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Nocturnal by Scott Sigler
Horror/Dark Fantasy
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Something lives deep beneath the streets of San Francisco. Something that has been there for centuries, something which comes out at night to feed on the dregs of society. A sub-culture with its own myths and its own legends.
Stories of a leader named The King, who will lead them out of bondage, and their own demon, a hunting shadow known only as Savior. But the legends of Savior's brutality have faded, the fear used only within fables told to the young ones about their hunter.
When The King finally appears,just as foretold, the Nocturnals know their time has come -- the time to emerge from under the streets and hunt humanity in the open.
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By: lara
perfect, simply perfect.By: Rosanna
This one has it all; suspense, thrills, mystery,horror, action... and "Pookie", the wittiest cop to walk the meanest streets. It also has some of the most bizarre imagery that has ever been conceived. If you survive a night in the underbelly of the nocturnals, your conception of conception will never be quite the same. Totally original special effects of the mind.. It's a toss up between this one and "Contagious" to be my favorite from Sigler. Great characters.... and a wild ride through a carnival of monsters I never could have imagined.By: Dan
Read my review of Nocturnal here: http://freshly-ground.blogspot.com/2009/05/podcast-novel-review-nocturnal-by-scott.html "Sigler's dark alternate San Francisco is a place of fear and tension, haunted by unseen monsters, remorseless gangsters, ruthless vigilantes, corrupt cops, and a psychotic schoolboy with a god complex. Through this morass of murder two cops face the challenge of trying to solve the murders that have started to plague the city, only to find a conspiracy that even the SFPD doesn't want them to uncover." Follow the link to read the full review.
Chapters
| Title | Description | Date Created |
| Episode 01 (48.88 MB) | Welcome to San Francisco, done up all Sigler style. There are things here that lurk far below the streets, and far above them. Things that think you look damn tasty. These things have been watching, waiting, and it's almost time for them to come out into the light ... | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Episode 02 (26.02 MB) | Bryan's dreams continue, but this time they go beyond merely stalking the boys and move towards murder. Bryan's drawing is the only thing that lets him escape the terror of his dreams. Aggie James awakens to find himself in some kind of a white-painted dungeon. There are others with him, a family of three that looks Chinese but sounds American. Rex realizes that there are bullies worse than Alex Panos, namely his foster mother Roberta. | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Episode 03 (22.58 MB) | Bryan and Pookie investigate a new murder scene that paints Bryan in a very bad light. Sammy and Jimmy deliver a body to the San Francisco morgue, where they hand it off to Bryan's ex-girlfriend Robin Hudson. | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Episode 04 (22 MB) | Bryan and Pookie have a sit-down with San Francisco Chief of Police Amy Zou and Deputy Chief Sean Robertson. Pookie does analysis on the symbols recovered from the Alex Panos murder site, with help from John "The Black Mr. Burns" Smith. Bryan just doesn't know for sure if he killed that kid or not ... | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Episode 05 (37.34 MB) | Rex learns of the death of his hated bully Alex Panos, and his reaction is not what you might expect. Robin Hudson runs genetic fingerprinting on the saliva of Alex's murderer, and what she finds seems quite strange. Bryan dreams of stalking yet again - will there be another body when he wakes up? And as for Pookie? Well, he's just Pookie. | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Episode 06 (31.87 MB) | Pookie plays cleanup at the Paul Fischer murder site. The mysterious symbols appear yet again, and Pookie decides it's time to go see Mr. Biz-Nass, hack fortune teller and expert on the San Francisco occult scene. Robin Hudson