Crota

A Novel

De: Owl Goingback

Narrado por: Heath Kizzier

It is called Crota...and it has awakened. Sheriff Skip Harding is called out to investigate a double homicide unlike any he has seen before. The bodies have been torn to pieces in the woods. Some think it's a bear. But others whisper something different. "It is the Crota," they say, - the great beast of Native American legend that one day will reawaken. Now that day has arrived.©1996 Owl Goingback (P)2004 Books in Motion

I liked it

It was a fun book, but not all that scary not all that exciting for me. The author does a good job making fun dialogue with characters, but maybe not as good a job making me care about the characters.
That kind of makes it hard for me to even consider this a horror book or a thriller, while it was entertaining certainly, I just didn’t really get the excitement I was looking for here.

Loved the narration though, very relaxing, and not too distracting, with some fun voices thrown in here and there to make distinguishing characters a little easier.

Dean Koontz meets Tony Hillerman

The literary elite might find faults with this work but I found it to be a very good story. It is an intersting combination of Native American lore and modern day mystery. If you enjoy either Koontz or Hillerman you will enjoy this one. I look forward to more of this authors work.

meh!

it's an ok horror novel. very good narration but it didn't live up to its reviews.

Good!

I've been a horror fan for 25 years (my mom took me to see my first horror movie, jaws, at age 6). This is the first book, in a long time, that had me scared in the first chapter. Thank you! Owl Goingback, for a fabulous listen!

I need all his books now!

✨4.5 stars✨

I listened to this book on audible for my first Read Your Own Adventure Challenge pick. I am on Team Necromancer and so we have horror books to read. The first prompt is The Untrodden Forest- Read a book by an indigenous author or have indigenous rep. This book had both.

The Crota is a beast of nightmares that was awoken after an earthquake. Not haven eaten for 1000 years it took to the surface to feed. I held my breath as it tore through animals and cows, leaving a bloody trail back to its lair.
The Sheriff and Game Warden team up to battle the beast underground. Will they succeed?


I thoroughly enjoyed this book and the narrator did an amazing job too. For a long time I have been searching for a scary creature story and by golly this one was just great. Full of danger, suspense and plenty of gore, I could not top listening.