Hope this isn't in another thread -- I looked to make sure it wasn't, but if so, I apologize. Seems like a new book anyway.
Picked up a book at Borders called "The Shadow Killer" by Matthew Scott Hansen. Pretty pricey hardback, but I had a gift card burning a hole in my wallet, so I got it. Also thought it might not make it to paperback, and it's doubtful our library would get it, so maybe I better get it now.
Basically another bigfoot-on-the-rampage story (and peeking in the afterword, the author apologizes for this and seems to be a believer). It's okay so far, I just hope it isn't just a "and this is how bigfoot kills THIS guy" sort or tale.
Think my favorite BF fiction was "The Dark Woods."
Wasn't a big fan of "Cryptid" -- nice premise, but ended up just a monster-in-the-dark book for me.
Full Version: "The Shadow Killer"
Just got Shadowkiller today. Book takes place, like, exaclty around where I live. So awesome.
I'll have to look for this. I actually liked "Cryptid" alot. My favorite still would have to be "Monster."
this new book called the shadow killer sounds like a great book i will have get a copy of it soon. thanks bill 
Actually, if anyone is doing a search for it "Shadowkiller" is one word if that helps. Sorry about that!
Actually enjoying the book fairly well.
Actually enjoying the book fairly well.
Finished it last night. All in all, it was fun, if a bit predictable. Didn't really like how the BF came across when the focus was on him, but it's a "monster in the dark" story so he had to be a bad guy. Wasn't happy with the mystic/psychic aspect either, but that's just me.
Again, it was a fun read, with some good characterization -- I think I liked the "toss-off" characters more then some of the main ones.
Again, it was a fun read, with some good characterization -- I think I liked the "toss-off" characters more then some of the main ones.
Here is a review of The Shadowkiller from The Salem (OR) StatesmanJournal
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'Shadowkiller' features a superprimate
January 14, 2007
"The Shadowkiller," by Matthew Scott Hansen
Simon & Schuster, New York; $25; ISBN 0-7432-9473-4
Matthew Scott Hansen lives in Southern California, but he grew up in Oregon and Washington.
He is a screenwriter, radio producer and actor, a photographer and the author of three biographies. "Shadowkiller" is his first novel.
Set in Snohomish County, Wash., the book is a blend of a police procedural and a horror story. Snohomish detective Mac Schneider is assigned the case of two lawyers who disappeared in the woods.
He considers the case below his training as a homicide detective in Los Angeles. But then other people go missing.
Former software designer Ty Greenwood is attracted to the case. He has lost everything in his life because of his aggressive pursuit to prove that Bigfoot exists.
He, too, comes to the woods near Snohomish.
And Greenwood is right. The disappearances are the work of a huge superprimate seeking revenge for the deaths of his tribe in a fire set by careless campers. But he soon develops another motivation ... a taste for human flesh.
Portions of the book are written from the point of view of the superprimate:
"Below, the small creature tripped and stumbled its way down the hill, adding distance between them. He watched it for a moment, its fear glowing like fire at night.
"He knew it was injured and in pain. He particularly enjoyed the increased chaos of their thoughts when they were scared and hurt."
Dan Hays' roundup includes books written by a Northwest author or about a Northwest subject. Contact Hays in care of the Statesman Journal, P.O. Box 13009, Salem, OR 97309-3009.
January 14, 2007
"The Shadowkiller," by Matthew Scott Hansen
Simon & Schuster, New York; $25; ISBN 0-7432-9473-4
Matthew Scott Hansen lives in Southern California, but he grew up in Oregon and Washington.
He is a screenwriter, radio producer and actor, a photographer and the author of three biographies. "Shadowkiller" is his first novel.
Set in Snohomish County, Wash., the book is a blend of a police procedural and a horror story. Snohomish detective Mac Schneider is assigned the case of two lawyers who disappeared in the woods.
He considers the case below his training as a homicide detective in Los Angeles. But then other people go missing.
Former software designer Ty Greenwood is attracted to the case. He has lost everything in his life because of his aggressive pursuit to prove that Bigfoot exists.
He, too, comes to the woods near Snohomish.
And Greenwood is right. The disappearances are the work of a huge superprimate seeking revenge for the deaths of his tribe in a fire set by careless campers. But he soon develops another motivation ... a taste for human flesh.
Portions of the book are written from the point of view of the superprimate:
"Below, the small creature tripped and stumbled its way down the hill, adding distance between them. He watched it for a moment, its fear glowing like fire at night.
"He knew it was injured and in pain. He particularly enjoyed the increased chaos of their thoughts when they were scared and hurt."
Dan Hays' roundup includes books written by a Northwest author or about a Northwest subject. Contact Hays in care of the Statesman Journal, P.O. Box 13009, Salem, OR 97309-3009.
I finished it the other day. I really liked it. I'm not sure that I liked the psychic aspect either, but they explained it as a native american thing, which was cool. I think I liked it mostly cuz it's set in my neighborhood.
Just ordered it today look forward to giving it a read.
Just finished the Shadow Killer last nite. Damn good book. This guy has done his homework on the subject. This is one book I would love to see turned into a film.
I liked the historical facts he added, plus his idea of a creature who could sense thoughts as well as presences does give it an advantage over us as far as avoiding detection.
All animals can sense the presence of another without having to see it to know its there. Very few humans are capable of this. I also like the sense of dread this thing put out. It was so bad it and so fearsome that even the average person could feel it coming. Unfortunatley, it was right before the thing attacked, not giving the prey ample time to hight tail it.
