Intercepts: A Horror Novel

De: T.J. Payne

Narrado por: Joe Hempel

Joe works at a facility that performs human experimentation.

His work just followed him home.

The government wanted to unlock hidden abilities in the human mind.

They put subjects in extreme sensory deprivation.

All the test subjects went violently insane.

But the research continued.

Today it has been perfected.

Almost perfected.

From the author of In My Father’s Basement comes another chilling novel that's a must-listen for fans of horror. Gruesome, gripping, and terrifyingly real!

©2019 T.J. Payne (P)2019 T.J. Payne

Entertaining and gruesome

Really enjoyed this book. Great right from the start. Just when you think things are getting back to normal, it starts up again. Perfectly gory. Narrator did a great job. With the right director, it would make an entertaining movie. I didn’t use a credit, but would not be disappointed if I did.

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

Chilling!

Joe’s job at a secret government facility has its perks. It’s easy, cushy, and everything goes on routine. In the facility, his staff takes care of a handful of beings known as “antennas.” These antennas are humans who have been stripped of their consciousness while being kept alive. They’ve never really been dangerous, until one of the oldest antennas kills a caretaker. As things begin to spiral, and Joe’s daughter, Riley, connects to one of them, he’s left to wonder just how much of their consciousness actually remains beneath the surface.

This is the spookiest horror books I’ve come across so far this year.

The idea of consciousness and what lies beyond mixed with that of a hivemind is the stuff of nightmares. To me, this almost read as a sci-fi thriller with the secret facility. The last two hours of the audiobook really ramped up the horror though. There’s something about the image of a person being lost in their own body that’s truly chilling.

While the plot was fantastic and imaginative, it wasn’t the only thing I liked about this book. I also enjoyed the characters. Joe was very down-to-Earth and so was his daughter, Riley. Her slow decline into uncertainty was fun to read. Especially toward the end when I started questioning what was actually happening, and what was hallucinations.

Narration was chilling and made the story even more entertaining.

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Just “OK”

I found the story interesting, but it failed to build drama. Ended up listening at 2x speed to move on to my next book.

it had potential

it COULD have been a great book. Instead, it felt like it never really took off. Great potential, poor execution

Good

I've seen this popping up on many lists on TikTok or youtube etc. Lots of people saying it's one of the scariest or most disturbing stories... This was not my experience.

It's a neat idea and it makes you think a little. I really liked the ending. All in all, it's a thumbs up. Worth a read for fans of the genre. I feel like this is one of those stories that would somehow be better as a film- No offense to the author.

I'm actually looking forward to reading his other work.

Well done

A good plot and an interesting twist on a ghost story. The pace was good, the creeps were creepy, and held my interest closely for the whole time. I recommend this one.

OK story, bad narration

The story had strong points and very descriptive violence with moderate character building but threw in random character thoughts at very odd times. Not the best pacing. The narrator on the other hand read the story as a romance or bored observer. Even in the most harrowing situations it could very easily have been a stroll in the woods by his tone and urgency in his voice. I didn't know if I should be scared and worried for the characters or relaxing for bedtime by the dispassionate reading.

A mind with nothing has everything but peace.

The revenge and anger built is relatable but sad. If trapped, I could only hope to be able to do what bishop did. If not worse.

honest review

I have to say that this title set in my wish list for about a year. I finally got to it ,It was a fantastic story, good narrator. I hate quitting a book or an audible and I've thrown so many down. I took this one straight through. I stayed totally engaged and will look this author in the future.

Gory but good

A smidge gory here and there but a pretty decent book and listen! I liked it and will tell my book club about it!