The Everborn

THE EVERBORN

a novel

by

NICHOLAS GRABOWSKY

The Everborn

A Black Bed Sheet/Diverse Media Book

September 2009

Copyright
©
2001, 2002, 2009 by Nicholas Grabowsky. All rights reserved.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the author.

Cover, cover art, jacket design, and text copyright
©
2009 by Nicholas Grabowsky and Black Bed Sheet Books.

All rights reserved.

Photograph of the author by Phyllis Haupert and copyright
©
2009 by Nicholas Grabowsky and Black Bed Sheet Books.

Visit Nicholas Grabowsky’s official website at

WWW.DOWNWARDEN.COM
.

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2009908762

ISBN-10: 0-9842136-0-0

ISBN-13: 978-0-9842136-0-3

The Everborn

Nicholas Grabowsky

A Black Bed Sheet/Diverse Media Book

Antelope, CA

Praise concerning
The Everborn
and its author:

______________________________

"My Dear Nicholas:  You seem to me---in a way that's entirely admirable----a man out of time. You're writing horror epics when the audience has become increasingly numbed by cinematic hokum and stale ideas. I SALUTE YOU: your ambition, your dedication, your achievements. I have no doubt in my mind that there is much, much more to come from your fertile and blissfully complex imagination, and I'll await the next work with much anticipation!"  

----Clive Barker (
Hellraiser
, director, producer, artist and bestselling author
)

“Grabowsky has melded Horror with Science Fiction with such expertise that I am left speechless. This is a novel of epic proportions and told in such a unique way that it defies explanation. By utilizing ideas from religious history, the reader is given a totally surreal reason for what UFOs really are and you will start to believe it’s true.”

---
Gorezone Magazine

 "
Grabowsky's writing is at times touching and emotional, however, his real talent is his ability to infuse his writing with a sense of dread and loathing that I have not experienced since H.P. Lovecraft.....
.....(a) unique and often terrifying world that Sacramento novelist Nicholas Grabowsky launches us into......(it) has the feel of an "X-Files" episode, at other very twisted turns it delves into the psychedelic. For those of us looking for something new in the alien horror genre, look not to the stars, but look to Nicholas Grabowsky's "The Everborn."               

-----
Tahoe Daily Tribune

Nicholas Grabowsky has succeeded in creating an entire world that is situated over our own, shading our every move with darkness and its ghostly alien presence....leaving the reader in utter astonishment as to the amazing detail that Grabowsky’s world has been created with.  The detailed mythology that he creates with his alien forces ties together more than one earthly superstition, weaving a web that connects the world of the supernatural and the extraterrestrial.........the reader will be unable to get the terrifying and original visions out of their head!     

------Heidi Martinuzzi,
E! Entertainment Television, Pretty/Scary.net

"Grabowsky exploits (the story) to explore concepts such as being, death & immortality in a fabulist world where more than a half-dozen major characters shift identities with Cronenberg-like regularity....a solid storyline, fresh ideas on everything from relationships to religion and blood-chilling violence makes Grabowsky's latest offering a compelling read!"        

----
Sacramento News & Review

***** 5 stars (highest rating) "ALL HAIL GRABOWSKY!  .....a captivating plot completely unique...with a story so imaginative and profound, even I was astounded....satisfying a reader's interest in alternative science fiction, classic horror, suspense and yes, folks, even gore.  The atmosphere is complex, murky and entraps you.  The style of writing is blunt, audacious and head-on.....this book rises above the average horror/science fiction novel!"        

------
Horror-web.com

"....
.an amazingly original way to treat the done-to-death alien motif.  (This) really is an outstanding book.....
"     

----
Garret Peck
(
Bram Stoker Award nominee
, Personal Demons)

“Nicholas Grabowsky has been around a while and I have read several of his books but this one will always remain my favorite as it is with most of his "fans". I say "fans" because once you begin reading his novels you will get hooked. He has a style unlike any other writer in this genre. He is really not just good at what he does - he is great! "The Everborn" is a classic and will be long read after he is gone from the face of this earth.”

-----W. H. McDonald Jr.,
128th Assault Helicopter Company
(South Vietnam, 1966 & ’67, awarded The Distinguished Flying Cross,
The Bronze Star
, 14
Air Medals
and
the Purple Heart
 

“Forget sleeping, forget eating…you will live this book, every dramatic step, every action, every thought…this book will consume you from page one and the thing is..…you will be glad for it. Nicholas soars as one of the greatest Sci-Fi storytellers of all time. Watch out Anthony and Asimov……this Sci-Fi king is here and he means business.”

--Twisted Dreams Magazine

“...a well-crafted novel that seamlessly blends elements of horror and science fiction. This novel has it all: demons, apparitions, aliens, and serial killers.   This novel will reach out and touch you on many levels and Grabowsky's compelling storytelling will have you reading well into the night, afraid to put it down........                                                       

------
Holly Catanzarita,
Sinisteria Magazine

“Spellbinding and utterly amazing……”

----
Garry Charles
(bestselling author,
Heaven’s Falling
series)

Golden Award winner!  Best
Science Fiction novel of 2004…..

--American Author's Association

“A well-established author of horror/fantasy fiction….”

---Scary Monsters Magazine, 2004 Yearbook

“I don’t know what else to say about this that has not already been said by some of the best writers of the genre. All I can do is join them in singing his praises. Grabowsky is a master of taking old legends and giving them
new life…
discover for yourself one of the best up and coming writers of our decade!”

--
Eve Blaack
, Hacker’s Source Magazine,
on
RED WET DIRT

Also by Nicholas Grabowsky:

Fiction:

The Everborn
Pray, Serpent’s Prey (
as Nicholas Randers
)
The Rag Man (
as Nicholas Randers
)
Halloween IV
Halloween IV: The Special Limited Edition
Sweet Dreams, Lady Moon (
as Marsena Shane
)
The Wicked Haze
Diverse Tales
Red Wet Dirt

Nonfiction:

Nick Reads & Reviews 2004-2007
Nancy (Biography of the First Lady) (
as Marsena Shane
)
The Easy Way to Great Legs (
as Marsena Shane
)
Body Dynamics Vols. 1 & 2 (
as Marsena Shane
)

Children’s:

Flatty Kat: Tales of an Urban Feline (
with Phyllis Haupert
)

As editor (recent):

Buck Alice & the Actor/robot (
by Walter Koenig
)

You’re Dead Already….Living in Hell (
by Jake Istre
)