Exponential: A Novel of Monster Horror

By: Adam Cesare

Narrated by: Matt Godfrey

Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

Five strangers drawn together at a roadside bar on the outskirts of Las Vegas. One rampaging monster, escaped from a secret facility, absorbing victims and accumulating biomass as it moves north from Arizona. The miles between them rapidly dwindling.

No, this is not the world’s best math problem, it’s Exponential. The rollicking, brutal, gory, and strangely poignant horror novel from Adam Cesare. Criminals and screw-ups need to face down science run amok in this literary tribute to films like Tremors and The Blob.

“Exponential is an excellent novel, one of the best creature features I’ve read in years...” (Horror After Dark)

“Adam Cesare’s mix of grim violence and old school horror movie references make for a great read.” (Rue Morgue)

"Exponential is fast-paced fun, a rollicking monster movie in 200 quick-moving pages." (Ain't It Cool)

©2017 Adam Cesare (P)2018 Adam Cesare

Adam cesare is the best horror writer I have read.

I loved this book so much. It is absolutely perfect and his voice, as always, shines through!

Way more fun than you'd think.

A good mix of Stephen King and Tom Taylor, really want a sequel to this, both the performance and the writing give a really fun caring quality to each character you meet no matter what happens to them. I shouldn't be caring about a amorphous blob monster but by the end I kinda did and it was hard not to root for it. My only complaint would be it could be longer and the mysteries wrapped up a bit more.

Brisk pace

Not a particular long book nor a particular complex premise.

Just a lab rat that turns in to a monster and proceeds to cause mayhem. I always thought it’d be interesting if mice fought back. It’s a fun and short book well worth your time for a credit

A muck that goes amok!

Great little monster story that goes at a nice fast pace. Has a killer cinematic vibe and I loved the unusual make up of the creature.Enjoyed it so much I binged the entire thing in a day! Some minor quibbles about the story beats but I'd love to see more adventures with our hungry pal "Felix". Looking forward to hearing more from Adam

Great SciFi Monster Horror

Adam Cesare writes great novels. I had a hard time keeping up with the characters and I know that was because I could only listen to the story here and there, but I kept getting lost on who was who and who just died. Totally my fault, and not a bad story, but I walked away thinking this wasn’t one of his best books. Totally was on-board with the plot, even liked the characters, just got lost from time to time.

It had a melding feeling of a lot of older movies. I was most moved by the beginning. Cesare really set the stage for this story with his complete lack of regard for someone I was hoping to be a main character. Instead of the slightly touched janitor, you get a useless junkie and I kept thinking the janitor might have been more helpful, even though he wasn’t hooked on meth and was the the catalyst for the events that take place. Regardless, Adam gets you in touch with the characters and you have no choice but to connect with them and be on their side.

My only real complaint is that I am pretty sure you can’t hand roll shotguns shells in a bar while it is being attacked by a monster. While you can load a shell with meth, pretty sure you need a press

Matt Godfrey does a fantastic job with stories like these. He really puts you in the setting of the bar and made you feel like you were right there.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

Old school creature feature.

Adam Cesare's Exponential is a great example of a B-movie old school creature feature. While no real backstory is given about the creature other than it's from an experimental lab, that doesn't matter. In a story like this it's all about the creature attacking and the struggle for our 'heroes' to survive. Cool cast of characters and some really fun action. If you like movies like The Blob or The Thing, this story is for you. Could totally see this being made into a movie.

Matt Godfrey does a great job with the narration. This is the first book I've heard performed by him, but I'll definitely listen to more of his work in the future.

I received a copy of this audio title in exchange for an unbiased review

80's horror

To think all of this crazy horror starts out with janitor saving a tiny mouse he names Felix to cause such havoc and mayhem. You have to listen closely to enjoy the characters my favorite being Vicky, there are drunks, junkies, cops and meth which adds to the fun listen. Recommend if you enjoy 80’s horror and gore. I think this is the authors best thus far. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. Thank you

Gross Fun!

Full disclosure: I was given a free copy of this audio book to review it.

And honestly, I wish I'd paid for it.

My first exposure to Adam Cesare was his loving homage to early 80's cannibal films, Tribesman (which I just found out has an audio-book and I need to pick up) and I was super excited to get my hands on this.

I wasn't disappointed. This was a really fun, really gross little shock story.

If I HAVE to be critical, and I suppose since I gotta be honest so I have to be critical, it wasn't particularly *scary*, but what elicits fear from anyone is entirely subjective. I didn't find myself creeped out really, but I was entertained and engaged and wanted to keep reading/listening.

This is horror, but it's not the kind of dread-filled slow burn horror that I personally find more scary- this is FUN horror, gross horror, monster movie horror- if this was a movie playing at some 42nd street theater thirty five years ago, it would fit right in (although I doubt anyone short of the true splatter masters could get the squishy slimy monstrosity to look right 35 years ago).

The desert setting and the drawing together of the disparate characters together by chance reminded me a lot of Stephen King's Desperation, but where King's novel was kinda metaphysical and meditative on the nature of God, Cesare's story is about gross monster jello rolling around the wastelands getting bigger and more dangerous like a katamari from hell.

Have I called it fun yet? It was fun. It's a lot of friggin' fun.

It is an absolute recommendation for fans of creature feature horror. Grab it.

Beware the Snot Dog

Adam Cesare, in my mind, has taken a seat at the front of a bus full of horror writers. This group of novelists are not inspired as much by the gothic tales of Poe-Shelley-Stoker-Lovecraft (although there are elements present) as they are by the gory cinema of the 80s (give or take). It's a new age of horror, and it is magnificent. In Exponential, we get some good old fashioned monster-movie scare art. It is mixed media brilliance within the walls of fiction: the slow flame stoking of literary characterization combined with the lit fuse build of suspense all swallowed up by sing-along-familiar, yet creatively original horror tropes. Cesare creates character after character we begin to love, just so we can sit, mouth agape, and watch them being devoured by the creature of our creature feature. And what a creature it is--one we can almost come to love in its own right (almost root for at times ... important times). But what begins as almost a road novel, with a desert traveling monster on the heels of numerous characters, ends up as an epic showdown in a roadside bar between the blob and a ragtag cast of final characters (hop heads, an ex cop, and sort of a modern day female gunslinger of sorts with punk rock hair). There are obvious notes of The Thing and The Blob bouncing around, but what struck me most were echoes of Cujo, with the characterization oozing out gradually between the cracks of our fingers, hiding our eyes from the impending doom. Anyone up for some first-rate monster horror, this book is EXACTLY what you are looking for.

The narration is pitch perfect, as well. Matt Godfrey has a knack for switching voices subtly enough to be both noticed and not noticed at the same time. And handled multiple difficultly described emotions with apparent ease. It was a great listen.

FUN, WILDLY ENTERTAINING OLD-SCHOOL HORROR

I'm a child of the 80's (turned 50 this year, holy crap!), so I LOVED this audiobook.

It pays homage to the great B-movies of the 80's, and it's a totally fun, wild, horror-filled ride. Loved it!

Great story, thrilling & chilling all the way. Monster Movie Madness right here. I wouldn't have it any other way.
Great narration also, very well done!

Just awesome. Check it out. :)

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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