finishes her karotype analysis of Alex Panos' murderer, only to find a genetic combination that's never been seen before. | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Episode 07 (22.96 MB) | Bryan and Pookie enlist the services of sketch artist Chooch Rodriguez to draw pictures of the people in Bryan's dreams -- the people that have not been murdered, yet. The first drawing reveals someone that Pookie already knows. Will Bryan and Pookie reach this person in time? | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Episode 08 (32.63 MB) | Frank Lanza and First-Born meet, giving us insight into Lanza's plan for San Francisco. Robin Hudson and Stone Mason delve further into the mysterious Zed chromosome. Homicide detective Bryan Clauser visits his opinionated father before joining his parther Pookie Chang as the two question Marco Gastineau, the sole witness to Kyle Souller's murder. | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Episode 09 (38.33 MB) | Bryan Clauser and Pookie Chang just saw their only witness assassinated, a bow-and-arrow hit fired by a guy five stories up and eighty feet away. Bryan gives chase as Pookie deals with the victim. Word has come down from Frank Lanza that it's time for Johnny Yee to go -- when the Little Men come for Johnny, will he find a way to escape and seek revenge for his wife and son? Pookie and Bryan go to the San Francisco morgue to examine the arrowhead that killed Marco Gastineau. | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Episode 10 (28.07 MB) | Bryan and Pookie grab the arrowhead that killed Marco Gastineau and take it to Bryan's favorite person: Mr. Biz-Nass. The tourette's-afflicted, larnyx-cancer-surviving fortune teller has seen these symbols before and it seems there is more to fear than just Marie's Children. Robin Hudson, the San Francisco medical examiner, tracks down more clues about the strange murder weapon -- she not only discovers who made the arrowhead, but where that person lives: in San Francisco's uber-wealthy Pacific Heights neighborhood. | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Episode 11 (22.06 MB) | Bryan set about stalking Savior, hunting a hunter. Pookie does the leg work running down leads - Marco Gastineau's landlord, Jebidiah Erickson's background, and teaming with Black Mister Burns analyzing the arrowhead symbols. Robin Hudson finally gets to go home, where she sees her dog Emma and her neighbor, Big Gay Max. | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Episode 12 (21.37 MB) | Robin demands a late-night meeting with Bryan and Pookie - she's found the connection between the murders of Alex Panos, Kyle Souller and Marco Gastineau. Pookie continues his research, examining the police records of the Golden Gate Park Slasher case. | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Episode 13 (30.91 MB) | Maggie O'Donnell deals with the aftermath of Pookie's examination of the Golden Gate Park Slasher case. | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Episode 14 (26.55 MB) | Bryan Clauser and Pookie Chang rush to have a conversation with retired homicide detective Francis Parkmeyer. Parkmeyer was the lead investigator on the Golden Gate Park Slasher case decades ago. He's retired and senile most of the time, so when he has his "good days," Bryan and Pookie need to get as much out of him as they can before he slips back into senility. As soon as they finish with Parkmeyer, they are off to question Rex Deprovdechuk a 13-year-old boy who is now a main suspect in four murders and three disappearances. | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Episode 15 (30.47 MB) | Bryan Clauser and Pookie Chang pay a visit to 13-year-old murder suspect Rex Deprovdechuk. | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Episode 16 (27.74 MB) | Rex Deprovdechuk made his first entry into the subterranean realms of Marie's Children, and beneath the streets of San Francisco, he sees the home he never had. While Bryan Clauser kept watch on Jebediah Erickson's house, Pookie Chang made the call to Judge Rodriguez to get a late-night warrant. Warrant approved, Pookie is on his way to pick up that warrant, then meet up with Bryan to finally go after the evidence to nail Erickson