Churn the Soil

De: Steve Stred

Narrado por: Shep Pryor

Two hundred miles north of the town of Basco sits The Border. It’s a quiet, off-the-grid settlement, where the residents have developed a tentative agreement with those that live on the other side of the clearing.

But things are about to change forever.

As night falls, a teenage girl is brutally murdered as she flees across the clearing.

Now, it’s up to Basco PD officers Brown and Reynolds to find her killer.

But the truth is far worse than they could possibly imagine, and the more the officers uncover, the bolder the things beyond the clearing grow.

"Under an icy snowfall…"

"Under a clear, blue moon…"

North of The Border lies a land unseen by man. A land where things are ready and waiting… to feed.

Splatterpunk-Nominated author Steve Stred, who brought you Mastodon and Incarnate, delivers a pulse-pounding, high-stakes story where if the cold doesn’t kill you, the Forest Guards will.

“Churn the Soil is a wonderful mix of mystery, creatures, and bloody horror.” (V. Castro, HWA Bram Stoker Nominated author of \The Queen of The Cicadas and Goddess of Filth)

“The sense of place is immaculate. Churn the Soil has the bone-chilling atmosphere of a frozen arctic tundra.” (David Sodergren, author of The Forgotten Island and Maggie’s Grave)

“Veteran readers of Steve Stred will know that nothing good ever comes out of venturing into the woods and encroaching forests! ‘Churn the Soil’ finds the prolific Canadian author up to his old tricks, focussing on a community which lives off the grid and has an uneasy alliance with the beings which haunt the forest. Stred is on a seriously cool hot streak, following the superb ‘The Window in the Ground’ and wild monster novel ‘Mastodon’ with another page-turning blend of intense supernatural horror where death lurks around every corner. Stred is going places and is a master of fast-paced, punchy, and easy-read horror fiction which will have you speed reading in a matter of minutes.” (Tony Jones, Ginger Nuts of Horror & Horror DNA reviewer)

©2023 Steve Stred (P)2023 Steve Stred

Beware of Evil

The indigenous tale tells of a broken treaty between the border people and the forest guards.

The forest was creepy and full of paranoia. I loved the bravery of the k9 dog the best.

Good story with okay voice performance

I feel like this book is a good book to get back into reading or listing to stories it has a good story that isn’t too hard to follow with listening and can keep your attention with enough action. The voice acting is just okay brings the book down slightly.

Great story, horrible recording

For the first half of the book, there is a high pitched sound in the background, impossible to ignore. There are other recording issues beyond this never ending shriek: sound goes in an out, goes from loud to low and back. Which is too bad because it's a decent story, well told and well read. The narrator is pretty perfect for the job too.

Love!

The story was VERY good, but at some times the quality of the actual audiobook was questionable. This was heavily recommended on BookTok and I was not disappointed!! Fast paced, great character description, gore galore. Will definitely recommend

poor narration

I really did not like this narrator he was very monotone which seems out of place especially for horror. The dialog was so cringe and some of the beginning chapters of the book really felt like the author didn't know how to get it into the book so he just shoved it anywhere. I appreciated the second half of the book. Ending felt rushed.