Dead Harvest, Chris F. Holm
Dead Harvest, Chris F. Holm
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Dead Harvest

Author: Chris F. Holm

Narrator: Brian Vander Ark

Unabridged: 9 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2012

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Urban


Synopsis

Meet Sam Thornton. He collects souls. Sam’s job is to collect the souls of the damned, and ensure they are dispatched to the appropriate destination. But when he’s sent to collect the soul of a young woman he believes to be innocent of the horrific crime that’s doomed her to Hell, he says something no Collector has ever said before. “No.”

About Chris F. Holm

Chris F. Holm was born in Syracuse, New York, the grandson of a cop with a penchant for crime fiction. He wrote his first story at the age of six. It got him sent to the principal’s office. Since then, his work has fared better, appearing in such publications as Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Needle Magazine, Beat to a Pulp, and Thuglit. He’s been a Derringer Award finalist and a Spinetingler Award winner, and he’s also written a novel or two. He lives on the coast of Maine with his lovely wife and a noisy, noisy cat.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Trudi on November 25, 2012

This was a blast -- a seamless mash-up of pulpy noir goodness set in a gritty urban landscape featuring soul Collectors and very bad ass mofo angels and demons. Who would I recommend this book to? Fans of the movie The Prophecy most definitely. And to a lesser extent that movie Fallen starring Denze......more

Goodreads review by Brandon on January 28, 2013

Sam is a collector. A collector of souls! You see, Sam's wife had contracted a strain of TB and in a moment of desperation, Sam accepted a sketchy employment opportunity from a gentleman named Dumas. While Dumas promised a complete recovery on the part of Sam's wife, he remained closed mouth on the......more

Goodreads review by Mieneke on January 29, 2012

Two of my favourite TV shows of seasons long past were Dead Like Me and Reaper. Both of these shows dealt with characters who collected souls, though one was actually already dead, George from Dead Like Me, while the other, Sam from Reaper, was still alive, but due to a deal his parents made......more

Goodreads review by Sean on March 02, 2012

I have a soft spot for anti-heroes. I think it all started with the movie Dirty Harry – no, scratch that. It started with Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer. If you don’t know who Mike Hammer is, you’ve been living under a rock: think bad-ass private eye. Serious pulp fiction. Chain smoking, whiskey drin......more

Goodreads review by Lou on May 24, 2012

He is a collector he collects from those marked for collection. One routine job is about to prove troublesome something goes wrong. Whats to follow is he finds himself in company of a beautiful young girl with a harrowing and bloody past that she has no recollection of being part of. Humorous moments,......more