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Face of Evil (The Dead Man #1)
by
Lee Goldberg (Goodreads Author),
William Rabkin
From Lee Goldberg... bestselling author of THE WALK and the MONK novels...and William Rabkin, author of the wildly successful PSYCH books... comes the first in an exciting new series of original short novels that blends the horror of Stephen King's THE GUNSLINGER with the action/adventure of Don Pendleton's MACK BOLAN: THE EXECUTIONER...
Matthew Cahill is an ordinary man le...more
Matthew Cahill is an ordinary man le...more
Kindle Edition, 79 pages
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(first published February 10th 2011)
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May 13, 2011
Veronica Marie Lewis-Shaw
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I read the first four chapters this morning... WOW!!! If I hadn't had that lunch date with Tina and her boss, I would probably still be reading this. From the opening paragraph, the author grabs you and doesn't let go! Paul Brazill said it best... "whipcracking..."
Awesome story... thank you so very much, Paul!
A person will never go wrong with a book recommendation from Paul D Brazill! :)
Awesome story... thank you so very much, Paul!
A person will never go wrong with a book recommendation from Paul D Brazill! :)
There is plenty going on here today and tomorrow. If you had a chance to listen in on the blogtalk radio show Barbara Briggs Ward went over her experience at the BEA convention last week:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gelatiss...
Tomorrow my guests will be authors Robert Elrod and Tom Sumner at 12pm EST. Later on I will be posting on Cody Toye as he is today’s Author’s Spotlight. Okay let’s get into today’s action. There is some stuff swirling around this edition of The Dead Man series, pretty cool...more
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gelatiss...
Tomorrow my guests will be authors Robert Elrod and Tom Sumner at 12pm EST. Later on I will be posting on Cody Toye as he is today’s Author’s Spotlight. Okay let’s get into today’s action. There is some stuff swirling around this edition of The Dead Man series, pretty cool...more
Matt Cahill is a fairly average guy overcoming his beloved wife’s premature death when tragedy strikes him, as well. Buried in an avalanche and his body not found for three months, Matt wakes up in the morgue. Outwardly, he’s no different, but now Matt can see things no one else can see. He declines the university hospital’s offer to become their guinea pig and embarks on a quest to find ever-elusive answers, and to stop the effects of the shadowy Mr. Dark, who can infect anyone with evil by a s...more
This novella reads like the pilot for a campy cable television series, like The Hulk crossed with Tales From the Crypt. There's next to no character development--aside from the fact that the main character simply MUST! CHOP! WOOD!--a weak plot, too many quirky asides that add nothing to the narrative (who cares if the waitress serving him got her nickname because she likes to masturbate while farting in the tub), and a one-dimensional villain with a cartoon name (Mr. Dark). I'd blame this on the...more
Periodically I read a book that is so brilliant, intelligent, and entertaining that I am empowered by a sense of duty to share my feelings with the rest of the universe! Face of Evil is the story of Matt Cahill who spends his day at work in the Pacific North West, keeping his friend Andy out of trouble, moaning the early demise of his wife, and attempting to understand his feelings towards Rachael a work colleague and it would appear his greatest fan. Matt is involved in a skiing accident and bu...more
So, I impulsively download this short novella after reading about it on the Kindle Daily Post. The concept is great: different authors write a continuing story about a guy who is frozen to death but is miraculously revived only to discover that he can literally see evil in other people - festering sores, decaying flesh, etc. The reviews were mostly 4 and 5 stars, and Amazon was offering each of the first six volumes for 99 cents. What a great deal!
Only it isn't. I have no idea why so many people...more
Only it isn't. I have no idea why so many people...more
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When Matt Cahill comes back to life three months after being killed in an avalanche, he thinks he can just pick right up where he left off. But his resurrection comes with a price: he can see the evil in people's hearts literally rotting their bodies. And apparently he has a role to play in how those people affect the world, and in stopping them. What role is that? Only time (and presumably future installments) will tell.
