"Children disappear all the time. It is in the news every day. Where do they go? What happens to them? Who has taken them?
While covering a story for his tabloid newspaper, reporter Bentley Noble accidentally stumbles onto something else entirely . . . a story about something so unspeakable, he does not know if anyone will believe it . . . a story that pulls him down into the depths of evil and depravity and threatens his very life.
With the help of a bestselling true-crime writer, Noble descends into the dark world of human trafficking, where fear and pain are tools of control and innocence is sold to the highest bidder. As a handful of good and decent people try to combat a monstrously powerful and all too real evil, some lives will be shattered, others will be ended . . . but none will be the same.
Ray Garton's Shackled has been traumatizing readers for fifteen years. Here are what some of them have to say about it:
"I almost couldn't bear to continue; but the story was so gripping I knew I would have to . . . It is so frightening that it doesn't seem there is any further way for the story to intensify . . . The finale is virtuosic, and the plot twists up more and more, exponentially so, to a climax which is nothing short of vertiginous." —Michael Edwards
"Read it if you can. But I warn you, you might not be able to. And that is the highest recommendation it is possible to give horror fiction." —Richard Wright
"There were several occasions when I had to put to the book down, take a deep breath and say, 'I can't believe that happened to that character!' If you want to be shocked, if you have a strong stomach or if you just want to find out how terrible the world can be—highly recommend Shackled. Just don't expect it to be a pleasant ride." —Eoghain O'Keefe
Ray Garton is the author of sixty books, including horror novels such as the Bram Stoker Award-nominated Live Girls, Crucifax, Lot Lizards, and The Loveliest Dead; thrillers like Sex and Violence in Hollywood, Murder Was My Alibi, and Trade Secrets; and seven short story collections. He has also written several movie and TV tie-ins and a number of young adult novels under the name Joseph Locke. In 2006, he received the Grand Master of Horror Award. He lives in northern California with his wife."
Industry Reviews
Ray Garton's Shackled has been traumatizing readers for fifteen years. Here are what some of them have to say about it:
"I almost couldn't bear to continue; but the story was so gripping I knew I would have to . . . It is so frightening that it doesn't seem there is any further way for the story to intensify . . . The finale is virtuosic, and the plot twists up more and more, exponentially so, to a climax which is nothing short of vertiginous." -Michael Edwards
"Read it if you can. But I warn you, you might not be able to. And that is the highest recommendation it is possible to give horror fiction." -Richard Wright
"There were several occasions when I had to put to the book down, take a deep breath and say, 'I can't believe that happened to that character!' If you want to be shocked, if you have a strong stomach or if you just want to find out how terrible the world can be-highly recommend Shackled. Just don't expect it to be a pleasant ride." -Eoghain O'Keefe
