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Deranged Souls: Supernatural Horror with Scary Ghosts & Haunted Houses (Haunted Village Series Book 9) Kindle Edition

by Ron Ripley (Author), Scare Street (Author), Kathryn St. John-Shin (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition

4.7 433 ratings

Book 9 of 9: Haunted Village Series

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Every experiment must come to an end…

Marcus Holt is Subject B, a Vietnam veteran forced to run the gauntlet of Professor Abel Worthe’s sadistic study of terror. But the professor’s brutal experiment is finally coming to an end. And Worthe has saved his deadliest surprise for last.

Still injured from his battles against the supernatural, Marcus struggles to keep his team together. As they desperately try to escape from Worthe's horrifying village, a new structure appears in the twisted landscape. A simple little house that Marcus knows all too well…

As the wounded soldier confronts a ghost from his past, another subject finds himself consumed by his growing paranormal abilities. Now able to force the dead to do his bidding, his terrifying power may be the key to escaping the haunted village once and for all. But it just might shatter his soul in the process.

The final battle draws near, as enemies and allies both converge on the village’s walls. Marcus must overcome crippling pain and fear, to fight harder than he ever thought possible. But will courage be enough to beat the professor at his own sinister game?

Or will the subjects finally join the tortured souls that haunt Worthe’s village?

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Kevin Artes swore and limped along. Anthony and Guillermo were already twenty feet ahead of him. The two men paused and glanced back.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Anthony asked.

"Damned knee," Kevin replied. "The pace is killing me."

"What the hell happened to your knee?" Guillermo asked.

"I fell," Kevin replied bitterly. "You see, I was trying to get into the Village the other night."

"When your brother went in," Anthony explained. "We wanted to go in for him, but they wouldn't let us."

Guillermo shook his head but remained silent.

"Anyway," Kevin continued. "They jerked me back, and I fell. Landed hard. Tweaked the absolute hell out of my knee."

"You should have let someone else take your spot," Guillermo said.

Kevin shook his head. "Nope. No way, no how. Not how I roll, you know that."

Guillermo hesitated and said, "I'll call an evac for you."

"No," Kevin said, not bothering to hide the disgust in his voice. "I'm not falling out."

"No," Guillermo said. "You've already fallen out. Take the ride, Kevin. I appreciate you trying to go in after Miguel for me."

Clenching his teeth, Kevin said, "Guillermo, I can make this."

"You can't," Guillermo replied. "Anthony and I will wait until you're picked up."

"No," Kevin said, shaking his head. "It's bad enough I have to ride back. No way I'm slowing up the patrol."

"Kevin," Anthony said.

"Stop," Kevin said. "Just stop. Listen, I know what to do. I'll wait for them."

"Not here," Guillermo said. "Not out in the open like this."

"Where then?" Kevin snapped.

"Back at where my brother was killed," Guillermo said tightly. "There's already a path in the snow from the site eval this morning. Shouldn't be difficult for them to get you."

"Yeah, fine," Kevin grumbled. "I'll even try out the new emergency kit they slapped together."

"I still don't like this," Guillermo said. "We should be sitting with you."

"He'll shoot us," Anthony said, and after a moment of shocked surprise, the three of them laughed. The tension vanished.

"Huh," Guillermo said and muttered something in Spanish. Then, continuing in English, he added, "I'm afraid you're right about that, Anthony."

"Damn straight," Kevin chuckled. "Go on, get out of here. I'll see you in the mess hall later. You idiots can buy me some beer and help me forget about this stupidity."

"Sounds good," Anthony said, and the two men waved as they walked away.

Grumbling and wincing, Kevin limped along their back trail. He kept the fence on his left, moving toward the new house where Miguel lay dead. It took him several long, painful minutes, but when he reached it, he felt better. He stopped near the hidden gate, switched his radio to the proper channel, and said, "Alpha One Tertiary requesting evac for injury, copy?"

"Base copies Alpha One Tertiary," came the response a heartbeat later. "Location?"

"Exterior of new house. ETA?" Kevin asked.

"Fifteen, maybe twenty Mikes, copy?"

"I copy," Kevin answered. "Out."

He sighed and looked at the house. None of the lights were on, and the mid-morning sun made the building appear more depressing than sinister. Kevin slung his rifle and peered through the wrought iron fence. Miguel's body, he knew, was on the far side of the house, half-buried beneath the snow from the previous evening.