on murder charges. Episode #16 also marks the first appearance of Tard, another of Marie's Children. | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Episode 17 (33.07 MB) | Bryan and Pookie cross the line as they break into Jebediah Erickson's house. Inside, they find the door to the basement -- a place Bryan has seen in his nightmares. Robin Hudson and Stone Mason analyze urine from the mob hit murder scenes, as well as the semen of Rex Deprovdechuk. What will this new genetic information tell them about the mysterious Zed chromosomes? Frank Lanza's grip on the city tightens, but the Russian mob isn't done with him yet. Aggie James may finally get his chance to live but only if he goes with Hillary. | Apr 16, 2008 |
| Episode 18 (36.72 MB) | Bryan and Pookie's ordeal in Erickson's basement continues, as Rex learns more about his new family. Aggie James has a chance to live, but at what price? What will Hillary ask of him, and how does it involve the mysterious Mommy? | Apr 16, 2008 |
| Episode 19 (16.18 MB) | Bryan, Pookie, Black Mr. Burns, Big Tonda Murphy and Wee Chee Yen deal with the aftermath of the Jebediah Erickson fight. Erickson is passed out on the sidewalk after Bryan threw a big-ass silver knife into the man's belly, so deep that the point came out Erickson's back. Meanwhile, Aggie James faces the horror that is Mommy. | Apr 16, 2008 |
| Episode 20 (22.58 MB) | Bryan Clauser and Pookie Chang take refuge with Robin Hudson. They have gone against the wishes of Police Chief Amy Zou, and they know serious consequences can't be far behind. Aggie James has just watched the Mexican's rape at the hands of Mommy, and will now do anything to escape the catacombs. He will have to obey the wishes of Hillary, who has promised him a way out if he performs a certain as-yet unnamed task for her. | Apr 16, 2008 |
| Episode 21 (37.54 MB) | Dimitri Vasiloff better be on point, because Frank Lanza is sending in the big guns -- Firstborn and his crew. The horrors continue for Aggie James as we finally see the Groom Walk. | Apr 16, 2008 |
| Episode 22 (17.56 MB) | Rex is back in the mix and beginning to understand his role in the bigger picture. But does he truly understand his role, or only what Sly thinks his role should be? Firstborn finishes up with the Russians, and wonders why things were so easy. Plus, the return of Tard!!! | Apr 16, 2008 |
| Episode 23 (26.23 MB) | Aggie James finally makes it out of the lair of Marie's Children, but what's waiting for him on the outside? Sean Robertson is back to his underhanded tricks: does he have Bryan Clauser's number? You can't keep Pookie Chang out of an episode, and Chief Amy Zoe finds out she's got to deal with a huge mess after the Russians tried to take out Frank Lanza. | Apr 16, 2008 |
| Episode 24 (36.62 MB) | Firstborn returns Home, but while he's been gone Rex Deprovdechuk has been a very busy young lad. Bryan Clauser and Pookie Chang get a chance to visit face-to-face with Jebediah Erickson, a.k.a. "The Savior." Sub-chief Sean Robertson is trying to get Bryan off the case, but Bryan's persistence could mean big trouble. | May 1, 2008 |
| Episode 25 (31.3 MB) | Bryan and Pookie deal with the aftermath of Bryan's meltdown at San Francisco General Hospital. Frank Lanza goes into hiding after the Russian attack, but he won't be hiding for long. Sub-Chief Sean Robertson needs to reach Lanza because something has to be done about Bryan & Pookie. | May 1, 2008 |
| Episode 26 (32.28 MB) | Aggie got out of the tunnels, but what's up with his head? What's up with the baby? Bryan and Pookie finally meet Aggie, and discover a major clue in the story of Marie's Children. Meanwhile, the chickens are coming home to roost for Sean Robertson. He has to have a sit-down with a very pissed-off Frank Lanza. But someone else will be in that meeting, someone who will change the lives of both men forever. | Jun 14, 2008 |
| Episode 27 (34.4 MB) | Bryan Clauser visits Robin Hudson, and delivers the blanket that was wrapped around Aggie's "baby." Bryan also delivers two other samples, and needs Robyn to test all of them for the Zed chromosome. Russian gangster Pavil Fat Boy Rockmanov was wounded in the gunfight between Dmitri Vasillof and Frank Lanza. Pavil needs medical attention, but will that lead to trouble for Gennady Ivanovich, Vassilof's right-hand man? John "Black Mister Burns" Smith finishes his report on the historical murder rate of San Francisco, and delivers that report to Pookie Chang. | Jun 14, 2008 |
