Painless
Marty Thornley
PAINLESS is a page-turning psychological-horror novel, a front row seat to a clinical trial gone horribly wrong.
For Greg Owens, this was supposed to be a chance to end years of back pain and escape his reliance on pain pills. If it all worked out, he could maybe even get back the life he left behind as the pills took control.
Instead, as the patients are cured of their physical pain, they encounter a different sort of pain building inside them – obsessive thoughts, depression, self-destruction. The side-effects grow worse, and the suspense ratchets tighter. The patients want answers and violent revenge, setting them on a collision course with a crazed doctor, determined to protect his life’s obsession.
About the Author
Marty started writing short stories as a teenager, inspired as much by favorite books and movies as the environment and characters that define the South Shore of Massachusetts. The pull of the movies dragged him first to film school and finally to Los Angeles, where he poked at the outskirts of the industry with screenplays and short films.
As his interest in a film career fizzled, he rebuilt himself bit-by-bit as a programmer. He spent the next decade building websites, finally realizing that something had been lost. His stories were collecting dust in the back of his brain while he sat through conference calls and code reviews.
So he returned to the woods of New England and the calming darkness under the trees. He returned to find the things that crawl in the undergrowth and turn them into words on the page. He dusted off one of his screenplays and turned it into his first novel. In the process, a dormant storyteller was awakened and is now seeking the next blank page to fill.
The Tour
October 29th
–Rainy Days and Pajamas >> Excerpt
–Writers and Authors >> Guest post
–Declarations of a Fangirl >> Excerpt
–Book Reviews by Steph >> Review
–Valerie Ullmer | Romance Author >> Excerpt
October 30th
–The Page Unbound >> Excerpt
–Lost in a Book >> Interview
–Crack A Book Cafe >> Guest post
October 31st
–Book Sniffers Anonymous >> Excerpt
–Evermore Books >> Top 10 List
–United Indie Book Blog >> Review
–Dauntless Books and Penguins >> Review
November 1st
–Bookish Girls Blog >> Excerpt
–The Avid Reader >> Review
–My Books-My World >> Top 10 List
November 2nd
–The BookWorm Drinketh >> Review
–everywhere and nowhere >> Guest post
–Chi Town Book Girl >> Review
–Viviana MacKade >> Guest post
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November 5th
–Pink Fluffy Hearts >> Interview
–Dani the Bookaholic >> Excerpt
–From the TBR Pile >> Review
–Bel’s Book Blog >> Review
November 6th
–fundinmental >> Review
–I Smell Sheep >> Top 10 List
–Cranky TBC >> Excerpt
–Blushing babes are up all night >> Excerpt
November 7th
–The Bibliovett >> Excerpt
–Pagefuls >> Excerpt
–Just Books >> Review
–Jazzy Book Reviews >> Review
November 8th
–Shari Sakurai >> Review
–Little Bookish Thoughts >> Review
–The Voluptuous Book Diva >> Review
–Finding Magic In Books >> Excerpt
–The Phantom Paragrapher >> Review
November 9th
–The poetry hub >> Review
–Movies, Shows, & Books >> Review
–3 degrees of fiction >> Review
–My Life Loves and Passion >> Top 10 List
–Zooloo Book blog >> Review
