Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Jack Kilborn, J. A. Konrath - Endurance, A Great Horror Suspense Thriller Novel

Jack Kilborn – his more familiar name is J. A. Konrath – is undoubtedly a master of horror genre. I have been his big fan since his horror novel The Origin. Besides, I do respect him for his views on self publishing. His horror thriller novel Endurance is scary enough to grip any horror fans (and non horror fans).



The plot of Endurance looks like the background of a Lovecraft short fiction: there is an eerie, desolate motel in the middle of nowhere, in the hinterlands of West Virginia.
Maria, a contestant of Iron Woman triathlon, is forced to stay at Rushmore Inn. However, her room seems already inhabited: objects change their places, and strange sounds are to be heard from under Maria’s bed. Worst of it, the door is barred, the windows bricked…
Anyone who lures guests to the peculiar motel, has a terrible death for them in store.

One year later four other sportswomen arrive to Rushmore Inn. It is doubtful that any of them will ever leave…

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