Damned from Birth

De: Jon Athan

Narrado por: Beau Thomas

While attempting to abduct a teenager from her home, sadistic serial killer Victor Brooks meets his match: ten 9mm bullets. In a puddle of his own blood, sprawled across a stranger’s kitchen floor, Victor’s life begins to flash before his very eyes. He sees the living and the dead, peace and carnage, friends and foes, success and disappointment, love and hatred. He sees a life defined by rage, suffering, and despair. The light at the end of Victor's tunnel is red—red with blood.

Jon Athan, the author of "The Groomer" and "Are Your Parents Home?," takes you on a journey through a serial killer’s life—from death to adolescence—in one of his bleakest, most disturbing novels to date. This is the making of a serial killer. This is the story of a man damned from birth.

WARNING: This novel contains graphic content. Listener discretion is advised.

©2020, 2025 Jonathan Sixtos (P)2025 Jonathan Sixtos

Simple, but compelled

Jon Athan does a fantastic job in peeling back the layers of what should just be a monster. And he is a monster, one that is obviously not justified based on his upbringing. And yet, it's possibly one of the more human splatterpunk novels. It has cliches yes, but the framing makes the second half more sad than anything while still retaining the ultraviolence

Heart wrenching

This has been one of my absolute favorite releases by Jon Athan, and I love all of his books. I love the progression of this story from the end of Vic’s life all the way back to the beginning, it is a heart wrenching view into the life of a terrible, twisted man who was once a helpless and innocent boy. The only thing I would add as a criticism was that it was a little hard to keep track of the time jumps. Loved this!

Outstanding

Jon athan is the author who really reeled me into extreme horror and each piece he writes is just the best 👌