The only thing I didnt like was the ending. I wont say anything, I dont want to ruin it for others who havent read it yet, but still it could have been different.
I ran across another called Dark Woods, but its out of print. How the hell does a book 3 years old go out of print when other books much older are still easy to locate? I had to order this one, could take weeks to get it though.
Personally, Im hoping for a sequel.
I liked the historical facts he added, plus his idea of a creature who could sense thoughts as well as presences does give it an advantage over us as far as avoiding detection.
All animals can sense the presence of another without having to see it to know its there. Very few humans are capable of this. I also like the sense of dread this thing put out. It was so bad it and so fearsome that even the average person could feel it coming. Unfortunatley, it was right before the thing attacked, not giving the prey ample time to hight tail it.
The only thing I didnt like was the ending. I wont say anything, I dont want to ruin it for others who havent read it yet, but still it could have been different.
I ran across another called Dark Woods, but its out of print. How the hell does a book 3 years old go out of print when other books much older are still easy to locate? I had to order this one, could take weeks to get it though.
Personally, Im hoping for a sequel.
QUOTE(wolfman7367 @ Mar 27 2007, 05:18 PM) 
Just finished the Shadow Killer last nite. Damn good book. This guy has done his homework on the subject. This is one book I would love to see turned into a film.
I liked the historical facts he added, plus his idea of a creature who could sense thoughts as well as presences does give it an advantage over us as far as avoiding detection.
All animals can sense the presence of another without having to see it to know its there. Very few humans are capable of this. I also like the sense of dread this thing put out. It was so bad it and so fearsome that even the average person could feel it coming. Unfortunatley, it was right before the thing attacked, not giving the prey ample time to hight tail it.
The only thing I didnt like was the ending. I wont say anything, I dont want to ruin it for others who havent read it yet, but still it could have been different.
I ran across another called Dark Woods, but its out of print. How the hell does a book 3 years old go out of print when other books much older are still easy to locate? I had to order this one, could take weeks to get it though.
Personally, Im hoping for a sequel.
I liked the historical facts he added, plus his idea of a creature who could sense thoughts as well as presences does give it an advantage over us as far as avoiding detection.
All animals can sense the presence of another without having to see it to know its there. Very few humans are capable of this. I also like the sense of dread this thing put out. It was so bad it and so fearsome that even the average person could feel it coming. Unfortunatley, it was right before the thing attacked, not giving the prey ample time to hight tail it.
The only thing I didnt like was the ending. I wont say anything, I dont want to ruin it for others who havent read it yet, but still it could have been different.
I ran across another called Dark Woods, but its out of print. How the hell does a book 3 years old go out of print when other books much older are still easy to locate? I had to order this one, could take weeks to get it though.
Personally, Im hoping for a sequel.
Personally, I liked DARK WOODS better than SHADOWKILLER. I thought it made more sense, and was written better.
Just finished Shadow killer last night...I really liked it. I visited Bellevue many years back...makes me wanna go visit again. Are all the places real landmarks in washington(with real bigfoot activity?)
QUOTE(mike2k1 @ Jan 6 2007, 12:06 AM)
I'll have to look for this. I actually liked "Cryptid" alot. My favorite still would have to be "Monster."
I started a thread on "Monster". Has it been discussed before ?
Another positive review of Shadowkiller from the Toronto Sun
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By YVONNE CRITTENDEN
THE SHADOW KILLER
By Matthew Scott Hansen
Bigfoot, or the Sasquatch, has been portrayed in most so-called sightings as a shy, elusive creature. Not so in this novel by talented new writer Matthew Scott Hansen. In his debut thriller, Bigfoot is a vengeful, murderous "hominid," halfway between human and animal, who kills and eats hapless victims, partly from hunger, but also in revenge for having wiped out its community with forest fires. A wealthy computer executive, Ty Greenwood, has had his life ruined when after a non-fatal encounter with a Bigfoot, he is held up to public ridicule. Then people start disappearing in the Washington mountains, and an ambitious and ruthless female TV reporter sets out to make her career by spreading stories about a serial killer, instead of heeding a savvy cop's suspicions that what is happening may be due to something that is not human. Another character is a canny Native American actor who has a spiritual insight into the beast, and who is determined to hunt it down. Fossil remains confirm that an immense hominid once existed and the author provides a surprisingly persuasive case that they still do. A good story. (H. B. Fenn)
THE SHADOW KILLER
By Matthew Scott Hansen
Bigfoot, or the Sasquatch, has been portrayed in most so-called sightings as a shy, elusive creature. Not so in this novel by talented new writer Matthew Scott Hansen. In his debut thriller, Bigfoot is a vengeful, murderous "hominid," halfway between human and animal, who kills and eats hapless victims, partly from hunger, but also in revenge for having wiped out its community with forest fires. A wealthy computer executive, Ty Greenwood, has had his life ruined when after a non-fatal encounter with a Bigfoot, he is held up to public ridicule. Then people start disappearing in the Washington mountains, and an ambitious and ruthless female TV reporter sets out to make her career by spreading stories about a serial killer, instead of heeding a savvy cop's suspicions that what is happening may be due to something that is not human. Another character is a canny Native American actor who has a spiritual insight into the beast, and who is determined to hunt it down. Fossil remains confirm that an immense hominid once existed and the author provides a surprisingly persuasive case that they still do. A good story. (H. B. Fenn)
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