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The Eternal Flame Trilogy #1
The Last in Line
It is the 1980's — Pac-Man, MTV, Ronald Reagan, E.T. flew across the moon, and Michael Jackson turned into a werewolf in "Thriller." Apple releases its Macintosh computer while the HIV/AIDS virus spreads worldwide.
All outcast Warren Brennan wants is to graduate, get out of his small, podunk town, and draw for Marvel Comics.
Until.
A long silent cult rises from the shadows revealing their diabolical agenda, by detonating dirty bombs all over the world. Releasing the Sanctity Virus killing thousands, causing the dead to rise, feasting on the living, sending the planet into chaos and darkness.
With Warren’s friends from school, an inner-city girl; a gruff, rock DJ; and, a strange Englishman spouting about ancient prophecies, demons and something called the Children of the Light, all fight to survive the deadly masses swelling the streets of Rochester, New York. The growing undead and a group of supernatural assassins track Warren and his friends with one goal in mind: Find the Children of Light.
Can Warren and his friends survive long enough to discover the answers about whom and what is chasing them and what, or who are the Children of Light?
All outcast Warren Brennan wants is to graduate, get out of his small, podunk town, and draw for Marvel Comics.
Until.
A long silent cult rises from the shadows revealing their diabolical agenda, by detonating dirty bombs all over the world. Releasing the Sanctity Virus killing thousands, causing the dead to rise, feasting on the living, sending the planet into chaos and darkness.
With Warren’s friends from school, an inner-city girl; a gruff, rock DJ; and, a strange Englishman spouting about ancient prophecies, demons and something called the Children of the Light, all fight to survive the deadly masses swelling the streets of Rochester, New York. The growing undead and a group of supernatural assassins track Warren and his friends with one goal in mind: Find the Children of Light.
Can Warren and his friends survive long enough to discover the answers about whom and what is chasing them and what, or who are the Children of Light?
526 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 31, 2018
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About the author
Thom Erb
16 books45 followersThom Erb is a genre fiction writer exploring all shades of darkness and light and the varying definitions of heroism. Refusing to pigeonhole his writing, Thomas strives to craft tales that blur the lines of horror, fantasy, thriller, weird western, science fiction, etc, for both adult and young adult audiences.
Until recently, he's focused his work mainly on short stories, but now is adventuring into the realm of long fiction.
His first novella, Tones of Home is available now through Crowded Quarantine Press (UK) and here are what a few authors had to say about the work:
"With TONES OF HOME Thomas A. Erb takes us home for some deeply disturbing holidays. Chilling and full of bizarre twists. Thumbs up."
-Jonathan Maberry, New York Times best-selling author of FLESH & BONE and V-WARS
"Thomas Erb's TONES OF HOME has to be the bloodiest, the most ruthless, and yet the most honest love story I've come across since Natural Born Killers. Erb put his hooks into me with this one and had me guessing right up to the last page. It's a nail-biter through and through, and I'm betting it's going to leave you as stunned as it left me. Oh-and Quentin Tarantino, if you're looking for your next movie, the search stops here."
-Joe McKinney, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Inheritance and Dead City.
“If you’re into old school Rock and Roll and like your horror fiction dark and super nasty like I do, you’re going to LOVE Thomas A. Erb’s new book. TONES OF HOME is extreme horror at its best and it knocked me on my ass when I read it. Highly recommended!”
-Gord Rollo, Author of THE JIGSAW MAN and THE CRUCIFIXION EXPERIMENTS.
"TONES OF HOME is full-tilt, in-your-face horror ... If blood and mayhem are to your taste, you'll be satisfied to the max. ... And I will never be able to listen to the Beatles music the same way again."
Rick Hautala- Author of Indian Summer and Glimpses.
'Tones of Home' starts at full-speed and never lets up. Unpredictable and astonishingly bloody! “Thomas A. Erb's story telling is a brutal, fast-paced read which hooks the reader in from the very start. Gallons of blood, plenty of violence, and the Fab Four… you'll not have read anything like this before!”
David Moody, author of HATER and AUTUMN Series.
He is also an editor/designer on his first anthology, "Death, Be Not Proud".Published through Dullahan Press/Dark Quest Books.
His second editing/design credit is for A Christmas in Hell (2012) through Drunken Skald Press.
Thomas is concentrating on novella/novel length works, as well as comic book scripts and screenplays.
His current work in progress is a young adult series entitled The After School Monster Hunter club.
Thomas is also an artist/illustrator of murals and book covers,comic books/graphic novels.
When not writing, is active on all forms of social media and enjoys quality films, comic books, television shows, role-playing games, playing drums, comic books and rooting for the Dallas Cowboys and New York Yankees. He lives in backwoods of upstate New York and is continually lamenting about the cold weather and snow with his wife Michelle.
His art is heavily inspired and influenced by the golden age of comic books such as: Jack Kirby, John Buscema, John Byrne to more modern artists Bart Sears and Jim Lee. His painting gurus hail from the traditional artists : Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Durer to fantasy painters and illustrators ranging from Frank Frazetta t
Until recently, he's focused his work mainly on short stories, but now is adventuring into the realm of long fiction.
His first novella, Tones of Home is available now through Crowded Quarantine Press (UK) and here are what a few authors had to say about the work:
"With TONES OF HOME Thomas A. Erb takes us home for some deeply disturbing holidays. Chilling and full of bizarre twists. Thumbs up."
