![]() ![]() The title comes from one of the many metaphors he uses throughout the novel, and though the cover implies a Guy Smith-esque animals-on-the-rampage type bloodfeast or a modern version of Pierce Nace's particularly nasty Eat Them Alive, no real mantises actually appear, and the metaphorical ones don't surface until page 142. The story concerns an ex-con from Texas named Dyke () Mellis who. He seems to cover the shadows of whatever genre he happens to write in here he covers the dark fringes of humanity and pulls it off. Eat Them Alive by the otherwise anonymous Pierce Nace is not a novel for the faint of heart. This novel is to horror what cyberpunk is to sf, and Jeter writes that too. Both enjoy playing their game on the very edge, with the thrill of trying not to slip over it.īeautifully written, the style is hypnotising, the ideas are interesting and the dialogue is magnificent. ![]() He finds the woman he's been looking for all his life, the woman who has "tapped into the same wavelength". Eat Them Alive by Pierce Nace Chapter 1 Horror Audiobook - YouTube. As Hyde he likes to visit the Wedge, the nasty part of the city, and hurt women. His Jekyll side thinks a lot, about his broken marriage, his job, and his other self. Hal C F Astell - The Last Page Bookshop - The Horror Reviews - Mantis - K W Jeter Home. ![]()
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