- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: IDW Publishing; illustrated edition edition (Sep 29 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1932382070
- ISBN-13: 978-1932382075
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 14.8 x 2.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 422 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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An original horror novel by Jeff Mariotte. In the grim days following 9/11/2001 three veterans of different wars, whose lives have been intersected by magic, find themselves thrown together in California's cruel desert - while a group of serial killers ply their deadly trade, and an ancient evil grows beneath them.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The Slab,
By M Slott (La Costa, California United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Slab (Paperback)
The Slab is the freshest thing I've read in years. With a touch of the subtlety of F.Paul Wilson, some of the strangeness of Dean Koontz, Jeff Mariotte has captured the minds and actions of "real feel" people in a not so normal situation.Staged in Salton Sea California, this book gives the reader the real feel of this desert isolation and it's quirky residents. Combining a mix of characters that includes a greedy real estate broker, a socially inept but morally strong sheriff, his corrupt deputy, and a cast of outcast characters that mix so well together that the reader feels right at home inside the heads of most of them. The book is a trip! Written with a supernatural undertone, the pieces of this puzzle flow so well together that as I read, I was not at all disappointed with the prospect of this excellent suspense thriller ending with "more than human" powers being exerted. What starts as a thriller, ends with a supernatural event. If you like F Paul Wilson you will love The Slab. I did!
4.0 out of 5 stars
horror and suspense in the CA desert,
By A Customer
This review is from: Slab (Paperback)
The Slab gives Jeff Marriotte' Desperado and Angel, etc., fans a chance to see what he can do when writing prose in a universe of his own creation. There's a lot going on in this book -- some good, some evil, most weird and magical. A young woman is on the run from a group of twisted hunters. People living in the middle of nowhere are in danger of losing their homes, their lives, and maybe the rest of humanity along with them. The great artwork complements Marriotte's descriptives nicely.
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4.4 out of 5 stars (10 customer reviews) 11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Slab,
By M Slott - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Slab (Paperback)
The Slab is the freshest thing I've read in years. With a touch of the subtlety of F.Paul Wilson, some of the strangeness of Dean Koontz, Jeff Mariotte has captured the minds and actions of "real feel" people in a not so normal situation.Staged in Salton Sea California, this book gives the reader the real feel of this desert isolation and it's quirky residents. Combining a mix of characters that includes a greedy real estate broker, a socially inept but morally strong sheriff, his corrupt deputy, and a cast of outcast characters that mix so well together that the reader feels right at home inside the heads of most of them. The book is a trip! Written with a supernatural undertone, the pieces of this puzzle flow so well together that as I read, I was not at all disappointed with the prospect of this excellent suspense thriller ending with "more than human" powers being exerted. What starts as a thriller, ends with a supernatural event. If you like F Paul Wilson you will love The Slab. I did! 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
horror and suspense in the CA desert,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Slab (Paperback)
The Slab gives Jeff Marriotte' Desperado and Angel, etc., fans a chance to see what he can do when writing prose in a universe of his own creation. There's a lot going on in this book -- some good, some evil, most weird and magical. A young woman is on the run from a group of twisted hunters. People living in the middle of nowhere are in danger of losing their homes, their lives, and maybe the rest of humanity along with them. The great artwork complements Marriotte's descriptives nicely.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome read!!,
By B. Carrigan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Slab (Paperback)
I absolutely LOVED this story! It was one of those on the edge of your chair, locking your doors and windows at night type of reads!! Reading this book has made me definitly want to read more from the author. And I will never be able to think about "Dove Hunting" in the same way again! If you want to know what I'm talking about you HAVE to get this book!! This is a must read for all horror/thriller lovers :)
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