-Jonathan Maberry, New York Times best-selling author of FLESH & BONE and V-WARS
"Thomas Erb's TONES OF HOME has to be the bloodiest, the most ruthless, and yet the most honest love story I've come across since Natural Born Killers. Erb put his hooks into me with this one and had me guessing right up to the last page. It's a nail-biter through and through, and I'm betting it's going to leave you as stunned as it left me. Oh-and Quentin Tarantino, if you're looking for your next movie, the search stops here."
-Joe McKinney, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Inheritance and Dead City.
“If you’re into old school Rock and Roll and like your horror fiction dark and super nasty like I do, you’re going to LOVE Thomas A. Erb’s new book. TONES OF HOME is extreme horror at its best and it knocked me on my ass when I read it. Highly recommended!”
-Gord Rollo, Author of THE JIGSAW MAN and THE CRUCIFIXION EXPERIMENTS.
"TONES OF HOME is full-tilt, in-your-face horror ... If blood and mayhem are to your taste, you'll be satisfied to the max. ... And I will never be able to listen to the Beatles music the same way again."
Rick Hautala- Author of Indian Summer and Glimpses.
'Tones of Home' starts at full-speed and never lets up. Unpredictable and astonishingly bloody! “Thomas A. Erb's story telling is a brutal, fast-paced read which hooks the reader in from the very start. Gallons of blood, plenty of violence, and the Fab Four… you'll not have read anything like this before!”
David Moody, author of HATER and AUTUMN Series.
He is also an editor/designer on his first anthology, "Death, Be Not Proud".Published through Dullahan Press/Dark Quest Books.
His second editing/design credit is for A Christmas in Hell (2012) through Drunken Skald Press.
Thomas is concentrating on novella/novel length works, as well as comic book scripts and screenplays.
His current work in progress is a young adult series entitled The After School Monster Hunter club.
Thomas is also an artist/illustrator of murals and book covers,comic books/graphic novels.
When not writing, is active on all forms of social media and enjoys quality films, comic books, television shows, role-playing games, playing drums, comic books and rooting for the Dallas Cowboys and New York Yankees. He lives in backwoods of upstate New York and is continually lamenting about the cold weather and snow with his wife Michelle.
His art is heavily inspired and influenced by the golden age of comic books such as: Jack Kirby, John Buscema, John Byrne to more modern artists Bart Sears and Jim Lee. His painting gurus hail from the traditional artists : Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Durer to fantasy painters and illustrators ranging from Frank Frazetta t
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March 24, 2019
Wow!I was not expecting so much from one book!I did not know 'Jolt' was created in 1985 until I googled it,and who,besides my husband and the 200 other senior citizens we sat with, at a little theater in Pa last year,remembers the STRAWBS?!lol
Anyway,Reagan,dirty bombs,bad rain,zombies,a group of kids who have special powers and a Veitnam vet spinning tunes into the apocolypse all lead us to book 2.I'll have to look for that. TJ Clark was a good narrator,though I pictured C3PO when Elton spoke. I was given this book by the narrator,author or publisher free for an honest review.
Anyway,Reagan,dirty bombs,bad rain,zombies,a group of kids who have special powers and a Veitnam vet spinning tunes into the apocolypse all lead us to book 2.I'll have to look for that. TJ Clark was a good narrator,though I pictured C3PO when Elton spoke. I was given this book by the narrator,author or publisher free for an honest review.
June 4, 2018
The Last in Line, set in 1985, has a Stranger Things meets Night of the Living Dead feel to it in Erb's latest horror novel.
The Keeper of the Flame knows everything is about to change. It seems no one cares that a biochemist has been kidnapped. It adds up to something horrible when terrorist attacks strike major cities world wide. No continent is left untouched. Rising chemicals from the exploded bombs impact passing clouds; deadly rains shower the earth.
Before long, the results from the attacks are apparent. The after effects are obvious. A plague has infected millions. Billions. The zombie outbreak is spreading fast, and furious.
A nerdy group of kids are on the run. They are forced to fight to stay alive. They may have some idea about what is going on. The Children of the Light is what they are after. They are not the only ones. A team of dangerous assassins are after them. The truth about an ancient, secret, society must stay ... secret.
Erb does not mince words. He keeps his prose tight, and on target. The chapters are taut, and packed full with character development, and ever-building tension. In roughly two sittings I devoured The Last In Line. I enjoyed the familiar setting of Rochester, New York. I felt right at home racing down streets I knew, and hitting locations I'd been to with the cast of TLIL ... This is more than just another zombie story. Thom Erb has crafted a horror novel that gave me chills while I read it, and nightmares whenI tried sleeping. Bravo, Mr. Erb. Bravo.
The Keeper of the Flame knows everything is about to change. It seems no one cares that a biochemist has been kidnapped. It adds up to something horrible when terrorist attacks strike major cities world wide. No continent is left untouched. Rising chemicals from the exploded bombs impact passing clouds; deadly rains shower the earth.
Before long, the results from the attacks are apparent. The after effects are obvious. A plague has infected millions. Billions. The zombie outbreak is spreading fast, and furious.
A nerdy group of kids are on the run. They are forced to fight to stay alive. They may have some idea about what is going on. The Children of the Light is what they are after. They are not the only ones. A team of dangerous assassins are after them. The truth about an ancient, secret, society must stay ... secret.
Erb does not mince words. He keeps his prose tight, and on target. The chapters are taut, and packed full with character development, and ever-building tension. In roughly two sittings I devoured The Last In Line. I enjoyed the familiar setting of Rochester, New York. I felt right at home racing down streets I knew, and hitting locations I'd been to with the cast of TLIL ... This is more than just another zombie story. Thom Erb has crafted a horror novel that gave me chills while I read it, and nightmares whenI tried sleeping. Bravo, Mr. Erb. Bravo.
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