Scavenger is a brilliant, frightening hunter hunted tale that layers modern technology over the dusty artifacts of earlier times. But sometimes the past is buried for a reason.
To save himself and the woman he loves, he must play by the rules of a god like Game Master with an obsession for unearthing the past. Frank Balenger, the resolute but damaged hero of Creepers, now finds himself trapped in a nightmarish game of fear and death. Scavenger, Morrell’s latest novel, takes us in a harrowing new direction: a desperate high tech Scavenger hunt for a 100 year old time capsule. A New York Times best seller, it won the prestigious Bram Stoker Award and earned numerous critical raves. Sometimes the past is buried for a reason.ĭavid Morrell’s Creepers was a publishing event in 2005, a powerful, edgy, dark thriller by a master of the genre.
Danger, terror, and death await the Creepers in a place ravaged by time and redolent of evil.Ī high tech adventure thriller about a life or death search for a 100 year old time capsule. And after the group enters the rat-infested tunnel leading to the hotel, it becomes clear that he will get much more than he bargained for. On this evening, they are joined by a reporter who wants to profile them – anonymously, as this is highly illegal activity – for a New York Times article.įrank Balenger, a sandy-haired, broad-shouldered reporter with a decided air of mystery about him, isn’t looking for just a story, however. The five people are ‘ Creepers,’ the slang term for urban explorers: city archeologists with a passion for investigating abandoned buildings and their dying secrets. Built in the glory days of Asbury Park by a reclusive millionaire, the magnificent structure – which foreshadowed the beauties of art deco architecture – is now boarded up and marked for demolition.
On a cold October night, five people gather in a run-down motel on the Jersey shore and begin preparations to break into the Paragon Hotel.
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