| Episode 28 (58.58 MB) | Bryan confronts his father about his true origins, Robyn gets busted, Pookie has that face-to-face with Roberta Deprovdechuk, and Chief Amy Zou gets some unwelcome house guests. | Jun 14, 2008 |
| Episode 29 (36.74 MB) | Episode 29 Bryan goes for a ride with the Jessups. Chief Zou lays down the law, but wihtout all that pesky legal code. Doctor Stone Mason and Robyn finally nail down the genome of Marie's Children. | Jul 3, 2008 |
| Episode 30 (20.86 MB) | Bryan and the Jessups race to San Francisco General Hospital to rescue Savior from Rex, Sly, Pierre and Sucka. | Jul 17, 2008 |
| Episode 31 (19.79 MB) | Bryan's fight to rescue Savior heats up as he goes toe-to-toe with Pierre. The Russians and the Mob put their pieces in place for the end game, and Robyn is next on Rex's hit parade. | Aug 25, 2008 |
| Episode 32 (24.6 MB) | Robin and Big Gay Max deal with the lurkers in her apartment. Bryan, Adam Jessup, & Alder Jessup flee San Francisco General Hospital with the Savior and a wounded cop. Pookie Chang contemplates a career change ... Chang Bang, anyone? | Sep 26, 2008 |
| Episode 33 (26.05 MB) | Pookie struggles to get Bryan out of Robin's apartment before SFPD arrives on the scene. Will the cops find Robin in Bryan's arms? Police Chief Amy Zou has to get Dimitri Vassiloff and Frank Lanza onboard the SS Jeremiah O'Brien so that her daughters Tabz and Mur won't be killed. Aggie James will do whatever it takes to avoid the dreaded Groom's Walk. And yes, it's the return of Mister Biz-Nass. | Sep 26, 2008 |
| Episode 34 (37.05 MB) | Bonehead is in deep trouble when Bryan and Pookie take him back to the Jessup's house. Savior has been rescued, but is in bad shape, as is Robin's dog Emma. Meanwhile, Frank Lanza had better get to the S.S. Jeremiah O' Brien, because Chief Amy Zou is waiting, she's got a nine, and that chick ain't playin' ... | Nov 3, 2008 |
| Episode 35 (25.85 MB) | Bryan and Pookie race toward Pier 45 to take care of business and avenge Robin Hudson. Chief Amy Zou has to find a way to get the Jeremiah O'Brien out into the bay and Rex's hold on the Nocturnals grows even stronger. | Nov 12, 2008 |
| Episode 36 (39.02 MB) | Rex's plan comes together as the SS Jeremiah O'Brien departs. Frank Lanza and Dimitri Vassiloff are on board with all of their lieutenants. Bryan and Pookie race to board the ship before it departs, but will they make it in time? | Nov 28, 2008 |
| Episode 37 (52.79 MB) | Bryan has a bad day, Pookie sacks up, Amy deals and Dimitri makes his move. | Dec 1, 2008 |
| Episode 38 (32.55 MB) | The fight aboard the Jeremiah O'Brien continues. The explosion of Dragonbreath is the visual cue that ties our storylines together: Bryan, Pookie, Dimitri, Lanza, Firstborn, Rex and Sly. Bryan is badly wounded, but he fights on, hoping that if he can't kill Rex, at least he can distract the Nocturnals long enough for Pookie to find Chief Zou's daughters. Pookie has his hands full down below, going face-to-face with the deadly, dog-faced Pierre. The Huey full of gunmen closes in, just as Nick Murray delivers his bag o' guns to Dimitri. It's party time ... | Dec 9, 2008 |
| Episode 39 (41.54 MB) | Guns, blood, guts, knives, choke holds, arm bars, broken ribs, hyper-extended knees, third-degree burns, stab wounds, blunt-force trauma, brain damage, revenge, death -- in other words: lots and *lots* of violence, just the way you like it. | Dec 18, 2008 |
| Episode 40 (44.85 MB) | The end of this wild-ass tale, that's what's in this episode. Who lives? Who dies? Only your FDO knows until you download this puppy. | Dec 19, 2008 |
| Episode 41 - Epilogue (56.24 MB) | In this episode we tie up some loose ends, including: What happened to Aggie James? What happened to Sub-Chief Sean Robinson? Bryan is still wanted for murder; what happens to him? Amy Zou & The Twins. What do they do now? More Pookie Chang? Oh, hell yeah. With Rex dead and Firstborn missing, what happens to Marie's Children? | Feb 15, 2009 |