Max the Assassin Series
Max is an assassin with a very dangerous, very lethal beast inside him.
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 The Beast That Was Max  |
The Beast That Was Max (Max the Assassin Series #1)Author: Houarner, Gerard |
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The Beast inside Max has made him the ultimate killing machine — an assassin powered by an inner demon. But the Beast is very real and alive. He is all of Max’s dark desires and murderous impulses — and he will never let Max forget he exists. Now Max finds himself as the prey — the target of past victims. The following stories were reprinted with the novel:
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 Road to Hell  |
Road to Hell (Max the Assassin Series #2)Author: Houarner, Gerard |
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 Road to Hell  |
Road to Hell (Max the Assassin Series #2)Author: Houarner, Gerard |
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The first horror novel from Gerard Daniel Houarner continues the story of Max the Assassin which began in Gerard’s collection Painfreak, and continued further in the anthology, Inside the Works. Road to Hell follows Max’s son, Angel, as he grows from infant to man in only a few days. As Angel is led through fantastic worlds of both the living and the dead, he encounters obstacles at every turn as he tries to find his way back to his father and beautiful but deadly aunts. The ghosts of Max’s victims work to forever trap Angel in their world and attempt to show him the atrocities of his father. While Angel battles his father’s demons, Max and the twins frantically try to escape from various governments and agents intent on capturing Max . . . dead or alive. The action is explosive when Angel finally reunites with his family and the lives of all will never be the same. |
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 Road from Hell  |
Road from Hell (Max the Assassin Series #3)Author: Houarner, Gerard |
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Max the Assassin is back! What started in the pages of Painfreak, continued in the books The Beast That Was Max and Road To Hell now comes to an explosive conclusion. Offered in a VERY limited edition hardcover which contains bonus material including an all new short story with introduction showing us just where Max came from and how he got started on his cursed and tragic journey through a life of murder and sex. Also offfered in an affordable unlimited trade paperback signed by the author. Max the Assassin is in Hell. Tormented by vengeful spirits and his secret self, the demonic Beast, Max suffers for the pain he caused when he lived, and for losing his chance at redemption through love. Angel, Max’s son, is devastated by his father’s death and wanders the desert between the worlds in which he saw his father die, searching for a way home. Then he encounters the Caravan of the Dead, who promise him salvation, and Apocalypse. Both their fates depend on Earth, a young woman from Brooklyn, her circle of outsider friends, the soul of her dead father, a sex club called Painfreak, the Palace of the Djinn, and the ancient spirit of an Egyptian sacrificial cat. Can Hell be broken? Can the dead return to life? Can love conquer pain, vengeance, and death? The answers are on The Road From Hell. . . . |
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Original Sources:
 Painfreak |
PainfreakAuthor: Houarner, Gerard D. |
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Contains Max the Assassin Series original sources: Painfreak by Gerard Daniel Houarner contains 10 stories of pure erotic horror from one the genre’s most respected authors. On the darkest streets, deep within the bowels of cities around the world, it appears suddenly . . . For as long as anyone remembers, Painfreak has come, offering everything you have ever desired — the Flesh, the Pain, the Ecstasy . . . Experience your ultimate fantasies, your ultimate fears, the Ultimate Evil . . . But don’t stay too long, for as suddenly as Painfreak appears, it vanishes . . . And you will be trapped, haunting its corridors, lost forever . . . Table of Contents:
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 Inside the Works  |
Inside the WorksAuthor: Piccirilli, Tom; Lee, Edward and Houarner, Gerard D. |
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Contains Max the Assassin Series original sources: A collection of short stories and novella which span the gamut of the types of stories you can find in the horror genre. Gerard D. Houarner’s Contribution: “Truth and Consequences in the Heart of Destruction” As shamans chant, Max, the master assassin now stricken by a mysterious illness, wonders if he will live or die. Healers from around the world cannot touch the disease that has crippled him. The twins, his lovers, cannot help him. Shadow men, wrapped in cloaks of technology, pause in their games to see if their most formidable piece will be removed from the board. But before his fate is decided, Max will discover his capacity for pain, life, guilt. Death will blossom in pleasure, lives will be sacrificed for debts of honor and friendship. And Max will struggle in the absence of God’s grace and punishment to find truth and its consequences in the heart of destruction. |
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Summary:
Title List: Order of Publication
1. Painfreak
2. Inside the Works
1. Road To Hell
1. The Beast That Was Max
1. Road From Hell
Title List: Chronological Order
1. The Beast That Was Max
2. Road To Hell
3. Road From Hell
Title List: Original Sources
1. Painfreak
2. Inside the Works
Weblinks List:
Gerard D. Houarner’s Web Site
Book List for:
Gerard D. Houarner.
Notes:
The first stories about Max were collected Painfreak and Inside the Works. The The Road to Hell was published. Afterwards the stories from Painfreak and Inside the Works were gathered, corrected and possibly reworked into the novel The Beast That Was Max which is why chronologically it is #1 even though it was published after The Road to Hell. Unless we hear otherwise, I would consider The Beast That Was Max to be the author’s preferred version of the events before The Road to Hell.
