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Diary of the Displaced - Book 1 - The Journal of James Halldon Kindle Edition

by Glynn James (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 686 ratings
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Diary of the Displaced is a genre-breaking saga that is part mystery, part scifi, part horror and part fantasy.
Readers are calling the DIARY OF THE DISPLACED series: "A wild ride through a stunning imagination." ... "An epic journey through places best left in darkness." ... "I was hooked in the first few pages." ... "Mysterious, compelling, and brilliantly imagined." ... "Unpredictable with great character development." ... "Great books...enjoyed from first word to last." ... "Unexpectedly excellent!" ... "Very bizarre and imaginative."

There is a place where nightmares are real. A dark and terrifying place that is hidden from the world we know, by borders that only the most unfortunate of souls will ever cross.

James Halldon woke up in the dark, alone. No food. No water. No light. Almost no memories of his past. Things moved in the darkness around him. Things that growled. And daytime never seemed to come. "Of all the places I had to end up, it had to be here."

If it's dark when you wake up, and you can hear growling, then close your eyes and maybe it will go away. But maybe it won't...

I have no idea where I am, and I don't know what day it is. I could guess at how much time has passed since I arrived here, but other than that, I'm lost. It was January, I think. The 8th sounds about right to me, but I'm not sure. I'm trying to write down everything that has happened so far, otherwise this isn't going to make any sense to anyone but myself, if it even makes sense at all. Not that I'm expecting anyone else to read this, but you never know, do you?
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Readers are calling the DIARY OF THE DISPLACED series:
"A wild ride through a stunning imagination." ... "An epic journey through places best left in darkness." ... "I was hooked in the first few pages." ... "Mysterious, compelling, and brilliantly imagined." ... "Unpredictable with great character development." ... "Great books...enjoyed from first word to last." ... "Unexpectedly excellent!" ... "Very bizarre and imaginative."

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James Halldon wakes up in a strange and dark place, surrounded by endless junk and debris.He has no idea where he is, or how he got there.No food.No water.No light.Almost no memories of his past.And there are things moving in the darkness around him. Things that growl.And daytime never seems to come...

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004WXEVOW
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Element 12 Ltd; 1st edition (April 17, 2011)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 17, 2011
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 560 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 220 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1482523426
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 686 ratings

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GLYNN JAMES is an author of science fiction, post-apocalyptic, dark fantasy, horror, and dystopian fiction. His love of science fiction began when he was eight years old after discovering HP Lovecraft and Richard Matheson, and then later on Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, James Herbert, Clive Barker, and Stephen King.

In addition to being the author of the "FABLE OF THE WHISPERING COAST" Fantasy series and the “ALTERLIGHT” supernatural mystery thriller series, he is the author of the dark sci-fi series "DIARY OF THE DISPLACED", the post-apocalyptic "THROWN AWAY" series, and co-author of the "ARISEN" series and the “DUSTFALL” series.

More info on his writing and projects can be found at -

Website - www.glynnjames.co.uk

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/glynnjamesfiction

Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/GlynnJames

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LadyCroft86
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing story!
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2014
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First of all, let me say that I don't give out 5 star ratings lightly. The book has to be amazing in all aspects for it to get 5 stars from me. This book was extremely, extremely good. The story was thrilling, engrossing and thought provoking. This book was so unique, I have read a few horror stories and this was unlike all of them. I loved the characters, the story and the creepy setting. I was constantly on the edge of my seat wondering what would happen next. During scarier parts of the book, my heart was pounding.
The writing was great, the descriptions of the world and the creatures in it made it easy to visualize. The plot twists in the book are crazy and unexpected. You really want James to get home and find out what this place is, how people got there, where the Maw come from, who Cutterjack is. There are so many questions that need answers, but it feels OK because it seems like everything will get answered in the other books as the story progresses.

This is by far the best book that I have ever gotten free from Amazon, I could not put it down and I would have gladly paid money for it. I am amazed that this author is not a huge deal and that I found out about him randomly through a free book on Amazon. Overall 5 out of 5 stars and I am off to buy the next book in the series.
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Georgiana Lee
4.0 out of 5 stars What do you do when you wake up alone in a dystopic landscape?
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2019
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When I saw the movie Saw I was intrigued by the opening premise of someone waking up in a horrible place with no idea how they got there. Unfortunately I really disliked the movie Saw and felt that it didn't live up to its promise.

