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"Better to be judged by twelve than carried by six."A ruthlessly taut, gritty, and ferocious debut novel that drives deep into South Central Los Angeles - and introduces a brilliant literary voice, bristling with the raw energy and authenticity of the author's experience as an LAPD officer who continues to patrol the streets he writes about.
The LA Daily News profiles Will Beall. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.
"L.A. Rex is a stunning debut. A gritty tale dripping with truth – it could only have come from a writer who has lived the life. I can't wait for the next one."
—Michael Connelly
"L.A. Rex is to the 21st century noir thriller what Apocalypse Now was to 20th century war movies: vivid, powerful, imaginative, unique. It melds a dreamlike fable with graphic reality, and showcases a gifted new author with his own stylistic vision, cinematic descriptive power, and natural writing chops that will astonish critics and public alike."
—Joseph Wambaugh
“Has the crackle and spark of what once could easily imagine was life on the streets in 1998 Los Angeles, a city still on edge after the Rodney King riots...Beall excels at painting a slang-rich world of cops and criminals.”
—The Los Angeles Times
“A kind of crime fighter’s bildungsroman…It’s hard to imagine a better training ground for crime writing than police work.”
–The New York Times Book Review
"Will Beall is as tough as they come, and L.A. Rex is really good in all the right ways. It is intelligent, powerfully written, and pulses with raw authenticity."
-Robert B. Parker
"Beall tosses cops, Crips, cartelistas, rappers, and flamboyant lawyers into the plot and brings it to a rapid boil with punchy and colorful prose...In the end, all you can do is applaud Beall's audacity and keep flipping pages as fast as your eyes will carry you...A brutal and dynamic novel."
-The Philadelphia Inquirer
"L.A. Rex, a first novel by Los Angeles homicide detective Will Beall, will feel familiar to fans of HBO's grim 'The Wire' or of Richard Price's chilling sagas about urban gangs and cops. But Beall has incredibly cranked up the depravity and violence even higher...Beall can really write, the prose at once vivid and rhythmic, the rich detail capturing the feel of the streets."
-Associated Press
Will Beall is an officer in the LAPD’s 77th Division, which covers South Central Los Angeles. L.A. Rex is his first novel. He is now at work on his next, The Lion Hunters.
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Hi! Just wanted to make sure all my friends know that my 2nd horror novel SACRIFICE is now in stores everywhere, including Amazon.com! I hope you'll check out this debauched and demonic horror ride! Here are a couple reviews it's gotten so far:
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Edward Lee called THE 13TH "A double-barreled shotgun blast of macabre entertainment -- an expert amalgamation of grotesquerie, eroticism, mystery, and pitch-black occult horror that no fan of the genre can miss."
And Gary A. Braunbeck said, "John Everson's The 13th is the first out-and-out horror novel in a long while to actually scare the **** out of me while reading it. It's stylish, extremely well-written, filled with richly-drawn characterizations, and boasts a labyrinthine plot worthy of Umberto Eco. Trust me -- this one will fry your nerves and break your heart."
“SACRIFICE is a full frontal assault on your senses. It is a dark, brutal, bloody and terribly frightening book. Everson went deep into some dark abyss to bring this book to the light of day.... I highly recommend SACRIFICE.”
—Famous Monsters of Filmland
“John Everson manages in SACRIFICE to dispense buckets of blood, provide edgy perversity, and walk the tenuous tightrope of horror and sex without falling: It’s rather an amazing feat.” –Hell Notes
Hi--just wanted to stop by, say hello, and let you know that my new novel, FIRES RISING, is NOW AVAILABLE. Hope you'll look out for it!
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FIRES RISING – IN STORES MARCH 2008
Christmas is a Time for Magic!!
I've stepped a little outside my normal "horror writer" persona this week :-) To celebrate the season, I've created a Holiday Madness page, with links to a free Christmas short fantasy story ("Christmas, The Hard Way"), a rock 'n' roll holiday song I wrote and recorded a few years ago ("Show Me Christmas"), holiday wallpaper for your computer and more. You can hear the song and follow the link from my MySpace page, or just click the banner below. Darkest Holidays to you!