The KnightmaresBook 1.0 of the The Knightmares series. By G.A. Finocchiaro.No rest for the wicked.Nine college friends battle a warlord from another dimension while bantering about comics, burgers, and discovering dark secrets about themselves.Gene Oscuro had the worst week ever. He was dumped in front of his crush, seduced by a warlord from another dimension, and woke up in the middle of a nightmare. Now, lost on a dead world that’s not his own, Gene must cross a wasteland full of cannibalistic critters and alien gods to find a way home to Philadelphia.Mike Graves has a secret. A secret so crazy he couldn’t tell his friends, until Gene was dragged into the mess, with a piece of something ancient growing inside him and slowly taking over his body.As if college wasn’t tough enough…Together, nine bantering, burger-loving, comic-book-obsessed misfits will stop at nothing to save one of their own from becoming a monster, while fighting off werewolves, warlocks, and a couple of love-sick freaks planning to destroy this world like they did their own.THE KNIGHTMARES is an urban fantasy, comic, cosmic horror novel with scares and blood by the bucket. For anyone who loves comics, wisecracks, found family, punk-rock, and tons and tons of monsters.

Status: Published

Release date: October 11, 2016

Set in: 1999

Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Comedy

Audience: Adult

Length: 408 pages

Good place to start: yes

Commitment: Series Starter

Tone: Punk-Rock, Nerdy Banter, & Crude

Pacing: 3 of 5 (5 is fast)

Gore: 4 of 5

Romance: 1 of 5

Content notes: Violence, Gore, Strong Language, Crass Humor, Light Body Horror

Reads like: The Monster Squad meets splatter-comedy college flick

You will love this if:

You want found family energy, not just nerdy banter.

You don't mind blood, a lot of it

You like heroes who take action for what they believe in.

Nerdy comic-book banter is a feature, not a bug

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