Gone to See the River Man

By Kristopher Triana

Book Overview

The Silence of the Lambs meets Hellraiser in this terrifying novel by the indie horror sensation and Splatterpunk Award-winning author Kristopher Triana.

Lori is lucky. Her obsession, Edmund Cox, is also her penpal. While most people don't realize what an honor that is, Lori will do anything to make sure he keeps writing her back.

Edmund is a serial killer, convicted of butchering more than twenty women, and Lori is infatuated with him. So when he asks her to retrieve a key from his cabin in the woods and deliver it to the mysterious River Man, she accepts. With her sister in tow, Lori travels to the small town home of her beloved.

But quickly the trip becomes a surreal nightmare that digs up Lori's personal demons, the very ones that she feels bonds her to Edmund. Soon she will learn that The River Man exists somewhere between fact and folklore, and that he's certainly not human...at least, not anymore.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1668279924
• ISBN13: 9781668279922
• Release Date: March 2027
• Publisher: S&s/Saga Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Shocking, erotic, and heart breaking

I'm new to the extreme horror genre. This one was definitely gory. Christopher Triana's writing style was beautiful and made for an easy read. He was definitely going for shock and awe when he wrote this. He did not disappoint. This book has all of the subjects I've read most extreme horror books have. It also has brother sister incest, murder of teenagers, murder of others unable to defend themselves, and rape. But somehow the author made simple disloyalty even more heartbreaking in this book than all of the gruesome subjects I explained above. The book was definitely shocking. After finishing this book I felt more heartbroken and sad than shocked. I'd rate it less stars if it wasn't so well written and edited.

Surprising Ending

Thought I knew where this book was going, but I was very surprised by the ending. Theres confusion and thought provoking details that lead you down different paths. All to get into the mind of a criminal.