WITHOUT A FACE: A Sci-f Dystopian Thriller
By Lonnie Busch
It’s 1967, and people are disappearing…
Kurt and Alice are rousted from their home one night by an intruder in a black suit and fedora. Their retaliation proves futile when the man appears impervious to a shotgun blast. Helpless, Alice and Kurt cower in the back seat of the stranger’s black sedan. The automobile races down dark, desolate highways, until Kurt attempts a bold move, putting the stranger in a headlock from behind and forcing the vehicle off the road.
The car jounces madly down...
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It’s 1967, and people are disappearing…
Kurt and Alice are rousted from their home one night by an intruder in a black suit and fedora. Their retaliation proves futile when the man appears impervious to a shotgun blast. Helpless, Alice and Kurt cower in the back seat of the stranger’s black sedan. The automobile races down dark, desolate highways, until Kurt attempts a bold move, putting the stranger in a headlock from behind and forcing the vehicle off the road.
The car jounces madly down the hillside, crashing into a tree, throwing Kurt across the seat. Flames and smoke pour from the hood. Dazed, Kurt finds himself holding the stranger’s head, which is now separate from the body. But there is no blood, only wires and tubes dangling from the severed neck. Kurt shakes Alice awake, helping her from the burning wreck before it explodes.
Their daring escape sparks a baffling odyssey. Alice and Kurt stumble through dark woods, happen upon a deserted home, discover an odd factory, and are becoming more lost and confused day by day. All the while being tracked by an unseen, silent aircraft broadcasting a message of salvation. To survive, they commit crimes they believed themselves incapable of, while their misadventure takes them farther from home than they could ever have imagined.
[some violence, animal harm]
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