Goldberg and Rabkin set up an interesting premise for a series. Like any go...more
Goldberg and Rabkin set up an interesting premise for a series. Like any go...more
May 03, 2011
April
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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RATING:4.5: THE DEAD MAN: FACE OF EVIL by Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin is an exciting paranormal novella.This is the first in "THE DEAD MAN" series.The plot is interesting,easy to follow and reminds me of the Alfred Hitchcock series.The characters are interesting and will keep you longing for more. This is a series to watch for,it will keep you turning the pages from beginning to end. While Matt,has been buried under an avalanche for three months,he is found,taken to the morgue and found to b...more
The Dead Man : Face Of Evil by Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin
The Dead Man : Face Of Evil is the first part of a whipcracking new cliff-hanger horror serial from Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin. It was originally planned to be a television series but is now going to be a series of short, sharp novellas with a host of writers involved.
Our hero, Matthew Cahill, is a widower who spends a lot of his time and energy taking care of his self-destructive friend Andy. After they both lose their jobs, Cah...more
The Dead Man : Face Of Evil is the first part of a whipcracking new cliff-hanger horror serial from Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin. It was originally planned to be a television series but is now going to be a series of short, sharp novellas with a host of writers involved.
Our hero, Matthew Cahill, is a widower who spends a lot of his time and energy taking care of his self-destructive friend Andy. After they both lose their jobs, Cah...more
Full disclosure: Lee posted about the book and asked for reviews and here we are...
The Dead Men: Face of Evil by Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin follows a map that horror fans know all too well since Stephen King, Dean Koontz and others have already blazed. An ordinary person experiences something horrifying/extraordinary that changes his life. In the case of our protagnist Matthew Cahill's life goes from being great to frozen dead, to alive to worse and for lack of a better word, shenanigans...more
The Dead Men: Face of Evil by Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin follows a map that horror fans know all too well since Stephen King, Dean Koontz and others have already blazed. An ordinary person experiences something horrifying/extraordinary that changes his life. In the case of our protagnist Matthew Cahill's life goes from being great to frozen dead, to alive to worse and for lack of a better word, shenanigans...more
I had heard of this series of books through some online friends and how fast-paced and compelling it was. When it was available temporarily for free as a Kindle ebook I downloaded it right away.
It starts out rather slowly with a few moments of T.M.I (too much information). You know, when the author goes into too much description and you just want him to get along with the story. I really don't need to know that much detail about characters NOT important to the story.
Once I was able to get past t...more
It starts out rather slowly with a few moments of T.M.I (too much information). You know, when the author goes into too much description and you just want him to get along with the story. I really don't need to know that much detail about characters NOT important to the story.
Once I was able to get past t...more
Back in the day I used to read a host of different serial novels: The Death Merchant, The Executioner, Nick Carter, The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Encyclopedia Brown ….wait I went back to far. Okay rewind it a bit and you get the idea. Someone was smart enough to go back and try to capture the feel and fun that was contained in those types of novels back in the day. Did they carry it off? What do you think? Here is what is in the virtual pages:
From Lee Goldberg... bestselling author of THE WALK an...more
The Dead Man: Face of Evil is a great concept and it is an enjoyable "pilot" in the ongoing saga of a man who returns from the dead with the ability to see the evil in his fellow man. I enjoyed this book in the same way that I might enjoy the pilot of a promising television show. Indeed, that is what it felt like. There are a few places where the situations and writing seem stilted and the pace lags. I'm not sure that the main character is interesting enough, but the way that the novella climaxe...more
This book was OK - I did enjoy reading it and the pace was pretty fast, which I really liked. It sort of felt like the ending was rushed a little. I get that this is a series and more will be revealed in time, I just enjoy it more when the author paces himself and doesn't rush through things quickly.
Also, the character of Rachel seemed too accepting too quickly of everything Matt tells her at the end... I can't decide if this is because she knows something, OR if the author wants you to think t...more
Also, the character of Rachel seemed too accepting too quickly of everything Matt tells her at the end... I can't decide if this is because she knows something, OR if the author wants you to think t...more
Received for free on my kindle.
This is a Kindle short, guessing it's around 50-100 pages or so.
Man dies - or does he? When he comes back to life - or is he? - he has to fight evil in the form of physical putrescence and a vision of a strangely happy doctor.
Yeah, it's horror. It doesn't have to make sense.
This kindle series is written by the television writers who bring you Monk and Psych on the USA network, so it completely gives up any semblance of realistic character development in favor of pi...more
This is a Kindle short, guessing it's around 50-100 pages or so.
Man dies - or does he? When he comes back to life - or is he? - he has to fight evil in the form of physical putrescence and a vision of a strangely happy doctor.