Without thinking, Kevin limped to the gate and opened it.

He remained outside the perimeter, looking in.

Can I make it in? he wondered. Could I get around the house and bring him out? Would anyone notice?

Kevin glanced at the cameras positioned on various center posts. They were hardwired, and the malfunction was corrected. Which means I can't get in without being seen.

That's not the real issue, though. Not at all. He shook his head. No, the real issue is getting in without the dead figuring out I'm there. Hell, they don't even have a cause of death. Or at least they're not telling us anything about it.

Kevin sighed angrily. A dissatisfaction for the job was growing in him. Life had been easier when the company was in Afghanistan, hunting down Mujahideen for private companies.

Hell, we took fewer casualties then, Kevin thought, frowning bitterly.

"Hello," a woman said from behind him.

Kevin spun around, put too much weight on his sore knee and collapsed on his backside.

An attractive young woman stood in front of him. Her expression was one of mild curiosity. She was dressed in light clothing, and although there was a slight wind blowing, neither her clothes nor her hair was bothered by it.

Dead, Kevin thought, bringing his shotgun into position. She frowned as he squeezed the trigger. The weapon roared, and the dead woman vanished.

"Alpha One Tertiary, we have report of a shot fired. Status?" Command demanded.

"One female ghost, disrupted," Kevin said. Something struck him in the back of the helmet, knocking him forward into the snow. The blow was followed by more, and he let out a scream of pain as one landed against the back of his injured knee.

Laughter filled the air as he twisted around, trying to get his shotgun free from beneath him. Shots rang out, and the dead woman vanished again, dropping the length of wood she had been using as a bludgeon.

"Foolish." The word came from behind him again, and Kevin twisted, tried to find a target, and failed. A second later, the board appeared in his peripheral vision. It smashed through his visor, driving safety glass into his eyes as the wood shattered his nose and broke his front teeth.

More shots were fired as Kevin collapsed to one knee, dropping his shotgun before trying to claw the glass out of his face.

He felt cold air rush around him, and then he screamed as pain exploded in his forehead. It felt as though someone was driving frozen nails into his skull, and he shuddered as he fell back. Unable to stand up, Kevin lay on his back, blind to the world as the nails were twisted back and forth in his head. He tried to focus, tried to think about anything, but all he heard was the firing rifles and a soft, satisfied sigh from the dead woman.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07WJJWJ32
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scare Street (August 22, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 22, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 771 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 ‏ : ‎ 201 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 168652238X

