Kill Switch

America’s Favourite Blood Sport Puts Fifteen Teams of Criminals in a Fight to the Death

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Pub Date 11 Nov 2016 | Archive Date 24 Jan 2020

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Description

‘Slayerz’, it’s America of the not-too-distant future’s favourite bloodsport. Fifteen pairs of criminals taken from either death row or a life sentence enter the arena and only one team leaves. Each team of two are linked together by a device called a ‘kill switch’. If one contestant dies they’ll take the other with them, forcing the pairs of ultra-violent odd couples to work together or perish.
When ex-police detective James Hageman is recruited by the Slayerz’s producers he sees the deadly game as a potential second chance. But paired up with one of the worst serial killers in living memory, James begins to question what the true cost will be if they manage to slaughter their way to the finish line and go free.
Up against hulking Nazis, crazed cannibals, Yakuza assassins and assorted hitmen, lunatics and killers nothing is for certain or off limits. The only rule is the team that slays together, stays together.

‘Slayerz’, it’s America of the not-too-distant future’s favourite bloodsport. Fifteen pairs of criminals taken from either death row or a life sentence enter the arena and only one team leaves. Each...


Advance Praise

"if you're looking for non-stop action, outlandish characters, dark humor and fountains of gore, this is your novel."

"if you're looking for non-stop action, outlandish characters, dark humor and fountains of gore, this is your novel."


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Featured Reviews

Cheesy, violent gorefest

In the future, a bloody New United States reality television show called Slayerz pits fifteen pairs of convicts from either death row or life sentences to a gladiator-style televised mess of body parts and blood.

The fights to the death happen in an arena and if one of the pair dies, the other dies in a minute.

Ex-cop James Hageman is paired with Dali Dawson, the Babyface Killer. There are serial killers, Nazis, samurai killers, and more all on the rampage because the last pair alive is offered freedom.

There wasn't much character development but there was fast-paced action all the way through the book.

I'm now on the way to read the sequels: KILLER SWITCH: SERIAL ESCALATION and KILL SWITCH: FINAL SEASON.

I received this book from BooksGoSocial through Net Galley in the hopes that I would read it and leave an unbiased review.

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Gruesome and gory but so much fun. Fast paced and full of action, not for the faint hearted. I loved the ads/commercials before each chapter. The character names were also fun.

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This isnt my usual genre, but I read the hunger games series as a teen and enjoyed it, and I felt this was very similar. I liked the story, there was just enough action to keep me entertained, and it was very believable. Well done!

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In the near future, humanity shows its unquenchable thirst for gore and death as voyeurs while producers and corporations are right there to make a few fistfuls of money, all in the name of entertainment. Ahhh, reality TV at its gruesome worse and the public is eating it up, making Slayerz the number one bloodsport series. So what if prison inmates are turned into two-man teams in a fight to the death, the gorier, the better.

KILL SWITCH by Sean E. Britten is an over-the-top, super graphic tale of survival and from the moment the action starts, it does not stop its insane pace. Gritty, raw and kind of out there, blood will gush, and only one team can survive. Get to know the characters, their crimes and just how cold humanity has become from the action to the commercials that are peppered throughout. Will the former cop/serial killer team win? Maybe the Nazi’s team? Or perhaps the assassins or cannibals….stay tuned…after a word from the sponsors…

Thank you NetGalley and Books Go Social for offering this one for review!

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Gory and fast-paced, this was an entertaining read. The commercials were an interesting touch! Warning: violet content, of course.

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If you want violence and gore in your reading this would be for you.

This is fast moving and action packed, with very little back ground given to the characters.

A quick read.

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