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All across the world, people suddenly vanish in the blink of an eye. From their cars during the rush hour commute. From the shopping malls. Their homes. Their beds. Even from the arms of their loved ones. Airline pilots. World leaders. Teachers. Parents. Children. Gone. Steve, Charlie and Frank were just trying to get home when it happened. Now they find themselves left behind, and wishing they'd disappeared, too. Trapped in the ultimate traffic jam, they watch as civilization collapses, claiming the souls of those around them. God has called his faithful home, but the invitations for Steve, Charlie and Frank got lost. Now they must set off on foot through a nightmarish post-apocalyptic landscape in search of answers. In search of God. In search of their loved ones. And in search of home. Deadite Press is proud to make Brian Keene's long out-of-print critically-acclaimed Take The Long Way Home available to readers once again! Includes an introduction by New York Times-bestselling author John Skipp!
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Brian Keene's Left Behind, April 3 2011
By Steven R. Shroyer "DSfanatic 2010" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Take the Long Way Home (Paperback)
I am not an Evangelical Christian(I am fine with my little Methodist Church in Coshocton, Ohio, thank you) yet I have read at least part of the "Left Behind" series and found them somewhat entertaining. When I read this book's description I thought "Great, a Left Behind rip off. I thought you were more original that that Brian?" but when I read this last Friday on one of my reading blitzes I was actually quite pleased, even more than that, I was enthralled.To sum up Keene's plot in as few words and spoilers as possible, A Jewish man who is married into a born again Christian family makes a sojourn into the darkness of the human heart after "The Rapture" takes away millions of people around the world. In essence he "takes the long way home". Keene doesn't spend time with the semantics of the rapture as the "Left Behind" books do instead he takes you on a more cerebral journey looking at society and how it would react if such a thing happens. No preaching, no biblical quotes, he just hits you hard and fast and keeps the plot rolling for the 93 pages the story occupies. I was amazed on how fast it went and how he kept you involved with the characters not once stopping to let the reader catch their breath before piling on the terror again.
If you haven't read Keene's work this is a good place to start,then move on to other works such as Urban Gothic and Jack's Magic Beans.
A word to the wise before I go: DO NOT BUY ANY OF MR. KEENE'S BOOKS FROM LEISURE!!!!!!! I say this because Leisure has screwed their authors too many times and right now they need less money. Deadite Press will, however, be releasing much of Keene's back catalog throughout 2011. Many of these will be the authors preferred version so please support Mr. Keene and his boycott of Dorchester(Leisure's parent company)Publishing. I know I am and Brian would say thank you as would I. So from my dorm in Kent, Ohio, Enjoy the book and keep horror alive.
PS: A certain author makes a cameo in this book can you guess who it is? I won't tell(Tee Hee)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another winner from a master storyteller!, Jun 1 2011
By charlie morgan - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Take the Long Way Home (Paperback)
Ever since I read GHOUL, Brian Keene has been one of my favorite authors. He has always had the ability to hook me within the very first paragraph. I then spend the rest of the day burning through the pages and normally finish the book the same day.The new edition of TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME from Deadite Press is no exception. A group of friends on their way home from work quickly find themselves in the middle of a horrible accident on the interstate. Upon further inspection they find that there have been multiple accidents going both directions, as well as planes falling from the sky and a massive amount of people suddenly vanish into thin air with no trace. Could it be the work of aliens? Or could it be the rapture?
Keene wastes no time delving into the good and the evil of humanity as the characters jouney deeper into the new world that lies before them and pulls it off with ease. There is also elements of Keene's pitch black humor which includes a small, but highly amusing, cameo by bizarro horror author Carlton Mellick III.
All in all TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME is classic Keene in all his glory and I highly recommend this and any of his work.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Absolutely awesome!, Dec 22 2011
By Vince Kramer "General Beers" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Take the Long Way Home (Paperback)
This is the first book I've read by Mr. Keene, and after this, I already want the complete Brian Keene collection. I went right online and looked at what else I could get. Gotta have more.This book is just so good. I love the terrifying setting of a major car accident on the freeway; they're scary enough in the first place and I've been in enough accidents on them. The title "Take the Long Way Home" is great, because it's something I'd rather do sometimes when it comes to driving on freeways. (But in the book the title refers to walking home from the disaster, which is what the characters spend the rest of the book doing).
I was really sold on the grisley cover art when I saw it. It reminded me of the song "Shredded Humans", by Cannibal Corpse, which described in great detail a car accident involving a family of five. The cover (by Alan M. Clark) is wicked sick! I actually bought this based on the cover when I was looking at Brian Keene books.
And I really thought it was great how one of the main characters in the book is gay, but was written as just a normal main character that happens to be so. I thought it was awesome to see a gay character in something for once not being written as a big stereotype. That was cool.
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