About this series
It's 1977 and the devil stalks the groves of Orange County …
New York couple Rick and Diane have traveled across the country to find Diane's wayward sister who they fear has got mixed up in some sort of cult. But nothing can prepare them for what they discover in sunny California …
Rick and Diane's investigation leads them into the darkest corners of the Golden State, from the sleazy nighttime world of Sunset Boulevard to the horrific secrets of the snuff film industry. As an evil cult snares them in its sticky web, they learn that their very souls are at stake in a hair-raising race with the devil!
Road of Souls is a terrifying occult horror novel inspired by road movies and satanic thrillers of the 1970s.
Titles in the series (4)
- Curse of the Blood Fiends: Celluloid Terrors, #1
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The year is 1942 and something deadly lurks in the shadows of the City of Angels. When private detective Rosa Bridger took the case of tracking down a drug-addled starlet for her fiancé's movie mogul father she figured it would be a simple missing person's case. But she's about to stumble over the trail of something much more sinister than the hoodlums and hop pushers she is used to dealing with. A military research project has spawned a terrifying virus that turns people into monstrous creatures who kill all in their path. When this virus infects a portion of Los Angeles, it's only a matter of time before the whole city is turned into a bloodbath. Rosa wants answers but there are some who will stop at nothing to cover up the military's mistake and others still who want to use the virus for their own ends. An action-packed mystery-horror novel inspired by Film Noir and monster movies of the 1940s.
- Invasion of the Brain Tentacle: Celluloid Terrors, #2
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The year is 1957. Rockets, hot rods and rock 'n' roll! When the meteorite landed on the outskirts of Ralston, California, it made the headlines and was forgotten in a week. But Claire Weldon, a scientist working for the United States rocket program, is convinced that the mysterious space rock was carrying something dangerous which has now slipped into the town's water supply. With an alien influence exerting its control over the town's populace, it falls to Claire's children – Judy and Tommy – to deal with the fallout. And the kids at Ralston High have no idea what's coming. Judy is a straight A student but longs for acceptance in a hipper crowd. Her little brother Tommy is a greaser and is attracted to a local hot rod gang. But how far is too far when trying to fit in? And what if the decision is made for you by something that wants everybody in its club …? An action-packed sci-fi thriller inspired by alien invasion and juvenile delinquent B movies of the 1950s.
- Death Trip: Celluloid Terrors, #3
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It's 1968. Hendrix, hallucinogens and hate! The secret military project 'Evening Shade' was designed to give soldiers in Vietnam heightened reflexes and a deadly bloodlust but when contamination from a crash site sweeps California on winds of death, members of the public turn into mindless, rage-filled psychos. Peace marches devolve into devastating riots. Police brutality skyrockets. Los Angeles dies as sane people flee. In a deserted, sun-scorched land of death, only the hard and the tough survive. Fleeing the city, teen runaway Alice Hannigan heads north and enters an acid-drenched fever dream of sex and violence. In a commune in the desert, hippies, bikers and Black Panthers live side by side. But hate is something they have inherited from the old world and as the bodies start to pile up, Alice begins to wonder if they are really so different from 'the Changed' who now haunt the ruins of L.A. An action-packed post apocalyptic thriller inspired by biker movies, hippiesploitation and zombie movies of the 1960s.
- Road of Souls: Celluloid Terrors, #4
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It's 1977 and the devil stalks the groves of Orange County … New York couple Rick and Diane have traveled across the country to find Diane's wayward sister who they fear has got mixed up in some sort of cult. But nothing can prepare them for what they discover in sunny California … Rick and Diane's investigation leads them into the darkest corners of the Golden State, from the sleazy nighttime world of Sunset Boulevard to the horrific secrets of the snuff film industry. As an evil cult snares them in its sticky web, they learn that their very souls are at stake in a hair-raising race with the devil! Road of Souls is a terrifying occult horror novel inspired by road movies and satanic thrillers of the 1970s.
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