The Shallow End of the Pool, AdamTroy Castro
The Shallow End of the Pool, AdamTroy Castro
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The Shallow End of the Pool

Author: Adam-Troy Castro

Narrator: Justine Eyre

Unabridged: 1 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Skyboat Media

Published: 11/05/2019


Synopsis

2008 Bram Stoker Award Nominee for Long FictionIncludes an introduction by the authorResolution. Reason. Respect.Among U.S. couples marrying today, roughly 40% will divorce. About half of those will have children at the time of the split. Ensuing ugliness will engulf the lives of both divorcees and offspring. They can in most cases expect years of legal battles, deceit, rage, depression, baiting, vitriol, manipulation, and hurt. Perhaps there is another way, a better way. A way that allows for resolution, reason, and respect. An agreement, of sorts, but one that confronts rather than masks the myriad troubles at hand. Lays them all out on the table. Settles the issues once and for all in an honorable arena. Something direct. Fair. Final. Adam-Troy Castro, Hugo/Nebula/Stoker-nominated author of the SF novel Emissaries from the Dead, brings you a brutally horrific tale of the ultimate settlement in the battle of broken-hearted wills. Petty power plays have been cast aside. The facade of decency is shelved. For one blistering week in an abandoned desert motel, there will be no excuses, pleading, or games. Only resolution, reason, respect.And blood.

About Adam-Troy Castro

Adam-Troy Castro is a regular contributor to Science Fiction Age and the author of two cover stories in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, one of which was nominated for both a Hugo and a Nebula. The co-author of many Marvel books, he has also written numerous short stories. To his considerable consternation, he currently resides in Florida.

About Justine Eyre

Justine Eyre is an award-winning audiobook narrator who has recorded over three-hundred titles. Named a 2013 AudioFile Best Voice, she has won an Audie Award and multiple Earphones Awards. Classically trained and multilingual, she performs on stage, television, and film and has had roles in King Lear and The Crucible, on Two and a Half Men and Mad Men, and in multiple indie-circuit films.


Reviews

This is a short horror/thriller (?) novella by Adam-Troy Castro, whose SF I’ve read and enjoyed earlier. In the preface, he notes that one of the reviewers described the setting as a ‘dystopian near future’, which he thinks is wrong, for it equally could have taken place in 2008 when it was publishe......more

Goodreads review by Lithika

The plot started off very good. It had great potential. But I felt that the plot could've explored the settings a little more than it had. It's a really short story and very well written too! So basically, when a couple gets into a huge fight, they don't go through the usual procedure. They take a v......more

Goodreads review by Robin

Cool concept, but I wish there was a little bit more depth to this one. Would have helped with character attachments......more


Quotes

“A relentless, powerful little book.” Jack Ketchum, author of The Girl Next Door

“A blistering, bizarre, fury-packed bit of familial ultra-violence. Sure to twist your head to the snapping point!” Tom Piccirilli, author of The Coldest Mile