John Dies at the End by David Wong

Weird and terrifying and that’s the good guys … SHAWN OF THE DEAD meets GHOSTBUSTERS filtered through a very twisted mind
tHE LOCAtION: Undisclosed tHE tHREAt: UnconFirmed (but scary as hell) OUR ONLY HOPE: two high school dropouts who really have better things to do with their time than prevent the apocalypse Its street name is Soy Sauce – a drug that lets its users drift across time and dimensions. But sometimes, those who come back bring something with them. Suddenly, a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David, a pair of dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity? No. No, they can’t … “Wong is like a mash-up of Douglas Adams and Stephen King … ‘page-turner’ is an understatement.” Don Coscarelli, Director, PHANtASM I-IV, BUBBA HO-tEP “compelling-against-all-odds … laugh-out-loud funny” KIRKUS REVIEWS “the book’s smart take on fear manages to tap into readers’ existential dread on one page, then have them laughing the next.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Two high school dropouts who really have better things to do with their time than prevent the apocalypse. Its street name is Soy Sauce – a drug that lets its users drift across time and dimensions. But sometimes, those who come back bring something with them.

About the Author: David Wong (Jason Pargin) is an online humourist, National Lampoon contributor and editor-in-chief of Cracked.com

01 Jan 2010
 

John Dies at the End by David Wong ISBN 9780732291501