Shatter Point

Shatter Point

Some nightmares never end!

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  • WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Best Thriller
  • GRAND PRIZE FINALIST: Eric Hoffer da Vinci Eye Awards 2015
  • HONORABLE MENTION: Eric Hoffer Book Awards - Best Commercial Fiction

“A thriller that grabs readers and doesn’t let go, skillfully twisting, turning, and manipulating its plot for maximum impact.” ~ D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

When her 19-year-old son Jack miraculously recovers from a serious head trauma, Maggie is sure her luck has changed. But when she's abducted by a shadow from her past - a phantom with dangerous sapphire eyes - it's up to Jack and his younger brother Tom to unravel the mystery and save their mom from a deadly psychological battle.

The brothers seek help from their colorful great aunt, who exposes them to a world of nefarious family secrets, explosive government conspiracies, and a series of horrific murders. Together they must navigate a dark underworld full of political subterfuge and class warfare - before the psychopath who took their mother reaches his shatter point.

“Shatter Point is an exciting novel of suspense, action, drama and even a little bit of horror…. It’s definitely one of the best novels out there right now.” ~ Next Page Reviews

“When I reached the last 100 pages no one was going to be able to stop me reading until I knew the ending!” ~ Olivia’s Catastrophe

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AUDIOBOOK

NOTE – 18 January 2024: We pulled this audiobook from distribution through ACX and have re-uploaded it through a new distributor, where it will go to 38 channels with a new, much lower list price.
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AWARDS

New Pinnacle Award

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Pinnacle Book Achievement Award –
Fall 2014 – Thriller

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Eric Hoffer Award

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Eric Hoffer Book Award –
2015 Finalist – Commercial Fiction

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The da Vinci Eye Award

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The da Vinci Eye Award –
2015 Finalist – Book Covers

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Readers’ Favorite Book Awards – 2015 –
Honorable Mention – Fiction – Social Issues

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PRINT BOOK INFO

Perfect Bound / Softcover:

ISBN: 1622533127
ISBN-13: 978-1-62253-312-1
6.14 x 9.21 x 0.6206 (0.924 Lbs)
296 Pages (26/carton, but you can order in any quantity from 1 up)
List Price: $14.95

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THE TEAM

Jeff Altabef – Author
Megan Harris – Assistant Editor
Lane Diamond – Senior Editor & Interior Designer (eBook)
Mallory Rock – Cover Artist & Interior Designer (Paperback)
Brian Rollins – Audiobook Narrator

Details
Author:
Series: A Point Thriller, Book 2
Genres: 5.99 eBooks, Crime, Dystopian, Thriller / Suspense
Tags: Audiobook, Autographed Paperback, eBook, Paperback, Superfan Special
Publisher: Evolved Publishing
Publication Year: 2014
Format: Paperback, eBook, Audiobook
Length: 80,075 Words
Narrator: Brian Rollins
ASIN: B00N56E7ZA
ISBN: 9781622533121
Rating:

List Price: $14.95 Paperback (May Be Discounted by Retailers)
eBook Price: $5.99
Audiobook Price: $12.95 List Price (May Be Adjusted By Retailers)
Endorsements

READERS' FAVORITE BOOK AWARD WINNER

"Shatter Point by Jeff Altabef is a gripping psychological thriller set a little in the future. Maggie was only young when she first met Cooper. At first friends, she soon found out that there was a darker side to him. She rejects him and moves away with her family, marrying and having two sons, Jack and Tom. Cooper doesn’t forget her though, and every year he writes to her, sending her a photo of a woman he has tortured and murdered in her name. Jack is involved in an accident and, to save him, he is given an experimental drug without his knowledge. Unfortunately, testing is not complete on it and the results so far are not good. One day, things change. Cooper takes Maggie and it is up to her sons and friends at the Fourteenth Colony to find her. Can they locate her before it’s too late? How many more people have to die before the nightmare ends? Can Jack be saved before the drug takes his life?

Shatter Point by Jeff Altabef was an amazing read. There were two separate stories here fully entwined together. The story started on a high note and never dropped a beat the whole way through. Excellent thriller, a scary one because the experimental drug side of it is something that could possibly happen, or may even be happening today. This is one of those books that no reader will be able to part with until they reach the end, I guarantee it."

“A serial killer is nothing new to the mystery genre. A woman kidnapped by one who has been watching and stalking her for years is nothing special, either. But take these ingredients and add a near-future setting (2041), more than a dose of political intrigue, and the efforts of sons to retrieve their mother (only to uncover a snake's pit of family secrets entwined with deadly political and social conflict) and you have an original, gripping saga in Shatter Point.Everything comes together with a bang, here; from decades of a killer's careful plots to a future America vastly changed, but firmly grounded on logical outcomes of actions in modern times.

One would expect the story to open with its protagonist Maggie, or perhaps her stalker Cooper: instead, it all begins in a lab where scientists are experimenting with a drug that regenerates brain tissue - a drug about to be used on a young patient, which holds the potential to end Alzheimer's and improve cognitive function - or kill.

From genetic manipulation and twists of fate to cold-blooded murder, scenarios change with a snap but succeed in bringing readers along for what evolves into a wild ride of not just murder and mayhem, but social inspection: "Without extraordinary vines, truly superior wine cannot flourish. The same is true with humans. Only those with the proper genetic code can truly be exceptional.”

As events evolve from lab to real world and spill over into 2041 interactions and political possibilities, the focus on a dangerous drug's development and use centers Shatter Point and keeps it a turbulent story with a powerful focal point. And one of the points is: the drug has its pros and cons. Like everything else in Shatter Point, nothing is simple or cut-and-dried. It's when you add the social issues, however, that the story really gets interesting and departs from anticipated routes: "That’s the best part.” Wickersham laughed. “We can brainwash the ghettos and transform them into hard-working citizens at the same time. Some will even work themselves to death without realizing what they’re doing.”

The promise of a cancer vaccine, the secret Project Qing that involves the highest levels of government, a Vice President of the U.S. who believes his superior genes gives him the right to not only manipulate but kill - all this coalesces in a thriller that grabs readers and doesn't let go, skillfully twisting, turning, and manipulating its plot for maximum impact.

Now, readers of the prior Fourteenth Colony (of which this reviewer is not) [newly revised Fracture Point] will likely be satisfied with a sequel which further adds social and political perspectives to the futuristic setting; but newcomers will find absolutely no prior familiarity is necessary to enjoy Shatter Point as the stand-alone thriller that it is - and that's saying a lot in a publishing world where too many books that should ideally be singular volumes are broken down into cliff-hanging trilogies and beyond.

The dystopian world posited by Shatter Point, in which wealth and privilege is concentrated in a relatively small pool and everyone else struggles with marginal lives in tightly regulated circles, is more than believable. Issues of poverty are taken to new levels here, while characters share often-cloudy degrees of responsibility to themselves and each other. At the heart of many issues is the ideal of superiority and the 'right' of some individuals to decide for others; even in life-or-death situations.

In such a scenario, individual actions and responsibility become equally murky, and even the strongest protagonist (such as Maggie) can find herself confused about the points where a little knowledge translates to social responsibility and when it should be limited to protecting one's turf.

From the moral and ethical dilemmas posed by drug testing to the control of violence in a society dominated by privilege, Shatter Point reveals much food for thought. Add the overlap of romance, murder mystery, and political thriller and you have a truly multifaceted read that grabs a hold with powerful protagonists and issues and won't let go till its logical, satisfyingly unexpected conclusion: a neat wrap-up perfect for a precisely-evolving thriller.”

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