In a world on the brink of WW4, in an age sparking the end of Christianity, one group of archaeology students will face the greatest terror known.
They will battle, not only for their souls but the souls of humanity. They will be pushed to the limit, enter foreign realities and lose friends, as the devil is coming to...The Last Church.
Riding lightning he will arrive
The ultimate in old school extreme horror
The future is not a utopia.
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In a world on the brink of WW4, in an age sparking the end of Christianity, one group of archaeology students will face the greatest terror known.
They will battle, not only for their souls but the souls of humanity. They will be pushed to the limit, enter foreign realities and lose friends, as the devil is coming to...The Last Church.
What they are saying
When blood spills -- souls are taken
Hey Lee, Just read fifty pages of The Last Church in a single sitting. I like that you have characters (in this and your stories) who are a little morally ambiguous. Your style flows so well, that I feel like I'm reading a mass market paperback. In fact, it's as well written as anything I've read by the big name authors. If you'd still like to send me a signed copy I'd appreciate it a lot.
~ Richard Moore, author of In the Lonely Fen.
Hi Lee, Loved The Last Church, it was a very imaginative and well-constructed novel, blending horror and science fiction into a seamless work from an emerging talent, full of characters with real lives, not just plot details, and it definitely keeps you wondering What's next?
~ C. Dennis Moore.
"Lee Pletzers tells the gritty tale of a book with pages of human skin parchment--its contents promise irresistible ambition spanning space and time. Dark and gutsy, brimming with murder and mayhem--The Last Church packs the action!"
~T. M. Gray, author of MR. CRISPER, THE RAVENOUS and GHOSTS OF EDEN
The Last Church delivers~Charity Warden
"The Last Church" will grab you by the throat, spin you around and throw you to your knees, making you beg for more. If you haven't checked out Lee's latest experiment in dark, world-bouncing horror, you're missing out on one "Hell" of a trip!
~Stephanie Simpson-Woods, Author of Internet Message
When the blood spills, souls are taken. In fewer words than that, this book will hook you. Brimming with a complex plotline, vivid imagery, and gut-wrenching suspense, The Last Church will no doubt knock you for a loop. Deeming himself as a master of horror, Lee Pletzers proves he knows how to twist both your insides and your mind.
~Nancy Jackson
"When I was a snivelling, wheezing little lonely child who stayed up too late watching HAMMER HOUSE OF HORROR movies, I would have to turn down the volume of the screams and howls of wind and shrieks of demons. THE LAST CHURCH so successfully brought back that nostalgic thrill, I finished reading it behind the couch."
~Hertzan Chimera - surrealist
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There's going to be hell to pay after Peter Clement signs his name in a supernatural book that can make all of his wishes come true. The Devil's wish book collects its payment and annihilates the simple world that Peter used to know. In "The Last Church" Peter transforms from an ordinary antique dealer into a powerful, bloodthirsty force that seems unstoppable. Unlike the other victims of the Devil's wish book who followed the rules, Peter decides to shatter every rule established and refuses to give up his possession of it.
Things made of Man, will burn in the street
Ordinary folk murders and pillagers they will be
Deathly vicious on quick shuffled feet
Children tossed over a blood soaked street.
Women, a man痴 great release
All want to be as one with the beast
His time is now and glories to the dragon
A dagger of blood at his side
The beast to bring him forth
Nowhere left to hide.
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The Last Church delivers
The Last Church takes the reader into a world where Peter Clement, a failing businessman, is about to lose everything his father worked his whole life for. His life, in his estimation, has been a complete failure, everything he tries fails until he comes across a book in the antique shop his father left him. He learns all of his dreams can come true, but as with any promise of that magnitude there is a price, the price is blood, A price he is more than willing to pay. Once the contract is signed everything he touches is golden,and although the book states that after twenty years the book must be passed on to another he finds a loophole in the contract and intends to become the devil himself.
With Christianity failing and the church itself dying out, only the last member of the Order of the Black Snake, an organization who has fought against the holders of this book, is left to fight against Clements will.
Pletzers does a masterful job of asking the reader to suspend their disbelief and takes them on a wild ride in which World War IV is about to erupt and Peter holds all of hell in the hilt of his dagger and intends to release it upon the earth.
This is a must read for anyone who loves horror, science fiction, or religious style fiction as it crosses all genres, but does so with style, leaving the reader blazing through the pages and wanting more.
A tale of post-apocalyptic terror and suspense
The year is 2368, and life in New Zealand is bleak. With the landscape all but destroyed by environmental disaster, the survivors are forced to retreat into the safety of a massive dome in order to live. But discontent is rife, and when an archaeology student named Rachael ventures into the wasteland to uncover the truth about the past. There, amidst the ruins of an ancient house, she stumbles upon the unthinkable -- a rip in time that allows to see the previous occupant of the house. Peter Clement. A failed businessman man destined to become the ultimate embodiment of evil.
What follows is an earth-shattering race against time as Rachael and Order of the Black Snake battle against Peter in a world aching for hope but teetering on the edge of madness. This plot had me on the edge of my seat, and I was literally tearing through the pages to find out how it would all end.
Author Lee Pletzers tackles a breathless array of heady issues here -- the rise of Satan, the decline of Christianity and the power of myth. His style combines the grand scope of Stephen King and baroque horror of Clive Barker, and his pacing here is simply superb. He relies on hard-hitting chapters that alternate between viewpoints, tightening the suspense at every turn. And the slam-bang finish simply seals the deal.
I really enjoyed this Kiwi take on the post-apocalyptic genre. It's dark. It's ambitious. And, most importantly, it got me thinking about the human condition and how so many of us are all ultimately prisoners to the myths in our own minds.
'The Last Church' is most certainly an ace in the hole. Pick it up and give it a go! You won't regret it.
Jack Brennan is hired by a group of ultra rich English aristocrats to kidnap four top IRA terrorists. The contract is time limited but do the financial rewards justify the risk?
Jack Brennan is hired by a group of ultra rich English aristocrats to kidnap four top IRA terrorists. The contract is time limited but do the financial rewards justify the risk?
