Monsterland Reanimated
by Michael Okon
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GENRE: Young Adult
Fiction/Thriller
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BLURB:
After
Monsterland has imploded, the entire world is thrown into chaos. World
leadership is gone, economies have collapsed, and communications are
non-existent. Wyatt must go beyond the boundaries of his small town to
reestablish contact with the outside world, and alert the government about a
traitor-in-chief.
During his journey he
discovers a new threat released from the bowels of the defunct theme park.
When an army of
relentless mummies, a life-sucking ooze called The Glob, and a hybrid
reanimated Behemoth rise from the depths of Monsterland, who will survive?
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Excerpt One:
A bright moon painted the desert’s surface pewter. Here and
there, dark spots soiled the landscape like oil spills. Most of the bodies had
been taken before the troops were ordered to leave. They carted away the
corpses, bulldozing the zombies into mass graves, until radios chirped with
urgent orders deploying the soldiers to the bigger threats that erupted in the
main cities like a chain of angry volcanos.
Monsterland was extinguished, its carcass left for the
vultures to pick, the exhibits silent as a tomb.
The dead president and his equally dead entourage were
whisked away on Air Force One, along with the dark-clad special operatives that
came and left like the brisk desert wind that now howled through the empty
streets.
A gate screamed in the silence, slamming with a
reverberating smash. The uneven gait of someone with a physical challenge
filled the void. The scrape and plod of his limp echoed against the wall of
mountains framing the theme park. His labored breathing huffed as he made his
way down the streets.
A door creaked loudly as it was blown by the wind. He
stopped, his distorted figure silhouetted in the pale moonlight, his body
turning silver. He looked at the broken glass littering the pavement like
diamonds, then up to the still, pre-dawn sky. He considered the sun peeking
over the jagged horizon in the east, its golden light painting the dips and
hollows of the hills. Soon the coming day would chase the darkness away.
Time was the enemy now. He had to move faster, or it would be
too late. He picked up his pace, lurching along the winding road. A keening
howl ricocheted through the streets, bouncing off the walls. It sounded like a
… no, he thought, it couldn’t be. The werewolves were all dead. Destroyed by
Vincent Konrad when he made their heads explode.
The old man paused, listening for it again, and was not
disappointed when the animal whimpered. He gauged it to be inside the defunct
vampire exhibit. He moved toward the entrance. The storefronts had been
destroyed. A few body parts lay on the pavement, as if people had discarded
them in a rush. He heard the scraping of paws on the street and a shiver went
down his crooked spine.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Michael Okon
is an award-winning and best-selling author of multiple genres including
paranormal, thriller, horror, action/adventure and self-help. He graduated from
Long Island University with a degree in English, and then later received his
MBA in business and finance. Coming from a family of writers, he has
storytelling in his DNA. Michael has been writing from as far back as he can
remember, his inspiration being his love for films and their impact on his
life. From the time he saw The Goonies, he was hooked on the idea of
entertaining people through unforgettable characters.
Michael is a
lifelong movie buff, a music playlist aficionado, and a sucker for self-help
books. He lives on the North Shore of Long Island with his wife and children.
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