Deprivers

Deprivers

Imagine never touching another human being…

Robert Luxley has a biological problem he does not understand and cannot control: one touch from his bare skin and you’re paralyzed for fifteen minutes.

Lonely and isolated, he’s turned his “special trick” into a lucrative career as a hired killer. He thinks he’s one of a kind—until one day he’s confronted by a young girl named Cassandra, who tells him he’s not alone.

She has it too, and the two of them are not the only ones.

Carriers can render anyone they touch blind, deaf, or otherwise senseless, in seconds.

Fearing discovery, Luxley follows Cassandra through a dark underground network of “Deprivers” in a desperate hunt for her missing brother Nicholas, taken hostage by a radical group of carriers with a terrifying agenda.

Luxley doesn’t know who to trust, or who is safe to touch, but he needs to learn Cassandra’s secrets fast.

Deprivers was reissued on January 31, 2023.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-68057-323-7
Trade paperback ISBN: 978-1-68057-322-0
350 pages

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Genres: Horror, Supernatural Thrillers
ISBN: 9781680573220
Endorsements
“A book that gets under your skin and on your nerves. The science is impressive; the fiction is haunting. It has a lot on its mind; and it will touch you.”
– Mark Frost, co-creator of Twin Peaks
“Deprivers is the ultimate paranoia thriller—emphasis on the word thriller. Fans of everything from The Hot Zone to The X-Files take note, THIS BOOK IS GOING TO BLOW YOU AWAY!”
– Rockne S. O’Bannon, creator of Alien Nation, Farscape, Defiance and Cult
“Deprivers will take you to a terrifying and disturbing tomorrow and make you feel like you live there.”
– David Brin, Scientist and science fiction author, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Campbell and Locus Awards
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About the Author
Steven-Elliot Altman

Steven-Elliot Altman is a bestselling author, graphic novelist, ADDY Award-winning advertising executive, television writer-producer, and most recently a successful videogame developer, having served as the Games Director at Acclaim Games, and having won multiple awards for the games he has penned which include such titles as: 9Dragons, which boasts 15 million players; Pearl’s Peril, which boasts 90 million players; and his latest two games Ancient Aliens: The Game and Project Blue Book: The Game which Steve wrote, produced and narrative designed for The History Channel, based on two of their hit television series. All Steve’s games can be found online, or on mobile, and are free to play! If you play one, Steve hopes to meet you in-game to discuss the game’s story.

Steve's novels include Captain America Is Dead, Zen in the Art of Slaying Vampires, Batman: Fear Itself, The Killswitch Review, The Irregulars and Deprivers. He's also the editor of the critically-acclaimed anthology The Touch, and a contributor to Shadows Over Baker Street, a Hugo Award Winning anthology of Sherlock Holmes Stories. Steve's also a proud member of SFWA and the current Vice-Chairman of the steering committee of the Writers Guild of America's Videogame Division, and has served as a Finalist Judge for the WGA Videogame Awards since 2009, and as a Finalist Judge for the CDC's Game On Challenge.

When Steve’s not writing he’s playing social games with strange and wondrous people on and off of airplanes between Los Angeles, New York and Berlin. His website is socialimpulse.com

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