Anthology of alternate Beatles stories. Includes The Perfect Bridge
Qualnoth’s devastating assault on a Chicago beach. Achelius’ deadly rampage through a quiet upstate town. These horrors were only the beginning. Now, the ancient and monstrous Tiama—prehistoric predators that should have perished long before the rise of humanity—have risen, and their hunger knows no bounds.
With the Ebony Shrike organization crippled and scattered, humanity is more vulnerable than ever. Samuel, an ageless fishman who has walked among us for millennia, may be our last hope. But as the Tiama unleash carnage across the world, Samuel must confront not only these monstrous dinosaurs but also the despair and doubt of the fractured Shrike.
As ancient powers awaken and the line between predator and prey blurs, the fate of humankind hangs by a thread. Can Samuel reignite the Shrike’s lost strength and courage? Or will the endless hunger of the Tiama consume us all?
In ENDLESS HUNGER, the first terrifying installment of Charles Barouch’s Creatures of the Ebony Shrike series, science and horror collide in a tale that will haunt your nightmares.
Her arms can crush the hull of a ship like a soda can. She can move at bursts of speeds exceeding forty miles per hour. A miracle of nature, she can regrow lost limbs and regenerate her nervous system, and use chromatophores to disguise herself.
The name given to her is Shauna. In Hebrew, it means “God is gracious.” But nothing about Shauna is compassionate, for she is a bloodthirsty devil of the sea.
Karl Naughton was a genius, his brilliance equaled only by the darkness in his soul. A maestro of genetic engineering, he seeks to create a monster as full of hatred and bloodlust as he is. That monster is Shauna, a mimic octopus subjected to numerous excruciating experiments. Originally two feet in size, she is now a gargantuan beast whose insatiable desire to kill results in blood-soaked beaches.
The only hope to stop the beast and her creator is the covert organization Ebony Shrike. Run by the world’s most elite specialists, its mission is to seek out and neutralize monstrous organisms science—or nature—should never have created.
The team’s members are put to the test as they race to stop Karl Naughton’s creation, and not fall victim to her ENDLESS HUNGER!
Includes my short story "Pearls Before..." co-authored by Ann Stolinsky.