This novel is everything that I was hoping for with that movie. Lots of bizarre, scary things that don't make sense. With a protagonist following a little trail of breadcrumbs hoping that he'll be able to figure everything out. It's an enjoyable, quick read. I read it straight through, in a couple of hours. Good stuff!
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Gypsy M
5.0 out of 5 stars Surreal Nightmare-Dream fueled by zombie and post apocalyptic movies
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2017
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This is a surreal nightmare-dream fueled by zombie movies, teen slasher pics, post-apocalyptic movies with their ruined cities, and perhaps Wonderland with it’s giant mushrooms. The imagination that went into this is incredible, and following James around was a fun experience as he uncovered new things at every turn, and the tension as he avoided and faced the vicious Cutter-Jack (Absolutely loved the grotesque zombies and the threat of Cutter-Jack!). Would I continue on with the series? While I liked this first story and the mystery of will James get home and uncovering the mystery of where he was, the overall feel of the story was too surreal for my tastes, and the end resolve on this particular story didn’t cut it for me since it felt like a bit of a cheat for the author to suddenly tell me that James isn’t actually James of London, and then it abruptly left the ruined and trash-filled world without any real explanation as to why the world had modern world bits and pieces, or what the strange lizard-men were, or who Cutter-Jack really is. Another quibble I had was that the story considers itself a “diary” (even says it in the title), but it’s written more as a first-person narration with chapter breaks at the end of the day (totally different from a diary, btw, which is usually written like a series of letters). The narration does flow nicely with plenty of character voice, as well as brings to life the strange world around him.
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D. Shipley
3.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable read
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2012
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I got this as a free download from POI, and I might have been disappointed had I paid for it, but for free, it was not a waste of my time to read. It was somewhat convoluted, and confusing at times and the ending was not very satisfying. Why the 3 stars then, you might ask. Well, I found the characters pretty interesting and I didn't see the ending coming. I will confess that this was my first zombie book so this may not be the most "informed" review, but I wanted to leave a review to represent us novice zombie readers. It is a fairly short story and I finished it in one afternoon. It kept me interested and I would read another book in the series, it just didn't wow me. I hope this was a little helpful to someone trying to decide on whether to download this book or not.
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C. M. Wilson
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, mystifying, surreal adventure story
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2011
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Diary of the Displaced by Glynn James is an amazing, mystifying, surreal adventure story. A man wakes up. It is completely dark, and he has to work his way around by feel. He is bruised and battered. He's lost his cell. Where is he? What happened? He slowly discovers he is in a strange place. He makes friends with a demon dog and a ghost or two. He tries to make sense of it all, while working on survival.

The author beautifully captures the emotion that someone in this situation would feel, and pulls the reader completely into the story. I read all night, trying to work out (with the protagonist, James) what on earth was happening. James explores this weird and wonderful world, and so vividly describes it that I felt I was there along with him. It was a bit like being inside a Salvador Dali painting - everything was a bit surreal, with elements of the familiar and real. The ending perfectly explains it all. I have just purchased a second book based in the same world, Chasing Spirits. I suppose I will be up all night again!
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Gaby
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in Canada on January 13, 2022
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Very interesting, engaging and full of unexpected turns, I am ready for the next one in the series. Highly recommend it
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5.0 out of 5 stars What a captivating story...
Reviewed in Australia on June 22, 2020
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I read this book a couple years ago. When i found it again in Amazon, i had forgotten that i had already read it until a page in. I was entranced then as i am now.
From the first page this book took me to a place i had never seen before. Horrifying and suspenseful, endearing and eventful.
Loved it!!!!...again :)
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Eve
5.0 out of 5 stars Everything you could ask for in a book...humour AND horror!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 24, 2015
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I found this book totally absorbing and original - I felt immersed from the word go and had trouble putting it down. Needless to say I've already begun book 2 of the series and am looking forward to completing it in earnest - I hope there's a lot more to come!

The writing, from the main character's perspective, flows wonderfully to the point where you could imagine yourself saying or thinking many of the things yourself, so works fantastically from an escapist point of view.

James Halldon's companions make for often fun reading, adding some light humour which perfectly balanced the darker, sometimes horrific content of the book (no spoilers!). The more evil characters of the book were perfectly placed and not a cliche in sight - not too over described, nor under described - and left enough to let your imagination wonder, which I personally feel is important for a book of this type.

Left on a cliffhanger, you can't help but follow the whole series on its gruesome crusade. I certainly couldn't. I feel sure books 2 and 3 will continue to be the fantastically weird bloodbaths I hope them to be, I just hope all of my favourite characters come out ok!
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Kindle Customer angie
1.0 out of 5 stars Boring
Reviewed in Australia on February 1, 2020
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Nothing like his other book footfall which was very good I only kept on with this for the ending in fact I skipped most of the book as nothing interesting for the story happened. Sorry for typo footfall is meant to be dustfall.
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Darktherapy
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 4, 2012
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`Diary of the Displaced', by Glynn James, is a story told through the journal entries of James Halldon who wakes up in a dark world and has no re-collection of where he is or who he is. His first few days are spent regaining his senses, recovering from aches and pains that have unknown causes and trying to find the means to stay alive - food, water, shelter and fighting off mutated zombies.

After meeting Rudy, a ghost who can't remember how long he has been in this dark world or even how long he's been dead, James realizes that zombies aren't the only threat here. There are other creatures that lurk in the shadows, and then there's CutterJack. As the name suggest, he's not very pleasant. CutterJack and his minions hunt James as he and Rudy travel through the darkness in search of a way home.

I loved how this book started out with James being confused and isolated in complete darkness. The threat of zombies shuffling around in the dark was interesting as well until the first encounter with them. It just seemed too easy of a fight and I didn't sense the fear or tension that I think James should have felt. That pretty much sums up the other encounters in this book for me. Maybe my disappointment there is my own fault though for thinking this book was something that it really isn't. When I purchased this book, I thought it was about zombies and it's not. The zombies are a threat, but they are more in the background really.

I did enjoy this story and found it different and creative. I liked the relationship between James and Rudy and the friendship that grows between them. There is a lot of mystery in this story as well and that keeps you glued to the book and reading way past bedtime. You won't find any answers in the first book though. The story continues where it leaves off in book 2, `The Broken Lands`.
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