The Killer Things
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Wang was 59 years old and in good health, save for a slight limp. The limp was a souvenir of his service in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam along with several other scars. War had inured him to pain and fear. Wang was tough. Nothing scared him. On this particular morning, he was on his way to the next village to buy batteries for his transistor radio. He had just had a hearty breakfast of eggs and rice and was feeling good. As he walked down the same road he had traveled most of his life, he thought he noticed something moving in the trees to his right. He stopped and looked at the shadows. To his surprise, something glared back at him. Something big. And deadly. Fear rooted his feet to the spot so he couldn’t run. The sheer terror he felt froze the air in his lungs so he was unable to scream for help. The thing charged at him, it’s huge mouth open. Wang was easy prey…
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Central Highlands, Vietnam, July 1971 When American pilots detect something big and heavy moving through the jungle some seventy-five miles northwest of Fort Nowhere, Lt. John Barrows and his squad are sent to check it out. At the same time, NVA captain Ho Huong is tasked with a two-fold mission by his commanding officer. His main objective is to locate and exterminate bands of rogue VC who have been terrorizing villagers south of the DMZ. He is also to check out reports of something very large that is moving through the jungle. As the two squads of opposing soldiers carry out their missions, both Barrows and Ho realize that something large and dangerous is cutting a swath of death and destruction through the region and that the only way to deal with it is to join forces. The Killer Things is an offbeat science fiction with exciting blend of horror in which men in war gets caught up in a situation that’s enough to try their sanity as they form an alliance to deal with a horror that simply shouldn’t exist!
About the Author
The author of more than 35 novels, Brooklyn-born Art Wiederhold has worked at several professions, including semipro baseball player, soldier, sailor, international reporter, war correspondent, artist, chef and paranormal investigator. He currently lives in a historic house in St. Louis with his wife, Rosie; their son Conrad, Rosie’s parents, three insane cats and several documented ghosts.