Afraid is the first horror novel from Jack Kilborn, aka thriller writer, JA Konrath. While this novel is touted as horror, I see it more of a horror/action hybrid that travels at an unrelenting pace, and is inhabited by likeable heroes and vile villains. Set during one harrowing evening, Afraid pits the citizens of the sleepy Wisconsin Northwood's town of Safe Haven against a special forces unit programmed (with implanted computer chips and chemical enhancements) to torture, maim and kill whoev

Wow! What a crazy, creepy gory ride that was! I really enjoyed this book! My first by this Author and now off to look up his others!

GOOD GRIEF!! Holy freaking crap, so brutal. NOT for the faint-hearted! Sheesh...that's all I can say right now.

AFRAID is a bungee jump into pure terror, a story that plays brilliantly on all our primal fears, and stands shoulder to shoulder with the very best of Harris, Koontz, and King. A classic horror novel.

Warning: This book may cause severe heart palpitations and lack of sleep. Afraid is intense! Right from the first page, it pulls you into this macabre world that you're afraid to stay in but to engrossed in to leave. This is a gory, gruesome and action-packed story that develops meaningful characters only to rip them away right as you start rooting for/caring about them. Savage! I can't wait to read the rest of the books in this series.

That was probably the most fun I’ve ever had reading a splatterpunk novel! Imagine a novel that’s as brutal as a Jack Ketchum novel with the pacing of a Blake Crouch novel and a high body count that rivals the John Wick franchise. Brutal, disturbing, violent, gory, intense, you name it, it’s in this! However, this isn’t a book that feels realistically disturbing. It’s not The Girl Next Door or Knockemstiff where those two felt very real, this has almost a B-movie quality to it. BUT, there were a...

"I'm not afraid of the dead, I'm afraid of what made them dead." Better late than never right? So I'm a little behind on my reviews... why do one at all at this point you ask? Well, I'll tell you why... because this one deserves it.So here's the thing... I LOVE horror movies, but when it comes to horror novels, well they're a tricky thing, aren't they? Sometimes horror just doesn't translate on the page quite like it does on the big screen. So, when I find a horror novel that delivers, well

This was the first Jack Kilborn novel that I read and I was instantly hooked! I loved this book--the suspense, the graphic gore and violence...it was good from beginning to end. You can't go wrong with a Jack Kilborn novel...if you have the guts to read one...!

"What turns a person into a monster like this? Training? Some horrible event in his past? Genetics? How does a man lose his humanity?" I've had this book sat on a shelf for nearly a year. Why the hell did it take this long for me to read it? It has pretty much everything I look for, violence, violence and more violence. All done with a quality of writing that draws you in and grips you from start to finish. Grips you like a bear trap!This one is set in the small, quiet Wisconsin town of Safe

Finished the last book of the year 2020 😎 I'm sooo happy but...but... Why does the ending sounds like a cliff hanging? And what?! Why no punishment for the bad people? Are all government or military or whoever related this are as bad as mentioned in the book? Or am I the only one knowing about the reality now? 🥺

Awesome debut. I wish I'd written it...

4 StarsI never thought their luck would get better; maybe it did..... not.

At the end of this book is this "About the Author" blurb...Jack Kilborn prefers not to share personal details about his life. He could be living anywhere. Possibly near you Considering what he writes, that is a very scary thought.Fortunately, I do know where he lives. He resides in the body of author J. A. Konrath. During the day he is harmless. But at night, he sneaks out and makes Mr. Konrath write these deliciously disgusting little books. Or at least that is the way I imagine it.The one thin...

I like cozies. I might as well be honest about that. Also happy ever afters. Further, in the interests of full disclosure, you should know that I read AFRAID by Jack Kilborn (with a view to a review) because Joe Konrath dared me to do so.He has a thick skin, and a strong stomach... and anyone who reads AFRAID needs both.This is not a book to take on a fishing trip, especially if you've left your loved ones at home, alone. In fact, this book ought to come with a free membership of the NRA. You'll...

Welcome to Safe Haven. Welcome to Hell.This is the first book I've read by the author, and for a debut, it was pretty good. The sleepy town of Safe Haven, is about to have a nasty wake-up call, when a helicopter, crashes and explodes in the forest - on the outskirts of town. The towns' populace is 907 permanent residents - but over the course of one night - that number will start to dwindle, significantly.Safe Haven, doesn't have many emergencies - until now. Sal Morton, hears a helicopter trave...

Rating: 5/5OH MY GOD THIS BOOK!!! I have no words... but I'll try to find some, just so I can write a review.Afraid is the first book by Jack Kilborn/J.A. Konrath that I've ever read, and let me tell you it's not going to be the last. I was in the perfect mental state for a book like Afraid. I really wanted to read something action packed, with a military experiment gone bad, and a group of people trying to survive. And Afraid was exactly that, plus it was terrifying and totally gory, which I ad...

Jack Kilborn knows that a small town in America's heartland is the perfect place to set a horror thriller: remote, surrounded by shadowy woods, and sparsely populated by residents who still live by an unlocked-door policy. After reading this book, residents of small towns everywhere will be locking their doors with deadbolts and going to bed with .357 Magnums under their pillows. I know I would.The evil that descends upon this town, literally, in a helicopter, is motivated by the worst of all ni...

It starts with a mysterious helicopter crash in the town called Safe Haven...Okay, since it's called Safe Haven, you know that shit's about to go down, don't you?The murders start soon. An elite, highly-trained, completely sociopathic, sadistic and, as if they needed another edge, chemically enhanced team of terrorists are only asking one question:Where is the sheriff's brother?In a town of less than one thousand people, how many can survive this attack?Think of the movie 'Universal Soldier', bu...

Safe Haven, Wisconsin. Population 907. . . 906. . . 905. . .A military helicopter crashes in the tiny Wisconsin town of Safe Haven. Unleashed is a Red Ops group of serial killers-turned-soldiers who go from house to house, business to business torturing the townsfolk for the answer to the question: Where’s Warren Streng?A sheriff, a firefighter, a single mom, and her 10-year-old son band together for survival and seek the answer to their own question: Why would the military drop on their quiet t...