Famine

Written by Graham Masterton

Narrated by Russell Bentley

What happens when the richest nation on God's Earth is driven to the outer limits of starvation?

When the grain crop failed in Kansas it seemed like an isolated incident and no one took much notice. Except Ed Hardesty. Then the blight spread to California's fruit harvest, and from there, like wildfire, throughout the nation.

Suddenly America woke up to the fact that her food supplies were almost wiped out. Her grain reserves lethally polluted. And Botulism was multiplying at a horrifying rate.


“A true master of horror.” JAMES HERBERT

“One of the most original and frightening storytellers of our time.” PETER JAMES

2020 Head of Zeus

• Language: English
• Publisher: W. F. Howes Ltd
• Release date: Mar 25, 2021
• ISBN: 9781801103510

Graham Masterton

Graham Masterton was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1946. He worked as a newspaper reporter before taking over joint editorship of the British editions of Penthouse and Penthouse Forum magazines. His debut novel, The Manitou, was published in 1976 and sold over one million copies in its first six months. It was adapted into the 1978 film starring Tony Curtis, Susan Strasberg, Stella Stevens, Michael Ansara, and Burgess Meredith. Since then, Masterton has written over seventy-five horror novels, thrillers, and historical sagas, as well as published four collections of short stories and edited Scare Care, an anthology of horror stories for the benefit of abused children. He and his wife, Wiescka, have three sons. They live in Cork, Ireland, where Masterton continues to write.  

Reviews for Famine

[Fiona Krawczuk · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

interesting concepts but dated.
written in 1981, very much still in the cold war mindset.
Uncomfortable attitudes towards women & POC., even for then.
* warning, containing sexual violence

[KIMBERLY MOORE · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Firstly let me say I think this author is a racist. He clearly makes racial slurs disguised as prose. They are unnecessary to the story and add nothing other than a clearer idea of who the author really is. He makes these not subtle jabs often and quite obviously, especially in the thick of the story.

Aside from that, the book was more about politics and politicians than it was drama about the famine, which is what I was looking for. If you’re looking for a book about Russian germ warfare, blah blah blah then this is the book for you. If not, pass, like I should have.