The summer he turned seven, Dave Abbott survived a gruesome mountainside car accident that left the rest of his family mangled and dead.
Now, after living twenty-three years with the twisted backwoodsman who pulled him from the wreckage, Dave is carrying out a plan to replace each of his lost loved ones with members of nearby, unsuspecting families. He has prepared, he’s stalked, and now his chance has come to get his family safely out of the mountains once and for all.
Whether they like it or not.
**What they're saying about *Dismember*:**
“*Dismember’s* a fast-paced grindhouse-movie of a book with plenty of unexpected twists and turns and a fresh new crazy for a villain. The late Richard Laymon would have been grinning ear to ear.”
—Jack Ketchum, multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author of *The Girl Next Door* and *The Woman*
“With *Dismember*, Daniel Pyle joins the select group of authors who can provide real chills and genuine surprises. Taut, weird, and intriguing.”
—Jonathan Maberry, multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author of *The Dragon Factory *and *The Wolfman*
“The tourniquet-tight plot and constant suspense keeps the pages flying. A solid, suspenseful thriller that enables readers to envision the movie it could become.”
—*Publishers Weekly*
### About the Author
Daniel Pyle is the author of *Dismember*, *Down the Drain*, *Freeze*, the upcoming *Man vs. Himself*, and many short stories. He is also the editor of *Unnatural Disasters* and an Active member of the Horror Writers Association. After studying creative writing at Amherst College, he moved back to his hometown of Springfield, Missouri, where he now lives with his wife and two daughters. You can visit him online at danielpyle.com.
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The summer he turned seven, Dave Abbott survived a gruesome mountainside car accident that left the rest of his family mangled and dead. Now, after living twenty-three years with the twisted backwoodsman who pulled him from the wreckage, Dave is carrying out a plan to replace each of his lost loved ones with members of nearby, unsuspecting families. He has prepared, he’s stalked, and now his chance has come to get his family safely out of the mountains once and for all. Whether they like it or not. **What they're saying about *Dismember*:** “*Dismember’s* a fast-paced grindhouse-movie of a book with plenty of unexpected twists and turns and a fresh new crazy for a villain. The late Richard Laymon would have been grinning ear to ear.” —Jack Ketchum, multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author of *The Girl Next Door* and *The Woman* “With *Dismember*, Daniel Pyle joins the select group of authors who can provide real chills and genuine surprises. Taut, weird, and intriguing.” —Jonathan Maberry, multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author of *The Dragon Factory *and *The Wolfman* “The tourniquet-tight plot and constant suspense keeps the pages flying. A solid, suspenseful thriller that enables readers to envision the movie it could become.” —*Publishers Weekly* ### About the Author Daniel Pyle is the author of *Dismember*, *Down the Drain*, *Freeze*, the upcoming *Man vs. Himself*, and many short stories. He is also the editor of *Unnatural Disasters* and an Active member of the Horror Writers Association. After studying creative writing at Amherst College, he moved back to his hometown of Springfield, Missouri, where he now lives with his wife and two daughters. You can visit him online at danielpyle.com.