Dwelling

Subdue, Book 1

De: Thomas S. Flowers

Narrado por: Rick Gregory

A group of inseparable childhood friends are now adults, physically and psychologically devastated by war....

A horrifying creature emerges from a sandstorm just before Ricky Smith dies in battle. Forced to leave base housing, his widow Maggie buys a home on Oak Lee Road in the town of Jotham. Maggie is isolated in the historic house...and disconcerted by strange clicking sounds inside the walls.

Jonathan Steele attempts to drink the painful past away....

Jonathan was wounded in that fateful battle and now suffers from PTSD. He wants to put the nightmare behind him, but when Ricky's ghost appears with cryptic warnings about Maggie's house, he begins to question his sanity.

Bobby Weeks is a homeless veteran struggling with a lycanthropic curse....

Afraid of bringing harm, Bobby stays far away from those he loves. But after a full moon, a mysterious woman approaches him and reveals a vision about a house with a sinister presence, and he realizes staying away might no longer be an option.

Minister Jake Williams lost his faith on the battlefield....

While Jake will do anything to reconnect with God, he turns to vices to fill the religious void. But a church elder urges him to take a sabbatical, and a ghost tells him to quit the ministry, and his life is more out of control than ever.

When Maggie wakes in a strange subterranean cavern, she can't deny her home harbors dark secrets. Desperate, she sends letters to her old friends to reunite in Jotham, and events conspire to draw them all to the house...unaware of the danger awaiting them.

The friends have already been through hell, but can any of them survive the evil dwelling beneath the House on Oak Lee?

©2014 Limitless Publishing (P)2017 Thomas S. Flowers

PTSD for the rest of us

Something about Rick Gregory's voice takes me to another place. I hear him and also hear his characters. His narrator voice and character voice is unique and I love all of it. This story focuses mainly on five friends, namely one with PTSD, a wife who lost her husband but who isn't quite gone, one who found faith but lost it, and one who is lost and may be something else, I really was brought into the life of these soldiers. All of them have an integral part of the story.

The story is a hodgepodge of past and present, over viewing the lives of a few friends. Other than explaining the haunting I assume one has after going to war there isn't much "scare" until the end. This book, is in my mind, is where the character development starts and the following books are where the rest of the story takes off. Great start and lead off; but;, once you get there it ends abruptly. Now to wait for the next chapter. Looking forward to it. This book is leading to something great. Maybe lycans, maybe insectman, mabye even a ghost in the basement. All roads are possible.

Listen to this first story and stick with it. I hope the next includes the same narrator, Rick does a great job.

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A great start to this series, looking for more

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As a veteran myself, I felt like I could relate to how the things you see can change you. The characters are developed and the emotion in this book felt very real. I liked the paranormal aspects too. I'll definitely look for more in this series.

AUDIBLE 20 REVIEW SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY

Confusing

Some reviewers complained about the narrator. I thought he did just fine, and I listen to a LOT of books. They do offer an audio sample to see if the narrator's voice is to your liking, so why not listen first?

The story itself left me confused. The author jumps from character to character in such a way that I found myself back-tracking to make sure I understood what was going on. I know this is supposed to be book one of a series, but none of the characters have even the slightest hint of even the beginnings of a resolution to their plight. The book ending was, to me, akin to breaking away mid-sentence...frustrating. To me, the characters are barely sketched out. I am not interested enough to buy book two. Sorry, but this book was provided for free in exchange for an honest review, and this is my honest review.,

Patience pays off

It took a minute (a while) to get into this book, but knowing Thomas Flowers and trusting him to be a good writer, I wanted to stick it out. The war-torn histories of the characters were depressing, and it's no wonder they were bitter, pissed off and suicidal. Thomas Flowers has a great imagination and a wonderful ear for dialog.

Rick Gregory is no stranger to horror and he's done a great job on a number of other books. I listened carefully and he held my attention well.

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Great!!!

I really enjoyed this book! Well developed characters and an interesting and unique story with good narration. Highly recommend!


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good and creepy!

This is an excellent start to a brand-new series! About a group of friends I started the club back when they were Young team and have The bond throughout their life even when bad things happen. This book is creepy, and has excellent character development. It also show a great side of PTSD. and what a lot of our vets go through when they come home.

