Stephen H. Provost releases dystopian action novel ‘Crimson Scourge’
CARSON CITY, Nevada — Tyson Dorn is a decorated war veteran in way over his head.
Dorn is at the center of an ongoing plot by leaders of the corporate government to boost its profits by keeping the nation tuned in to a constant stream of manufactured news. First, they started a war, but when viewers grew numb to the constant stream of violence, they created a pandemic—by injecting Dorn with a deadly virus.
But instead of killing him, the virus turned Dorn into something even more lethal: a killing machine who can become invisible and walk through walls when he’s scared… or tear down buildings with his bare hands when he’s angry. They counted on Dorn to be a carrier and spread the disease, creating a new life-and-death issue to captivate viewers: a pandemic that’s literally going viral.
What they didn’t count on was that Dorn would turn against them. Donning a red cape and a vintage gas mask to protect the public from his disease, Dorn reimagines himself as the Crimson Scourge, a one-man vigilante army on a mission to bring down the entire corrupt System. Will he succeed? Will he be reunited with his fiancée, who’s even more deeply enmeshed in the government’s web of intrigue than Dorn himself? And what of the mysterious puppet master pulling the government’s strings?
Stephen H. Provost invites you to visit the dystopian world of Southern California in the late 23rd century, where the wealthy live on a platform above a massive crime-ridden slum occupied by everyone else. Where citizens wager on whether the unfortunate live or die. And where nothing is quite as it seems, especially to a man battling the effects of a mind-bending disease.
If you like science fiction in the tradition of Star Trek and The Matrix with more twists and turns than an M. Night Shyamalan movie, you won’t want to miss Crimson Scourge: Rise of the Fourth Horseman. From the pen of the author who brought you Memortality, The Talismans of Time, and Nightmare’s Eve, it’s available in paperback or ebook and free to read on Kindle Unlimited.
About the author
A former editor, reporter and columnist with more than 30 years of experience at daily newspapers, Stephen H. Provost is the author of 50 books.
Fictional releases include Memortality and its sequel, Paralucidity; The Academy of the Lost Labyrinth (two volumes); Identity Break; The Only Dragon; the novella Death’s Doorstep; and a collection of chilling short stories, Nightmare’s Eve. His extensive catalogue of historical nonfiction includes A Whole Different League, The Legend of Molly Bolin, Fresno Growing Up, The Great American Shopping Experience, nearly a dozen books tracing the history of America’s highways, and 10 Century Cities books chronicling midsized towns in the 20th century.
About the book
Title: Crimson Scourge: Rise of the Fourth Horseman
Author: Stephen H. Provost
Publisher: Dragon Crown Books
Publication Date: May 2, 2023
Price: $17.95 (paperback), $6.95 (ebook), free on Kindle Unlimited, $24.95 (hardcover)
Genres: Science fiction, dystopian action-adventure
ISBN: 978-1949971378
Dimensions: 5.5” by 8.5” paperback, 371 pages
