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The Portal
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Three hundred years ago, on an isolated island in Long Island Sound, Satan tried to open a doorway to Hell. Now he's returned to finish the task.
A black speedboat arrives at the small island community of Stone Harbor. Its mysterious passenger, Joey Oates, inspires terror by his very presence. He’s Satan incarnate, back to complete a ritual left unfinished three hundred years ago. A lost talisman called the Portal can open a doorway for the demons of Hell to enter our world. Oates plans to find the Portal, and finish unlocking it.
Former lovers Scott Tackett, family hardware store owner, and Allie Layton, flamed-out Hollywood actress, are about to reconnect after years apart, until they discover the evil growing in town. Only they can stop Oates’s awful plan and save the world from the living nightmares standing ready to crawl out of Hell.
FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.
A black speedboat arrives at the small island community of Stone Harbor. Its mysterious passenger, Joey Oates, inspires terror by his very presence. He’s Satan incarnate, back to complete a ritual left unfinished three hundred years ago. A lost talisman called the Portal can open a doorway for the demons of Hell to enter our world. Oates plans to find the Portal, and finish unlocking it.
Former lovers Scott Tackett, family hardware store owner, and Allie Layton, flamed-out Hollywood actress, are about to reconnect after years apart, until they discover the evil growing in town. Only they can stop Oates’s awful plan and save the world from the living nightmares standing ready to crawl out of Hell.
FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.
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““When you finally meet the devil, you know”
The book starts in 1720 in Stone Harbour with Satan trying to use The Portal to open a doorway to hell. He doesn’t succeed but vows to return to complete the task. Fast forward to 2020 a black speedboat arrives at Stone Harbour bringing with it a mysterious figure.
Then we’re introduced to the main characters. Allie Layton and Scott Tackett, former childhood sweethearts. Allie, a former soap actress has lost her career (and everything that went with it) and fallen from grace in a very big way, returns to Stone Harbour to escape her past. Scott had a successful career but returned to Stone Harbour to help with his father’s hardware store when his father became ill and never left.
Cue the Satan’s return to Stone Harbour with his equally frightening minion Kyler, a coven of witches and a group of criminals. His mission to find the Portal and open the gateway to hell. Allie and Scott face a race against time to find out the towns history and stop his mission.
The characters were brilliantly written and you couldn’t help but cheer them on in their mission to defeat Satan. Although Stone Harbour seems a very close knit town where everyone knows each other and their business, it was interesting to learn of the dark secrets and the bargains other members of the town had made with Satan who was now back to collect. Although this was a horror story it’s also quite a dark novel because it explores the darker side of humans and their secrets showing their true nature that is held behind a sometimes very well put together facade. This is a book that shocks but really makes you think.
I cannot remember the last time I read a horror novel but this has definitely got me wanting to read more from this genre.
I received a gifted copy of this book for an honest review.”
Alfred
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“Small town horror. More on the blog tour.”
temptingfate
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“Fast paced and well told, this story about the devil returning to a small town to finish a ritual and open a portal to hell is very entertaining. With scenes ranging from the horrific to the visceral and well formed characters it grabs the reader from the first and carries them through a battle to save the souls of the residents from unspeakable torment, torture, and horrors.
I received the review copy of this book at my request and thank NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read and post an honest review. Recommended.”
About Russell James
Russell James grew up on Long Island, New York and graduated from Cornell University and the University of Central Florida. After flying helicopters with the U.S. Army, he has had multiple horror and paranormal thrillers published. His wife reads his work and says "There is something seriously wrong with you."
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