Urban Limit: They are already inside...

by Steve Zell

Members of an Oregon family move to the mountains hoping to escape city life, only to find themselves fighting for their own lives and, possibly, for civilization itself. Twins Kristi and Reed Carroll could not be more different. While Kristi trains for her shot at Olympic glory in the winter games, Reed spends his days in the cyber world of video games. But something sinister has found its way into both worlds that will soon bring them together, or tear them apart forever.

408 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2017

About the author

A kid who spent many days exploring abandoned hotels and stores in then ghost town, Jerome, Arizona, Steve Zell always loved to tell stories, draw scary pictures, and sing. Later, he became an animator and digital animation tools instructor for the LA area animation and FX studios and, as a singer, became the "Voice of Doom" for Baywatch. Steve was the first interdisciplinary studies graduate from the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he studied studio art, vocal production, drama, journalism, and chemistry. He was an early member of the Tucson Invisible Theatre Company, and the cartoonist for The Tombstone Epitaph, a town he later combined with Jerome, Arizona, and with Bodi, California, to create the setting, Pinon Rim, for his first novel, WiZrD. His family's frequent summer trips to his grandmother's home in Del Mar, California in the 60s, provided the setting for Running Cold.

A UA "Wildcat for life" and former desert rat, he now lives with his wife and daughter in the slightly more liquid climate of Portland, Oregon, where he began the partnership between Intel and Dreamworks|SKG, as well as the Intel Audio Alliance whose members included Billy Bob Thornton, Graham Nash, George Massenburg, Michael Boddicker, Nathaniel Kunkel, Allen Sides, Rory Kaplan and other audio pros. He participates in community theater, spends way too much time on the computer - and...is always on the lookout for a cool ghost town...

Reviews

[Mary Knopf · Rating 5 out of 5]

Within a single genre such as mystery, the characters all have to play by a pretty well-established set of rules. Steve Zell's new book actively crosses genres from action to fantasy to horror with mystery and current events thrown in to spice things up. What that means is the reader never really knows what "the rules" are in this world and, in turn, that means that anything can (and does) happen. Because I couldn't predict what would happen next (somewhat unusual for me) the book became a page-turner, feeding my curiosity to constantly know what the next chapter would bring.

If you can't tell, YES, I recommend this book! If you choose to read it, buckle up, keep your hands and feet inside the car at all times, and remain seated until the ride comes to a complete stop! Enjoy!

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was amazing!! I thought this story was going one way and then it turned another way and then another! I couldn't put it down! I have a hard time finding a book that I can't leave alone these days. This was one that I just HAD to finish. Well written and kept me on the edge every moment. This wasn't normally a book that I would have picked to read but I am sure glad I did. The hard part is waiting for the next installment or the next book that Mr. Zell comes out with. Well done sir, well done!!! Keep them coming!
Lady J

[Gin Westcott · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book! Full of suspense and kept me on the edge of my seat!

[Paige Turner · Rating 1 out of 5]

I just could not get into this book. Started skimming and thought it was getting to be ridiculous. DNF

[Shannon Kennedy · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are ready to binge, pick this one up.

Hard book to put down, something you end up thinking about all day until you can pick it up again.