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Shackled

Ray Garton author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Open Road Media

Published:29th Jul '14

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The true extent of human evil is revealed in this suspenseful thriller in which children are stolen—and sold online

Children disappear all the time—but where do they go?
 
While covering a missing-child case for a tabloid newspaper, washed-up reporter Bentley Noble accidentally stumbles upon a horrifying lead. What he thought was a single kidnapping leads him to discover a human trafficking ring, specializing in sexually obedient children. Noble slowly uncovers a society so depraved that it can only be classified as evil; its members are no ordinary pedophiles, but rather professionals. United by their Satanist beliefs, they’re willing to use any means necessary to train their “merchandise”—and keep Noble from uncovering their business.
 
With the help of a hacker, a researcher, and a true-crime writer, Noble descends into the dark world of human trafficking. But in order to destroy it, he’ll have to gamble not only his life, but also his sanity.
 
Shackled, author Ray Garton’s most controversial work yet, is not for the faint of heart—or stomach.
 

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 

ISBN: 9781497642836

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

652 pages