The President's Son

By: Jon Athan

Narrated by: Harry Roger Williams III

Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

The extraordinary, reflective, obscene, cruel, and violent story of Vincent Campbell, son of the President of the United States.

To the public eye, Vincent Campbell is seen as a controversial figure known for his bizarre behavior, offensive outbursts, and contrarian stances—on top of a number of legal issues. Unbeknownst to most of the world, however, he holds secrets far worse than derogatory remarks in his personal life. And when it catches up to him, he tells all to a forensic psychiatrist, Lorraine Lynch, who has been assigned to find out why he has done what he has done.

Vincent speaks candidly about his life of utter depravity and extreme violence. He tells stories of lust and love, justice and corruption, conspiracies and cover-ups, and criminals and crimes. He discusses his confidential travels through Asia, the Middle East, and other regions throughout the globe from his tour of carnage. But as their sessions continue and Vincent’s stories grow more and more grotesque, Lorraine finds herself struggling to separate fact from fiction.

Who really is Vincent Campbell?

Jon Athan, the prolific author behind The Groomer and The Girl in the Attic, presents his most disturbing and provocative novel to date. See the world through a bloody lens in this extreme horror epic.

Warning: This novel contains graphic content. Listener discretion is advised. Seriously.

©2022 Jonathan Sixtos (P)2023 Jonathan Sixtos

5 stars

Narrator almost kept me from listening but I was able to get over it and get into this wonderful novel. This definitely wouldn't be for everyone definitely not the weak hearted! For me it was perfect. I feel as though you did a great job on doing exactly what you wanted to in capturing everyone's point of view! I hope that you were doing well with your health and that you are able to give us more masterpieces!

Holy F*@#!

I've read....er, listened to, like 15 books by JA... In a row. He is extremely intelligent. he has some really fun slasher style 80s horror movie homage books, which are terrific to enjoy and absolutely horrifying and disgusting at the same time. But, this guy literally spends loads of time researching actual crazy stuff and writes books based around the most depraved criminals and unknown quantities that are truly devastatingly great.
this book is freaking amazing. it's the longest story I've enjoyed by JA and it was just so cool. I liked how it dealt with current politics and took it to the American psycho extreme.
I really enjoyed the narrator, he is the voice of Jonny Athan in my mind. When Henry Roger Williams (I hope that's correct) reads I just imagine it being how JA speaks irl. lol.
This has to be my favorite. it's a riot. will my friends enjoy it? probably not. they'd probably be offended that we poked fun at their orange leader but I thought it was done stylistically well enough that maybe not.
I actually, didn't want the book to end. it was an awesome experience because it was so traceable to the recent events that it felt familiar and bizarre at the same time.
Vincent Campbell is effin bonkers. but the way he was written, his motivations, and the narrator really brought him to life and made him a fun character to read.
Lorraine was awesome as well.
I don't normally, but I'll probably listen to this one again.

Extreme Horror Genre is a Powerful Playground for the Right Kind of Artist

Extreme Horror gets the worst rep in the horror genre. Much like Erotic Novels do in Romance. The reader usually feels a bit of shame with their enjoyment of the work. It needs to be said that great extreme horror can take a reader to a place very different from traditional horror. They take that old primetime news phrase, “what happened was beyond description!” as a personal challenge. They not only take us into the minds of the killer, but show us the true unmasked monster. We experience a world without any safe spaces. A world where things, no matter how horrible, are constantly getting done.
I have read most of Jon Athan’s books and I am always impressed by how incredibly serious he takes this genre. There are plenty of Extreme Horror writers that go for the gross out or use horror just as comedy or for political incorrectness or some kinda skat porn. His books are well thought out, and have incredibly detailed plot lines. His always interesting characters live in an extreme world of horror that the reader soon discovers is all around us. These books make us feel that we are the ones living in the bubble and the rest of the world is the nightmare. And if we haven’t experienced the nightmare for ourselves, we’ve just been lucky…

This book was much more grand than his usual work. A globe trotting tour of torture, and a look at the horrors of being a child who has all of his innocence, faith, humanity and conscience stripped away until all that is left is a giggling, damaged, psychopath who desperately needs the approval of any male figure willing to love him. And anything he sees that either reminds him of his pain, or may help him find that love, he destroys.

Vincent is a new type of tragic-serial killer. I can’t describe it correctly… A strange version of Bateman with a brain injury? What if Forest Gump was a coke head and a serial killer?

Oh well…

It’s a great read. I’m already sad that there won’t be a sequel.

Loved it

I snatched this up as soon as I saw it was available on Audible. The story was excellent as you would expect from Jon Athan. Harry Roger Williams as the narrator just fits with Athan's stories. This story of Vincent was messed up from the beginning. I thought I knew the ending but not as well as I thought.

it was decent

definitely not my favorite book by Jon I usually love every single thing he writes but this just wasn't my cup of tea it was a bit outlandish at times and just kind of fell flat at the same time but this is only my opinion it is still worth listening to or reading because Jon Athan is hands down one of the most talented authors out there so even though I didn't care for the story it doesn't mean you won't so still give it a try and make your own opinion I can't wait to read what he has coming next

New American Psycho

I loved it, the narration almost ruined it for me, I almost returned it but I’m glad I stuck through cause the story really grabbed me. A really cool fictional inside to politics

insane

This is a pretty solid extreme horror work, first piece I finished by the author and will be keeping me eyes peeled for the future. The narrator's voice kinda put me off at first but it grew on me after a whole, so don't let it turn you away. This book is a great combo of gross, horrific and hilarious. Give it a read if yoy have a strong stomach, its a bone chilling, easy rise.

Absolutely loved it!!!!

Disgusting and wonderfully entertaining! Not fond of the reader's "female" voice though. It's the same narrator as previously used in Do Not Disturb, Grandfather's House, etc. He uses the right amount of enthusiasm, but when he reads female characters, his voice is comically BAD. It alllllmmmmost ruins the audiobook. That's ok, I can always read printed versions of anything he narrates.

As for Jon Athan... wow. I discovered him about a year ago and have basically devoured all of his books. They aren't for everyone. But for the right audience, his books are soooo much fun and gore!!!

Not bad

I’m very critical when it comes to narration, this narrators staccato cadence was irritating.
The story was ok but not strong enough to be fully engaging, I found myself losing interest.
Finally, I like to like main characters or at least find something enjoyable about them, this character was just kinda annoying (maybe due to narration).
Overall, you’ll prob like it just fine if you’re a fan

Not my favorite of his books

I'm accustomed to the extreme gore of this author's books,but I did not enjoy this one.Especially with all the babies and racist situations. The narrator's robotic voice was also annoying. I wondered if it was AI at first. I hope there won't be a follow up to this one at all.