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  • Vortex

  • The Horror of Ray Garton, Book 3
  • By: Ray Garton
  • Narrated by: Caroline McLaughlin
  • Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
  • 3.0 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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Vortex

By: Ray Garton
Narrated by: Caroline McLaughlin
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Summary

Karen Moffett and Gavin Keoph have investigated vampires in Los Angeles in Night Life and werewolves on the Northern California coast in Bestial, but this time they face something utterly baffling...and deadly.

Blockbuster horror novelist Martin Burgess has money to burn and enjoys spending it to find out if the paranormal things he writes about are real. He hires Moffett and Keoph again and sends them to California’s Mt. Shasta. Long believed by spiritual seekers and New Agers to be a “vortex” of magnetic and spiritual energies, Mt. Shasta is a mystical locale, allegedly the site of alien visitations, paranormal apparitions, bizarre physical phenomena, and even Lemurians, an ancient race of little people from Atlantis believed to be living inside the mountain.

Strange things are happening in the small town at the foot of the mountain, things that have remained invisible to most, but not all, of the residents—things that have caught the attention of Martin Burgess and his small army of computer geeks and conspiracy theorists.

Skeptical of the New Age mumbo-jumbo, Moffett and Keoph encounter an extraordinary, hungry creature that is being used to malevolent ends by a powerful and cruel enemy. Uncovering the mysterious secret in Mt. Shasta is one thing—staying alive long enough to share it with anyone is another.

©2013 Ray Garton (P)2023 David N. Wilson
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Not bad, but not good either

(Warning: minor spoilers exist below)

The story is about a couple of detectives who are investigating weird phenomena on behalf of a rich fantasy book author (I know there are very few of those in reality) with REALLY good connections. A bestial boy with psychic powers, a paramilitary org and a weird org that trains psychics are involved.

Overall, there is little depth to the story, and there isn't anything there to engage with. I can't say it was bad, but there wasn't anything positive to the story.

The narration was OK.

I guess if you liked twilight you probably will enjoy this (and probably the first books in the series even more), but it's not really for anyone else.

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Not much unfortunately

It was a vit if a drab story with a even drabber narrator really was disappointed by this one unfortunately

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Ok horror for fans of Garton

This was my first Garton book. Maybe not the best place to start. for me this was a clear three and a half stars. have to read more of Garton's work before I can say whether or not he is for me. Feel like this story would fit better in mid 90s than late 00s.

Narration was a bit bland. Most of the characters sounded the same. A little bit more variation and personality could made this a better experience.

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The Secret of Mt. Shasta

(I was provided a freebie upon my own request. My reviews are voluntarily and I hope my opinion is helpful.)

Karen Moffett and Gavin Keoph are investigators of all things that go bump in the night.
Affluent horror author Martin Burgess calls them in when he hears of some things strange and mysterious, as he loves to get to the bottom of anything unexplained.
The two have teamed up twice before, searching for vampires and werewolves, and this is their third get together.
Their task this time: to find out what's going on in the surrounds of Mt. Shasta, California.
People have started to act strange during the night and some have vanished alltogether.
Others seem suddenly to enjoy a financial windfall out of nowhere.
And then there are those strange men, who drive around town, mostly at night. They certainly look like government officials.
Who are those men in black?

This was my first Ray Garton horror and there's no doubt, the established horror writer knows how to entertain his listerners.
The story is an intersting mix of horror, action (the last 30 minutes are action non-stop) and there's the attaction between Karen and Gavin which leads to some ongoing sexual tension. Enough to keep you hooked throughout.

The narration is very good. Men, women, children, different nationals, it's all there and Caroline McLaughlin masters all hurdles very well.
You always know who's'who.

I found the story gripping and the idea of it quite cool, it's my kind of horror. However I am not totally convinced by the ending.
I definitely want to know what happens next to and also with Karen and Gavin.

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