Yeah, it's horror. It doesn't have to make sense.
This kindle series is written by the television writers who bring you Monk and Psych on the USA network, so it completely gives up any semblance of realistic character development in favor of pi...more
The new release is described as "... the first in an exciting new series of original short novels that blends the horror of Stephen King's THE GUNSLINGER with the action/adventure of Don Pendleton's MACK BOLAN: THE EXECUTIONER."
I have not read Pendleton's work, but I have read King's Dark Tower series. And while Face of Evil does carry an unrepentant amount of horror within its pages, though not to an imposing degree, the tone of the story is considerably different from The Gunslinger. It's far...more
I have not read Pendleton's work, but I have read King's Dark Tower series. And while Face of Evil does carry an unrepentant amount of horror within its pages, though not to an imposing degree, the tone of the story is considerably different from The Gunslinger. It's far...more
Hm. It was quite confusing to decide what I wanted to rate this. Enjoyment/interest level while reading would have made it a 4. But due to some content, I had to lower that. As far as the story itself, I found it incredibly fascinating. A man is found alive after being frozen for 3 months, and then he suddenly has this strange gift to see a person's inner decay manifest itself into the outward appearance that most people can't see. Also, the book is written with a great sense of humor.
Content ra...more
Content ra...more
In this first of a planned series, by Lee Goldberg (one of my favorite writers) and William Rabkin, Matthew Cahill is buried beneath an avalanche of snow and ice. Three months later, his lifeless body is recovered but he wakes up in the morgue. Something follows him back to the living, a paranormal ability. Men's adventure meets the supernatural - think Stephen King and Don Pendleton colaborating. The Dead Man is a fast, fun read, perfect for an e-book.
I've already downloaded the next in the ser...more
I've already downloaded the next in the ser...more
Feb 16, 2011
Jaime
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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This was a hold your breath, fly by the seat of your pants, page-turner. And every time I turned the page there was a new surprise. Very much in the style of Stephen King: the natural and supernatural exist in the same realm.
It's the story of a man, Matthew Cahill, who after going through a life changing experience returns only to discover that he is attuned in a special way, and is very much in sync with, those who are about to die. He has special powers that he does not yet understand and as t...more
It's the story of a man, Matthew Cahill, who after going through a life changing experience returns only to discover that he is attuned in a special way, and is very much in sync with, those who are about to die. He has special powers that he does not yet understand and as t...more
Don't make the mistake of going into reading this book expecting it to be something it is not. It is not an attempt at an intricate mystery or deftly plotted suspense. It is not Lehane or King or Burke. It is a nice little pulp story. A little horror, a little mystery, a little sex.
While it is very obvious this was a first book setting up the story for the rest of the series it had plenty of fun to read. It isn't long and is perfect for that quick read when you just want to read something pulpy...more
While it is very obvious this was a first book setting up the story for the rest of the series it had plenty of fun to read. It isn't long and is perfect for that quick read when you just want to read something pulpy...more
Kind of an interesting story.
Matt was killed in an avalanche...well...kind of. After 8 days he's un-buried and alive...sort of. He's dead by the biological sense of the word, but he still looks normal, can walk, talk, function, etc. He just doesn't need to eat, piss, breathe.
He does have this ability to see evil around him. The faces of people look rotten, holes in them, etc. And his own "Mr Dark" emerges causing chaos in the world.
The series of novellas are written by different people, so I'm s...more
Matt was killed in an avalanche...well...kind of. After 8 days he's un-buried and alive...sort of. He's dead by the biological sense of the word, but he still looks normal, can walk, talk, function, etc. He just doesn't need to eat, piss, breathe.
He does have this ability to see evil around him. The faces of people look rotten, holes in them, etc. And his own "Mr Dark" emerges causing chaos in the world.
The series of novellas are written by different people, so I'm s...more
Before this review, in the interest of full disclosure, I should state that I have known Lee since last week when he sent me a pre-release of this book. We go way back. Now onto the review.
