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Rockville, TN, seems like a normal small town. But in reality it-s become a nest of evil, the home of the Lamia, an ancient shape-shifting creature that survives by harvesting souls through seduction and manipulation. The Lamia has managed to enslave many of the young men in town, and many of the young women have become her priestesses.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #228370 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 303 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780843961935
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From the Back Cover
Beautiful. Sexy. Inhuman. Jake McAllister knows that his brother Trey's new girlfriend is a bad influence, but he doesn't know what Myra's really after--Trey's soul. Trey is just one of her new playthings, a pawn in her centuries-long game. One by one, Myra has seduced and enslaved the young men of the town. The women have joined her cult as eager priestesses, lured by promises of sex and power. But Myra's unholy plan is almost complete. Can one man hope to battle such seductive evil? Will he be able to resist the...

SOULTAKER

Customer Reviews

RIDE THE WAVE!!
Trey McAllister is the typical All American high school boy, popular, good looking, has a real future ahead of him. He's the kind of guy that girls adore and the other guys envy. There's just one small problem--he's dating Myra, a demon. Not just another Goth girl with fierce PMS, we're talking a real live demon!!

Enter into the mix, Trey's big brother, Jake, who left town several years ago
and never looked back. However, a frantic plea from his deadbeat mom about his baby brother has brought him back into the fold. But what kind of mess is he stepping into?

Jake's baby brother, Trey isn't the only fly in Myra's web. The townsmen, one by one are slowly being sucked into her trap and the women are just as eager, willing sexual partners in Myra's plan, hoping for immortality.

To say anymore would be scandalous, but mark my words--BRYAN SMITH is a writer to watch out for. With each book he turns out, he just gets better and better. The prose is sharper than a two edged sword or a rusty nail:)
Take your pick.

SOULTAKER IS A KEEPER, FRIENDS!!

The dark side of teenage romance
With seemingly half the horror novels out there involving vampires or other forms of the undead, it's always refreshing to read a book that features an underused but still "classic" monster. It's even better if the book itself is a good one, such as in Bryan Smith's Soultaker.

The monster in this case is a lamia, a half-snake, half-human demon that has been--in some form or another--been the subject of folklore for thousands of years. In this case, the lamia has taken on the human form of a teenage girl named Myra Lewis. Myra appears to just be a goth outsider, but she has quickly attracted Trey McAllister and soon literally owns his soul, forcing him to commit heinous acts.

Small-time horror writer Jake McAllister knows all the genre cliches, such as the homecoming of the hero to the small town he thought he'd left behind forever. Not that he thinks of himself as a hero, but Jake has been drawn back to town when he hears Trey is in trouble. It soon becomes clear that Trey is just one symptom of a bigger issue. Myra has created a cult around her, with female followers who are willing to do anything: mothers are willing to kill their sons and sisters are willing to seduce their brothers. Along with a few others, Jake must stop Myra before she reaches her objective, namely to feed on the souls of most of the town to sustain her own immortality.

With lots of sex and violence (even for a horror novel), this is not a book for the squeamish, but for others, Smith will keep the reader entertained. It is not perfect--for example, the final twist is rather obvious--but overall, this will be a pleasure for most horror readers.

Sexually explicit & horrific = awesome!
Jake McAllister's mother is worried because his younger brother, Trey, has been acting weird since he started hanging out with his new girlfriend, Myra. Although Jake can't believe that one girl could really make that drastic of a difference in Trey, he returns home to check things out anyway. What Jake doesn't realize upon his arrival is that most of the females in town consider Myra a leader, and that they are starting to overpower the men in town. Jake meets up with a love interest, Kristen, and together they try to save Trey from Myra's clutches, and stop the harvesting of souls that they have discovered is Myra's ultimate goal.

Soultaker has many strong points. Character development is particularly strong. There are several key characters in this book and Smith detailed each of them and their growth throughout the book beautifully. I truly felt that I got to know the characters as the story progressed. A lot of authors tend to focus on one or maybe two characters, but Smith continued a detailed progression of change of at least six people. Fair warning to those who don't like sex, this novel is a bit heavy on sexual content, but Smith writes it well and for this story it's fitting. Highly Recommended.

Contains: Sex, Violence, Profanity

Review also posted at MonsterLibrarian dot com