner traces the destruction as it claims victims beginning with a single mother unknowingly spreading the virus A father and son held hostage by a lunatic A local sheriff single handedly fighting madness murder and worse. Franklin storm Praise For Ray GartonGripping original and sly Dean Koontz on Live GirlsGarton will scare you Fangoria Includes Ray Garton s bonus story The Guy Down the Street FrankenstormWow there are seven of these I saw the Stephen King recommendswhich has so often led me to terrible books but some fantastic ones too And well the title and cover I would have to read something like that Is the storm man made by crazed scientist Somehow imbued with evil a la Christine Sentient No to all of the above but a massive hurricane is about to beat down on the California coast at the same time as a whole bunch of unfortunate incidents A secret government lab has been kidnapping homeless people snatching them off the streets in a van to infect them with a rage induced 28 days virus and pit them against each other for sport in the sub basements The government scientists are too busy doing coke and having bathroom orgies to prepare for the storm board up the windows secure the tons of infected homeless they have or make sure that they have a working back up generator The Alex Jones like radio host who does conspiracy podcasts teams up with nationally renowned homophobe and men s rights activist who is also a Batmanesque billionaire with his militia of homeless veterans to investigate the government compoundJUST AS THE STORM HITS Meanwhile we follow the adventures of a single black mother who is unwillingly doing a delivery for a drug dealer because her baby needs expensive medical procedure and she doesn t have insurance We also track the happenings of sad divorced dad who lost the custody of his child to his meth using bitch ex wife who lied to get sole custody who asks his old childhood bully now cop for help Oops to all that As the book established all of the above I asked myself am I about to get into Werewolf Cop territory Really all the back stories made me raise eyebrows galore But no it was at most at it s worst moments a were pup Werewolf Cop can rest easy that it s still the worst alt right thriller I ve accidentally read Besides the backstories the story runs at a fast clip and he does action very well You can pretty much guess what happens if all the above converges at one spot at the same time as a category 5 storm Yes the prisoners get out and start infecting people and running amok Yes the druggie wife pays dearly Yes the nefarious government sends a kill squad to eliminate all the witnesses The best passages really are the storm And I m not being facetious I wish there was actually storm related carnage And the book would have been a whole lot better if the subplots of psycho cop sad dad I thought CA had good insurance Mom were taken out and if it just focused on the hospital He said like 30 militia went in and 9 came out show us way of what happened then instead of Oh haven t heard back from the team that checked that eastern stairwell exposition I will actually read the next one though because I see it got even higher reviews than this one and for schlock it s surprisingly fun 409 Stephen King recommended book One of 11 Books That Scared The Master of Horror Stephen King And Will Terrify You Too He said Remember when paperback originals were cool Sex action suspense Try Frankenstorm by Ray Garton It s old school. Frankenstorm horrorhound I have no idea why this had so few ratings Is no one reading this one It s got great character development and was very suspenseful The book finished up a bit too neatly for my tastes I always like when there is a lingering sinister moment at the end However I was totally engrossed and didn t want to put this one down I will definitely read of Garton s stuff 409 Garton gives us a sprawling novel here with a host of characters but the title is somewhat misleading to be sure this is not a sharknado story or something about a killer storm but rather focuses upon a covert medical research center located in an old mental hospital in Eureka California with a hurricane as backdrop The story shifts POVs often and I would be hard pressed to name a lead character as there are so many leads here We have for example a vloger and crew a psycho cop and his buddy from high school a rich bigot with a militia a single mom on an illicit errand the docs and such at the hospital a homeless ex drug dealer and his crazy son and crew as well as a host of secondary characters. Frankenstorm pdf This starts slow as Garton introduces everyone There is a major hurricane bearing down on Eureka and the entire novel takes place in under 24 hours Lots of homeless people have been disappearing from the streets of Eureka and environs and the vloger suspects something whatever kind of medical research is going on at the hospital has something to do with it so does the guy with the militia You know things are going to come to a head sooner or later but Garton takes us on a grisly journey before the final denouement A pretty fun read albeit nothing really new or novel about it The detailed character development is rather a mixed bag slows the story down but it does give some depth to the characters however shallow that depth is The leads were all basically stereotypes with a bit of a twist for example the conservative bigot with the militia really cares for the homeless and does a lot to help them get back on their feet All in all a fun read but nothing really to write home about The extra story tacked on the end was fun but psycho cops are creepy 3 stars 409 Load of old tosh Shallow characters an irritating tendency to rely on cliffhanger chapter endings and at the end he clearly got bored with his own story because he resorted to the easy option of killing off most of his characters I m embarrassed that I bothered to read this in the first place In fact why did I 409 This book was listened as one of eleven books that sscared Stephen King He even wrote a recommendation himself and I fell for it because I have read a few of the books and liked them so why not We ll I should have skipped this one because it was AWFUL So poorly written and even poorly edited It has a decent plot but that spins quickly out of control kinda like the massive hurricane the book is supposed to be about Just skip this one 409

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Ray Garton is the author of several books including horror novels such as LIVE GIRLS which has a movie in the works CRUCIFAX E4 AUTUMN and THE FOLKS thrillers like TRADE SECRETS and SHACKLED and numerous short stories and novellas Hes also written a number of movie and television tie ins for young readers He lives with his wife Dawn in California Ray Garton is the author of several books including horror novels such as LIVE GIRLS which has a movie in the works CRUCIFAX E4 AUTUMN and THE FOLKS thrillers like TRADE SECRETS and SHACKLED and numerous short stories and novellas He s also written a number of movie and television tie ins for young readers He lives with his wife Dawn in California site_link.

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