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  But the residents of Solom know all about the man in the black hat. The Reverend Harmon Smith has come back more than century after his last missionary trip, and he has unfinished business. But first Katy and Jett must be brought into the family, and the farm must be prepared to welcome him home. Gordon has been denying his heritage, but now it’s time to choose sides. Does he protect the ones he loves, or surrender to the ancestral urge for revenge?

  Author's preferred edition of the 2006 U.S. paperback The Farm.

  Learn more about the supernatural thriller Solom or view it at Amazon UK

  THE GORGE (UK)

  By Scott Nicholson

  An experimental rafting expedition, an FBI manhunt for a delusional killer, and the worst storm in decades collide in the remote mountain wilderness...and then THEY come out.

  Bowie Whitlock and a team of celebrity athletes is commissioned to test two experimental rafts in the rugged Unegama Wilderness Gorge in the remote Appalachian Mountains, considered the most dangerous whitewater rapids in the eastern United States. The expedition is tense from the start as jealousy, romance, and money are riding on the mission's success.

  FBI agent Jim Castle and his partner are in the gorge looking for Ace Goodall, a deranged abortion clinic bomber. Ace, accompanied by a fragile young woman, is having visions that guide his murderous behaviour. The race is on as dark storm clouds gather, the river is swollen, and Ace hijacks the rafting expedition to make his escape. But the bloodthirsty creatures swooping down from the high cliffs have been too long without prey.

  Ace has one more bomb. God is talking to him. It's raining again, and his young companion is pregnant.

  And killing isn't what it used to be, because the dead no longer stay dead.

  Author's preferred edition of the 2007 paperback They Hunger.

  Learn more about The Gorge or view it at Amazon UK

  OMNIBUS EDITIONS

  You can also save with the omnibus editions

  Ethereal Messenger at Amazon US or Amazon UK (contains The Red Church, Drummer Boy, and Speed Dating With The Dead)

  Mystery Dance (contains Disintegration, Crime Beat, and The Skull Ring, and bonus stories and essays) at Amazon US or Amazon UK

  Three Ghost Stories, at Amazon US or Amazon UK (featuring Drummer Boy by Scott Nicholson, Haunted by Gemma Halliday, The Body Departed by J.R. Rain, and Cades Cove by Aiden James)

  Horror Movies: Three Screenplays (The Gorge, Creative Spirit, and The Skull Ring screenplays) at Amazon US or Amazon UK

  Skeleton Tango (Cursed! and Ghost College with J.R. Rain) at Amazon US or Amazon UK

  Ghost Box Set (contains The Red Church, Drummer Boy, Transparent Lovers, Burial to Follow, Creative Spirit, and Speed Dating With The Dead) at Amazon US or Amazon UK

  Mad Stacks: Short Stories Box Set (

  Bad Stacks: Short Stories Box Set (Contains Ashes, American Horror, and Curtains)

  Odd Stacks: Short Stories Box Set (Contains The First, Flowers, and Zombie Bits)

  Are you a writer? Please check out Write Good or Die and The Indie Journey: Secrets to Writing Success

  Contact me at [email protected] because I’d love to know what you think—and if you are in any way dissatisfied with this product, please give me a chance to make it right. Let me know about any misspellings and formatting issues, since books in the digital age are living documents.

  Thanks to Dellaster Design, David H. Burton, and Neal Hock at Hock’s Editing Services.

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  VIEW OTHER KINDLE BOOKS BY SCOTT NICHOLSON:

  Novels

  Creative Spirit

  Disintegration

  The Red Church

  Speed Dating with the Dead

  The Skull Ring

  Drummer Boy

  The Harvest

  As I Die Lying

  Burial to Follow

  Liquid Fear

  Chronic Fear

  Cursed (with J.R. Rain)

  Bad Blood (with J.R. Rain & H.T. Night)

  Ghost College (with J.R. Rain)

  The Vampire Club (with J.R. Rain)

  October Girls

  Crime Beat

  Transparent Lovers

  Troubled (UK only)

  Solom (UK only)

  The Gorge (UK only)

  Story Collections

  Curtains

  Flowers

  Ashes

  The First

  Zombie Bits

  Head Cases

  Gateway Drug

  These Things Happened

  Children’s Books

  If I Were Your Monster (with Lee Davis)

  Too Many Witches (with Lee Davis)

  Ida Claire (with Lee Davis)

  Duncan the Punkin (with Sergio Castro)

  Screenplays

  The Skull Ring: The Screenplay

  Creative Spirit: The Screenplay

  The Gorge: The Screenplay

  Writing

  Write Good or Die

  The Indie Journey: Secrets to Writing Success

  BOX SETS

  Ethereal Messenger

  Mystery Dance

  Horror Movies: Three Screenplays

  Ghost Box: Six Supernatural Novels

  Scott Nicholson Library, Vol. 1

  Scott Nicholson Library, Vol. 2

  Scott Nicholson Library, Vol. 3

  Scott Nicholson Library, Vol. 4

  Mad Stacks: Short Stories Box Set

  Bad Stacks: Short Stories Box Set

  Odd Stacks: Short Stories Box Set

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  VIEW U.K. KINDLE BOOKS BY SCOTT NICHOLSON:

  Creative Spirit

  Troubled

  Solom

  The Gorge

  Disintegration

  The Red Church

  Speed Dating with the Dead

  The Skull Ring

  Drummer Boy

  The Harvest

  As I Die Lying

  Burial to Follow

  Cursed (with J.R. Rain)

  Ghost College (with J.R. Rain)

  The Vampire Club (with J.R. Rain)

  Bad Blood (with J.R. Rain & H.T. Night)

  October Girls

  Crime Beat

  Transparent Lovers

  Liquid Fear

  Chronic Fear

  Collections

  Curtains

  Flowers

  Ashes

  The First

  Zombie Bits

  Head Cases

  Gateway Drug

  These Things Happened

  Children’s Books

  If I Were Your Monster (with Lee Davis)

  Duncan the Punkin (with Sergio Castro)

  Too Many Witches (with Lee Davis)

  Ida Claire (with Lee Davis)

  Writing

  Write Good or Die

  The Indie Journey: Secrets to Writing Success

  Screenplays

  The Skull Ring: The Screenplay

  Creative Spirit: The Screenplay

  The Gorge: The Screenplay

  Omnibus editions

  Ethereal Messenger

  Mystery Dance

  Horror Movies: Three Screenplays

  Three Ghost Stories

  Scott Nicholson Library, Vol. 1

  Scott Nicholson Library, Vol. 2

  Scott Nicholson Library, Vol. 3

  Scott Nicholson Library, Vol. 4

  Scott Nicholson Library, Vol. 5

  Mad Stacks: Short Stories Box Set

  Bad Stacks: Short Stories Box Set

  Odd Stacks: Short Stories Box Set

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  Table of Contents

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Ch
apter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  About the author

  Bonus Story: “Do You Know Me Yet?”

  Other Scott Nicholson books

  Amazon links to Scott’s Kindle books

  Amazon links to Scott’s UK books