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The Harbinger of Vengeance

Jon Athan

Start date: May 1, 2025

Finish date: May 7, 2025

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Sep 13, 2025 Debbie Y rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: horror, 20-seconds

3.5 stars.

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Apr 27, 2025 Pisces51 rated it it was amazing

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THE HARBINGER OF VENGEANCE: AUTHOR’S ENHANCED EDITION [2023] By Jon Athan
My Review 5.0 Stars

I just finished reading the reimagined version of the author’s debut novella originally published two days before Valentine’s Day in 2016. It was his “first real attempt at long-term fiction”. This “Author’s Enhanced Edition” was “rewritten from the ground up with a brand-new opening chapter” and it is the product of the reimagining made real. This full-throated version of his original debut novella was p ...more

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Mar 19, 2024 Diane rated it it was amazing

Mr Athan...Congratulations...this has to be one of the best books that I have read of yours...and I've read quite a few believe me! It gripped me in a vice from the very first sentence and that fucking vice just got bloody tighter and tighter the more I turned the pages.
OMG...what a story of shear revenge and vengeance against a school bully,it was written so well and it went beyond shocking many times.
The ending...well...I can't put it into words,apart from WOW..bloody...WOW! I'm still reeling ...more

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Apr 30, 2025 Alan rated it it was amazing

The subject matters of bullying and revenge drive home in this extreme horror. Athan crafts a tale where a man is blackmailed into playing a series of games to hide both his past and his current sins. The bullied becomes the harbinger of pain and torment. As the novel reaches it's crushing crescendo the main character has played through several awful scenarios. A couple of scenes in this made me shuffle uncomfortably I won't lie. All in all a brilliant read. ...more

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Apr 29, 2024 ashtray rated it liked it

I consider this book maybe horror? but i think “extreme horror” just isn’t a fitting category for this book. it was gross and made me cringe 2 or 3 times but it wasn’t nearly as gruesome as i was expecting. maybe i’m trippin because there are definitely some gross parts in there but idk i just wish it went a bit harder. i figured out the twist at the end pretty early on as well so that kinda bummed me out.

the first few chapters: reading Maribel and Shawn’s conversations made me instantly not li ...more

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