November 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club

Slights

Author: Warren, Kaaron
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Type: Horror Novel
Page Count: 528pp.
Pub. Date: August 31, 2010
Publisher: Angry Robot
Original Pub: July 2009 (Trade Paperback — Angry Robot, UK)

Stevie is a Killer.

But she brings her victims back to life to demand of them: “WHAT DO YOU SEE?”

Now she’s about to find out for herself . . .

After an accident in which her mother dies, Stevie has a near-death experience, and finds herself in a room full of people — everyone she’s ever annoyed. They clutch at her, scratch and tear at her.

But she finds herself drawn back to this place, again and again, determined to unlock its secrets.

Which means she has to die, again and again.

And Stevie starts to wonder whether other people see the same room . . . when they die.

The most disturbing novel of 2010 . . . read it if you dare.

Level 26: Dark Origins (Level 26 Series #1)

Author: Zuiker, Anthony E. with Duane Swierczynski
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Type: Horror Novel
Page Count: 432pp.
Pub. Date: October 5, 2010
Publisher: Signet
Original Pub: September 2009 (Hardcover — Dutton Adult)

A revolutionary, cross-platform, immersive storytelling experience centered on a series of crime thrillers from the visionary creator of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Level 26 is a series of crime thrillers centered on a rogue serial killer hunter. Steve Dark is head of a highly secret and incredibly skilled black-ops element within the U.S. government, which is tasked with finding and bringing to justice the most brutal and horrific serial murderers in the world — especially those whose existence world governments would prefer not to admit.

Adept at suppressing his own personality and conjuring the mind and the world of an unknown killer based on the signature elements of the crimes, Steve Dark possesses the unique ability to mimic and virtually inhabit a killer’s profile and killing landscape based on the smallest details.

Dark’s methods require an existence off the grid and underground, pushing him ever closer to his targets even as the psychic toll of losing his own identity comes dangerously close to irreversible. Under the direct control of the U.S. government, the reluctant investigator and his team are on call 24/7, ready to immerse themselves in a new operation at any time, at any point on the globe.

Storytelling 2.0
Readers of Level 26 will have access to a Web-based portal where they can access digital content, including twenty book-specific “cyber-bridges” for each entry in the series.

These cyber-bridges will be called out in the text of each novel-approximately every five chapters by a graphic icon and a code-which, when entered into the digital portal, will unlock a video, audio, or interactive element that enhances the story.

The Web portal — designed by EQAL, of lonelygirl15 fame — will also feature an interactive social networking component where readers can congregate to interact with one another and with the story-ensuring the community has a significant and direct impact on the evolution of the storylines and characters in Steve Dark’s world — as Anthony and his team monitor and participate in the discourse and craft future entries in the series.