This was another book that I read during my lunch break. Please don't tell my boss, as I read more of this on the first day than my lunch break technically allowed - of course I still have enough overtime to miss a week of work so I don't feel so bad. Needless to say this book is far too engrossing for its own...more
This was another book that I read during my lunch break. Please don't tell my boss, as I read more of this on the first day than my lunch break technically allowed - of course I still have enough overtime to miss a week of work so I don't feel so bad. Needless to say this book is far too engrossing for its own...more
Jan 12, 2012
Lisa
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
2011-reading-challenge,
horror
While I mildly enjoyed this series (Books 1-5 - getting 2/3 stars per book), there was so much that needed to be fleshed out it left me feeling somewhat shortchanged. Truly, if you can not have a "sense" of what is going on by book #5, we have a problem. Some of that may stem from the fact that several different authors are contributing (some much better than others) and seem to pick up the story line from their last contribution rather than a continuation of the preceding book.
I am stopping at...more
I am stopping at...more
This is a start of a new paranormal saga presented in novella form in parts. The author seems to want to adopt style of publishing to us this stories via serial episodes, similar to Green Mile by King or Michael McDowell's Blackwater saga's approach. The writing style, plot and characters seem to hold up to king standards and a form an interesting thriller of supernatural sorts. I sense and I suppose a lot of readers tend to compare to previous novels also, but this is adopting the Gunslinger by...more
The book was enjoyable and the only thing keeping it from a 4 star rating was that it was just too short. It's definitely a different model publishing books solely for the Kindle and going with a more serial approach, but I didn't feel like enough had been established about what's going on to have me sufficiently engaged to move on to book #2.
Given that it was a 99 cent book on Amazon I'm not complaining, mind you, I don't feel at all cheated and I'd recommend that other folks give it a try as...more
Given that it was a 99 cent book on Amazon I'm not complaining, mind you, I don't feel at all cheated and I'd recommend that other folks give it a try as...more
Matthew Cahill is a miracle man. He survives something that changes him and he begins to see things that no one else does or can. There's also an evil out there that reveals itself to him. Another that only he can see.
Cahill becomes a man trying to piece it out. And stop it!
The first in an e-book series that combines the action of the old men's adventure novels from the seventies with a touch of horror, Steohen King style. a number of the best writers working today have gotten together to write...more
Cahill becomes a man trying to piece it out. And stop it!
The first in an e-book series that combines the action of the old men's adventure novels from the seventies with a touch of horror, Steohen King style. a number of the best writers working today have gotten together to write...more
If I could describe this book in one word, it would be disturbing. Now, with a title like 'Face of Evil' I knew I wasn't in for puppy dogs and rainbows, but I didn't think I'd be in for rotting corpses and deranged mass murderers. The way the person (I won't give away who) killed those innocent people just messes with my brain. However, it was interesting, and you do feel for the main character, Matt and root for him to win. The read was quick, but definitely not painless. This book reminded me...more
Things are really starting to take shape in The Dead Man series. After reading the first three books (The Dead Man: Face of Evil, The Dead Man: Ring of Knives, and Dead Man: Hell in Heaven), The Dead Woman feels like the point where the rules of this world have been firmly established and now its time to throw a change-up. We know Matthew Cahill, the man with the ax who came back from the dead with the ability to see the evil festering in people, and we know he's after Mr. Dark, the menacing ent...more
The first volume of this series reads sorta like Stephen King writing a horror version of the Destroyer series. It's fast paced and gory, the writing's a little clumsy, and it totally lacks subtlety: the good guy is an Upstanding Good Citizen, the bad guys are leering evil creeps who deserve to be thrown off a cliff. Being the first volume, it also lacks anything like a satisfying resolution.
I'm just barely interested enough to read the second volume - it's not much of a time-sink after all, and...more
I'm just barely interested enough to read the second volume - it's not much of a time-sink after all, and...more
If I understand the history correctly this short novel (novella?) started as an idea for a TV pilot. And with the exception of extra gore, that's exactly what it reads like. Quick, short scenes - flashbacks - easily understood characters. Not that this is a bad thing, but just don't expect great literature. This is just a quick fun story that makes me want to watch read the next episode of which there are a few already available. I'll check back in on The Dead Man next time I need a quick story...more
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Lee Goldberg is a two-time Edgar Award nominee whose many TV writing and/or producing credits include "Martial Law," "SeaQuest," "Diagnosis Murder," "The Cosby Mysteries," "Hunter," "Spenser: For Hire," "Nero Wolfe," "Missing." "Monk" and "The Glades." He's also the author of "The Walk," "Watch Me Die," "King City," the "Dead Man" series, as well as the "Diagnosis Murder" and "Monk" series of orig...more
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