This really get you hooked's for the next book. This book is very well written!

Thomas flowers does an excellent job bringing these characters to life.

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A very good start to the trilogy

As a general rule, I tend to stay away from trilogies from authors that I am not familiar with. They are a dime a dozen on Amazon and the few that I have tried have been supremely disappointing. When I had the opportunity to listen to this one though, I glanced at some of the reviews and saw that some of the people I trust here on GR had spoken highly of it. What the hell. I gave it a go and am very glad that I did.

There is a lot going on with this one. It all started when they were kids. The Suicide Squad. Now all grown up and all touched by tragedy in some way. Some more than others. Bobby’s situation is particularly hairy and took me completely by surprise. Pleasantly, I might add. er>

Something strange is brewing that seems to be emanating from an old house on Oak Lee Road and may have connected to them out of the circumstances that went down in the war in Iraq. Each must battle their own internal demons and it’s looking like they may have to battle a real one as well. This time, together. It’s all connected somehow. Just when it was coming together…it was over.

Yes, I know it is a trilogy. Yes, I know it wasn’t going to be wrapped in a nice neat little bow. I know these things. I still would have liked a wee more of an ending to this tale to gear up for the next one versus ending as abruptly as it did. Evidently it still worked though, because now I need to get to the next one in the trilogy. Unfortunately, I’m not very good at that sometimes.

*I was provided a complimentary copy of this audio title from the narrator and have voluntarily left this honest review.

Slow build up

This is the story about how each individual of a group of friends deals with PSTD after fighting in Irak. There are also two girls, married to two of the guys, and we see how all this affects them too. Maggie, Ricky’s widow, purchases an old house that holds old memories, but the house is not what she remembers.

The premises of this book were great, and it is a nice story, but the problem here is that the build up takes forever. There are some cool scenes from the war, but nothing interesting happens almost until the end. I understand that this is just the beginning of a series, but I think you need to give something more to the reader even if it is just the first book.

The characters were interesting and their interactions gave them depth. Their conversations were fluid, and it was easy to relate to them.

Each chapter is narrated from a different POV, which made the story richer, but the lack of events made difficult to keep the attention and interest.

I enjoyed Rick Gregory’s narration, but I would have appreciated more differentiation between characters. As we have changing POV, the story becomes a bit confusing since the male characters sound just the same. I think this is not an easy book to narrate, though, due to how it is written. I would also would have appreciated a bit more emotion in some occasions, the narration sounded a bit monotone.

I received a copy of this book in audio format from the narrator in exchange for an honest review.

Slow.

The basic idea of the story is about a group of friends that grow up together. All the guys go off to war and, of those that come back, they come back changed. Maggie, another of the group, is married to one of the friends, but he dies in the war. She is now a widow and is drawn to a weird old house she barely remembers seeing as a child. She wants all her childhood friends to reunite and so sends out an invitation. Thee house isn't as it seems though!!

This was a hard book to rate simply because, while I really enjoyed it, I just found it a little disjointed and a lot slow!! Parts of the book were gripping, when suddenly the story seemed to change character with no warning. I felt like as soon as I was starting to get to know a character, it would shift to another one, and another and then come back to the first. It was all over the place.

There is a lot if characters in this, and we get to know their backstory a bit, which I liked a lot. For me anyway, it's the characters that made the book readable. They all go to war and all come back irrevocably changed. They were all well written, but I did want a little more development with them.

This is the first in the series and as such, does have a lot of world building to do, so I can understand why the action took a while to take off. I do think I'll read the next just to see what happens!! In all, it's a good enough read!

Rick Gregory did a good job with this. He is clear and easy to follow, and his cadences and inflections were fine. I do think he needs to work on his character voices and distinguishing them a little more. Sometimes his tone stayed the same no matter which character was talking.

I was voluntarily provided this audiobook for free from the author, narrator, or publisher. This in no way affected nor influenced my thoughts.

Very good

Dwelling: Subdue, Book 1 Is very good, I listened to it while on the road and found it kept my attention. It has a lot of emotion to it as it deals with PTSD.