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    The Dead Man Volume 5: The Death Match, The Black Death, and The Killing Floor
    The Dead Man Volume 5: The Death Match, The Black Death, and The Killing Floor
    The Dead Man Volume 5: The Death Match, The Black Death, and The Killing Floor
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    The Dead Man Volume 5: The Death Match, The Black Death, and The Killing Floor

    Written by Lee Goldberg, William Rabkin, Christa Faust and

    Narrated by Luke Daniels

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    About this audiobook

    After dying in a freak accident, Matt Cahill inexplicably “wakes up” three months later with the disturbing ability to see things—terrible things—that others cannot. Drafted as a warrior in the battle between good and evil, Matt will stop at nothing to destroy the malevolent Mr. Dark. In The Dead Man Volume 5, a trio of sinister new stories tracks the reluctant hero on his nightmarish quest.

    Matt enters the violent world of underground cage fighting where a brutal DEATH MATCH becomes a fight-to-the-undead that could lead him to the truth about his reincarnation—or to a gruesome demise.

    THE BLACK DEATH is a deadly new form of crystal meth that turns users into black-eyed, homicidal maniacs. Matt must destroy the virulently addictive drug before the madness spreads from a backwoods community to the entire nation.

    A hydro-fracking operation resurrects an ancient, terrifying entity that pits Matt against Mr. Dark in an epic battle that began centuries ago and that will end today with the fate of mankind at stake on the blood-soaked dirt of THE KILLING FLOOR.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateOct 1, 2013
    ISBN9781480556249
    The Dead Man Volume 5: The Death Match, The Black Death, and The Killing Floor
    Author

    Lee Goldberg

    Lee Goldberg is a two-time Edgar Award and two-time Shamus Award nominee and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty novels, including Lost Hills, the Ian Ludlow trilogy (True Fiction, Killer Thriller and Fake Truth), fifteen Monk mysteries, and five internationally bestselling Fox & O'Hare books (The Heist, The Chase, The Job, The Scam, and The Pursuit) co-written with Janet Evanovich. He has also written and/or produced many TV shows, including Diagnosis Murder, SeaQuest, and Monk, and is the co-creator of the hit Hallmark movie series Mystery 101. As an international television consultant, he has advised networks and studios in Canada, France, Germany, Spain, China, Sweden, and the Netherlands on the creation, writing, and production of episodic television series. He is also co-founder of the publishing company Brash Books (www.brash-books.com) You can find more information about Lee and his work at www.leegoldberg.com

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      My previous experience with this series was "The Dead Man Vol 3: The Beast Within, Fire & Ice, Carnival of Death." As with that entry in the series, you don't have to read these in sequential order for maximum enjoyment. The literary conceit has three different authors contribute distinct novelettes (app. 100 pages) around the life and times of protagonist Matt Cahill who, three months after he died in a "freak accident," finds himself alive again and with the ability to see evil (EVIL!!! EVIL!!! EVIL!!!) suppurating on the faces and bodies of those about to wreak maximum mahyem on an unsuspecting citizenry. To my knowledge so far, none of the authors have had Mr. Cahill utter Scarface's immortal line, "Say hello to my little friend!" followed by decapitation by Mr. Cahill's best friend, axe. As in a real axe. It's a keepsake from Mr. Cahill's grandfather. Mr. Cahill uses it to rearrange the anatomy of said suppurating evil doers.Best axe line in this volume: "He'd taken the precaution of putting the ax in the passenger seat and silently thanked the patron saint of axes as he grabbed it and leapt out the driver's door." (from "The Killing Floor," p. 301) A little research independent of this book: St. Boniface of Mainz appears to be the patron saint of axe wielders.The first novelette, my favorite of the three, is Christa Faust's "The Death Match." Faust's entry reads like something written by an ex-dominatrix, sometime porn producing, noir uber-fan (which according to the delightful included authors' biographies, Ms. Faust fits that bill). Ms. Faust brings an appropriate perverse joy to the dark proceedings and much fun, mixed martial arts, and mayhem was had by all.The second novelette, William Rabkin's "The Black Death," takes place in the meth ridden backwoods of rural America. You'll never smoke meth again without seeing black maggots crawling in your pipe (an alternative moral to the story: DON'T SMOKE METH!!!).The final entry, Aric Davis' "The Killing Floor," is the most accomplished entry from a writing point of view. Mr. Davis' experience as a professional writer appears to be the most extensive of the three authors. It is the most polished of the three novelettes, but it loses a little of the naive fun that many of the other authors have brought to the Dead Man series. However, it's probably a must-read simply because we start to learn a little more about the world (EVIL!!! EVIL!!! EVIL!!!) inhabited by Matt Cahill. Mr. Cahill's arch-enemy, Mr. Dark, may not be as invincible as he seems.Can't wait to read the next entries in the series, though I recommend saving these for a Summer, or similar vacation time, read. I give this four of out five stars for being really good and really fun, withholding one star because I thought Mr. Cahill's axe could have played a more prominent role. Just my opinion.NOTE: I received a complimentary review copy of this book.