Slowburn

By Peter Lalos

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561674885
• ISBN13: 9781561674886
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Amer Literary Pr
• Length: 425 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Debut suspense thriller by a master storyteller.

Something (or someone) is killing the workers at the isolated Corpus Crossing mining camp. The men under the watch of settlement director Hayley Strickland are at the end of the line, living the distorted, ugly antithesis of the American dream. But a growing force in the valley is twisting the miner's discontent into something decidedly more sinister and insanely violent. Cut off from the rest of the world in a snowbound valley, Strickland finds himself in a race against time to stop the escalating cycle of bloodshed and self-destruction before the storm of death buries the camp. Slow Burn is an intense, suspense novel that grips and fascinates the reader. It is one of those suspense thrillers that are so easy to pick up and so hard to put down. Slow Burn is author Peter Lalos' debut novel and marks him as an author to look for in the future.

Slowburn

Slowburn is a tough read in the beginning, but once you're in, there's no stopping. You want to know who (or what) is behind the strange ways in which the men are dying. I don't generally like to give away story lines to books or movies, but I will say I really liked the book. I love suspense and thrillers, and trying to figure out what's going on. Lalos is a bit wordy in places, but he spends time giving certain men an identity, as well as giving background to specific instances. I found myself liking 2 particular characters, Tony and Nitro. Nitro...the one still wet behind the ears, and Tony, the old Italian he looks up to. There were a couple of things that I didn't feel I knew what ended up happening, or there was no "closure", but I took that as Lalos allowing the reader to use their own imagination to fill in the gap the way the reader wants to.My hat goes off to this young man and his first novel.

Make a Note of the Name Peter Lalos

Independent Publisher magazine's review of SlowBurn:Make a note of the name Peter Lalos. SlowBurn is an outstanding first novel. With luck, Lalos will make the bestseller list in the near future. SlowBurn is a tale of suspense, adventure, and action. The setting is a mining camp in Oregon. The crew sent to close the mine are men with no hope in their future.The characters are believable and well-developed. The main characters are not heroic, but find themselves in a situation where they must act or die. Grogan is evil personified. A natural born leader, his hold over the miners is realistic and explainable. If made into a movie, Grogan would be a plum role.One flaw, the time line in the middle of the book was confusing. Hayley could not have been at the mine for more than a week or so, yet, he seemed to have been there much longer.Readers of suspense will enjoy SlowBurn. While there is foreshadowing that Grogan is behind all the mayhem, there is a real zinger toward the end. Lalos neatly ties it together.--Donna Franklin

Slowburn Turns Up the Heat

Slowburn is a novel that will grab a readers attention and will not let go until the final page has been read. The book is fast paced and traces the struggle between right and wrong in a place where normal societal rules do not really exist. As the villian falls further down an evil spiral, the hero unfortunately must follow and sacrifice some of his own humanity in order to survive and save the men under in his charge.This is a book I would not recommend to younger readers, but mature readers will enjoy the fast paced action that comes at them from all angles.