Now the peaceful residents, who came to Dead River to escape civilization, are fighting for their lives… THE LEGEND LIVES ON! The local sheriff of Dead River, Maine, thought he’d killed them off ten years ago…Ī primitive, cave dwelling tribe of predatory savages. And their zest for life, and yours, continues on in The Family tradition. Years later continuing to terrorize the coast of Maine. Just when you thought the horror of Off Season was vanquished in their first outing, The Family, lives on…

Now Offspring, the sequel to Off Season, has been released in this unique edition. However sales of over 250,000 mass market editions made this first time novelist a major force in the horror and suspense genres. The man loses Red, but then he sees red and he’s ready to spill some red too to get his revenge against these boys.Jack Ketchum’s original novel of cannibalism in Maine, Off Season, was first met with a lot of controversy when it was originally released in 1980. He finds out exactly what they are up to when Red is shot and killed for no good reason. He smells the gun oil on their brand-new shotugn and knows these boys are up to no good. He’s trying to relax and fish, but there are some loud boys coming over the hill that are making a ton of noise. In this book there is an old man fishing with his dog, Red. Before too long she meets these people and the characters in this story find out just how far they are willing to go to survive.Īnother powerful story by Ketchum is called Red. What she doesn’t realize is there is a family of flesh eating cannibals in the woods that are watching her. It is the offseason and an editor from New York heads off to a cabin to meet her sister and some friends. The book takes place in September at the quiet beach town of Dead River, Maine.

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