Calm Before The Storm

by Ryan Mullaney

Can you outlast the storm?

A cross-country road trip and a week at the beach is just what Samantha needs. To get away and relax with friends, forget everything happened, get her life back on track, and start being happy again.

A stop to seek shelter from a passing storm changes everything. With the weather too intense to continue travel, they pull their Jeep up to the only home around in hopes that the farmhouse’s owner would let them rest awhile until the tornado warning passes and the winds and rain have settled. But when the owner of the property answers the door with a shotgun aimed to fire and orders them inside, Samantha can only watch, unseen, as her friends are taken inside to meet an unknown fate.

As the only hope for her friends getting out alive, Samantha must figure out what to do, and do it soon. The storm is only getting worse.

CALM BEFORE THE STORM is a suspense thriller, a fast-paced journey of horror for a dark and stormy night.

“Calm Before the Storm is a dark, psychological thriller that takes you through twists and turns that your mind may or may not be prepared for. While waiting for impending doom in the form of a violent, epic storm, the characters themselves are exposed to several twisted catalysts that will keep you on the edge of your seat, and wondering what the next phase of terror will be. This is the first work by Mullaney, and if “Calm Before the Storm” is any indication of what is to come, I certainly cannot wait to read his next work. Simply a must-read, folks.”