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Ron Ripley is a husband and father surviving in New England, a place which seems to be getting colder every day. He grew up across from a disturbingly large cemetery where he managed to scare himself every night before going to bed. Mostly because of the red lights that people put in front of the headstones. Those things are just plain creepy to a kid.
Ron enjoys writing horror, military history and driving through the small towns of New England with his family, collecting books and giving impromptu lectures on military history to his family, who enjoy ignoring him during those dreadful times.
List of Ron's books:
MOVING IN SERIES (Completed series)
Moving In Series Books 1 - 6
Moving In (Book 1)
The Dunewalkers (Book 2)
Middlebury Sanitarium (Book 3)
The First Church (Book 4)
The Paupers' Crypt (Book 5)
The Academy (Book 6)
BERKLEY STREET SERIES (Completed series)
Berkley Street Series Books 1 - 9
Berkley Street (Book 1)
The Lighthouse (Book 2)
The Town of Griswold (Book 3)
Sanford Hospital (Book 4)
Kurkow Prison (Book 5)
Lake Nutaq (Book 6)
Slater Mill (Book 7)
Borgin Keep (Book 8)
Amherst Burial Ground (Book 9)
HAUNTED COLLECTION SERIES (Completed series)
Haunted Collection Series Books 1 - 3
Haunted Collection Series Books 4 - 6
Haunted Collection Series Books 7 - 9
Collecting Death (Book 1)
Walter’s Rifle (Book 2)
Blood in the Mirror (Book 3)
Hank’s Radio (Book 4)
The Burning Girl (Book 5)
Knife in the Dark (Book 6)
Last Breath (Book 7)
Ticket to Death (Book 8)
Death Rattle (Book 9)
HAUNTED VILLAGE SERIES (Completed Series)
Haunted Village Series Books 1 - 3
Haunted Village Series Books 4 - 6
Haunted Village Series Books 7 - 9
Worthe’s Village (Book 1)
Hell’s Hammer (Book 2)
Butcher's Hands (Book 3)
Soul Harvest (Book 4)
Poisonous Whispers (Book 5)
Brutal Lessons (Book 6)
Christopher's Blade (Book 7)
Silent Death (Book 8)
Deranged Souls (Book 9)
TORMENTED SOULS SERIES (Completed Series)
Tormented Souls Series Books 1 - 3
Tormented Souls Series Books 4 - 6
Coffin Cemetery (Book 1)
Anger and Death (Book 2)
Feast of Fear (Book 3)
Bloody Anger (Book 4)
Streets of Anger (Book 5)
Anger's Ruin (Book 6)
DEATH HUNTER SERIES (Completed Series)
City of Ghosts (Book 1)
Moran and Moran (Book 2)
Thorne's Tome (Book 3)
Mistress of Death (Book 4)
Sin's Judgment (Book 5)
Shadows' End (Book 6)
STANDALONES
Sherman’s Collection
Boylan House
Blood Contract
Enfield Horror
Hungry Ghosts
SHORT STORY COLLECTION
Ghost Stories
Scary Stories
BUNDLES / COMPILATIONS
Ghost Stories from Hell
MULTI-AUTHOR COLLABORATIONS
Cult of the Endless Night (Completed series)
House of the Dead (Book 1)
Shadows of Deceit (Book 2)
Night's End (Book 3)
Echoes in the Night (Book 4)
Death Dealer (Book 5)
The Endless Night (Book 6)
Hell's Vengeance (Completed series)
Hell's Highway (Book 1)
Hell's City (Book 2)
Hell's Vengeance (Book 3)
Soldier of Death Series (Completed Series)
Soldier of Death (Book 1)
Mask of Death (Book 2)
Shadows of Death (Book 3)
Soul Collector Series
Soul Collector (Book 1)
Soul Destroyer (Book 2)
Soul Master (Book 3)
Soul Tormentor (Book 4)
Soul Bound (Book 5)
Soul Redemption (Book 6)
Shadow King Series (Completed Series)
Duel of the Damned (Book 1)
Death's Cathedral (Book 2)
The Shadow King (Book 3)
Horror Stories (Short Story Collection)
Tavern of Terror Volume 4
Tavern of Terror Volume 5
Tavern of Terror Volume 6
Tavern of Terror Volume 7
Tavern of Terror Volume 8
Tavern of Terror Volume 11
Tavern of Terror Volume 12
Terror in the Shadows Volume 1 (Short Story Collection)
Terror in the Shadows Volume 2
Terror in the Shadows Volume 3
Terror in the Shadows Volume 4
Terror in the Shadows Volume 5
Terror in the Shadows Volume 6
Terror in the Shadows Volume 7
Terror in the Shadows Volume 8
Terror in the Shadows Volume 9
Terror in the Shadows Volume 10
Terror in the Shadows Volume 11
Terror in the Shadows Volume 12
Terror in the Shadows Volume 13
Terror in the Shadows Volume 14
Terror in the Shadows Volume 15
Monster Collection
Short Horror Stories Volume 1
Short Horror Stories Volume 2
Short Horror Stories Volume 3
Short Horror Stories Volume 4
Short Horror Stories Volume 5
Short Horror Stories Volume 6
Short Horror Stories Volume 7
Short Horror Stories Volume 8
Short Horror Stories Volume 9
Short Horror Stories Volume 10
Short Horror Stories Volume 11
Short Horror Stories Volume 12
Short Horror Stories Volume 13
Short Horror Stories Volume 14
Short Horror Stories Volume 15
Short Horror Stories Volume 16
Short Horror Stories Volume 17
Short Horror Stories Volume 19
Short Horror Stories Volume 20
Short Horror Stories Volume 21
Short Horror Stories Volume 22
Short Horror Stories Volume 23
Short Horror Stories Volume 24
Short Horror Stories Volume 25
Short Horror Stories Volume 26
Short Horror Stories Volume 27
Night Terrors Volume 1
Night Terrors Volume 2
Night Terrors Volume 3
Night Terrors Volume 4
Night Terrors Volume 5
Night Terrors Volume 6
Night Terrors Volume 7
Night Terrors Volume 8
Night Terrors Volume 9
Night Terrors Volume 10
Night Terrors Volume 11
Night Terrors Volume 12
Night Terrors Volume 13
Night Terrors Volume 14
Night Terrors Volume 15
Night Terrors Volume 16
Night Terrors Volume 17
Night Terrors Volume 18
Night Terrors Volume 19
Night Terrors Volume 20
Night Terrors Volume 21
Night Terrors Volume 22
Night Terrors Volume 23
Night Terrors Volume 24
Night Terrors Volume 25
Night Terrors Volume 26
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QueenieBonds

Don't want it to end!!

Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2019

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I am an avid reader, 3-4 books a week easily for over 40 yrs. and this entire series is one, if not the very best series I've ever read!! The storyline itself is unique and creative, the characters literally come to life and endear (or not!) themselves to you! Every book was just as engrossing as the previous one and I found myself literally allocating only portions so the books lasted longer! I cannot go on enough about this entire series. Mr. Ripley (the elusive!) please give us more in this series of the lives of these characters as I cannot bear to loose them & know it will be difficult to find new books that even come close in comparison! Thank you for such an outstanding series!

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Ramona Payne

Awesomely thrilling read

Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2020

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Where to begin. I loved how Ron wrote ut. Very thrilling had my heart in my throat from excitement. My heart broke at times and there was a few times I even laughed. This book has it all once you start it you won't be able to put it rown. Get ready for an amazing adventure.

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the savage amazon

Has the horror finally come to an end...

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2023

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Hopefully so. Maybe now Alex can live a normal life. If that's even possible. How can he run and laugh while playing tag. I'm not sure I see this kid on his high school lacrosse team. All the others that got out, did they really escape these horrors. Would you have made the same choices facing fear....or like Able slowly spiral to hysteria....?

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kimberly Baker

Great read. I purchased all nine of the books. I liked books one and two and by 3 I knew I would buy them all. Most I ever spent before was $3, these were definitely worth the Price.

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2021

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I would recommend these to anyone who likes a good ghost story. I'm think he should put the books together and put it in print for those who like to hold there books and turn the pages.

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Susan

A must read paranormal/haunted series

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2019

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This series MUST be read IN ORDER, or it wont have proper effect (or make much sense). ALL are available on kindle unlimited to. This is final book in the series..I think anyways. But I wouldnt mind knowing more about what happens to the prisoners/ "subjects" in mad -man Able Worthe's insane experiment - "study group".
💥💥SPOILERS AHEAD💥💥. Not all our friends survive and Alex is most definitly the king of ghosts. Alfore's commanding officer Armand Assante had something worthes general didnt intelligence,so Armand pulls out leaving stupid david,worthe,and nurse shromp who beats the crap outa worthe😜💞, i LOVED seeing worthe getting what he deserves,david got his just desserts to, the ghosts allow him to make it to 114 broad, whete Timmy's waiting on him!. Then worthe wakes up in HIS prison, being treated oh so rough😍💞. Again- i loved seeing that bastard in my head meeting KARMA. Plus a ghost from marcus's past is torturing HIM . AWESOMENESS FROM THE MIND OF RON RIPLEY...MORE P!EASE😊💕

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2019

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I loved the series! This should be a movie! I really hated to read the end. The final installment to this amazing, thoughtful and scary books. Now I must find another series of books to keep me as entertained as this. Hopefully, there will be more books like this in the future. Highly recommended!!

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Anna Voyles

Best ghost story ever!

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2019

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OMG this has been the best ghost series to read. Couldn't put any of them down they we awesome to read. I really hope there is going to be one more book to see how Marcus, Alex, Joyce and the rest end up living in the ghost village. If you love books that are about ghosts and some suspense this series is it. A page turner for sure.

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Wonderful ending to a great series

Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2019

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The ending for this series left the door open for some cross over. I hope Ron Ripley decides to keep writing using the characters from this series and a couple other characters groom other series' to develop another story line. I think Marcus, Alex, Joyce, Victor, Tom, Shane, and several other characters could definitely good up for a few more books, if not several more series of books. I have enjoyed all of Rons work thus far and am anxiously admitting his next adventures.

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A Captivating Tale.

Reviewed in Canada on September 26, 2019

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I really enjoyed all nine books in the "haunted village" series. Although 'Deranged Souls' was the last in the series, it ended holding out the promise of more to come. Hopefully, all the characters who survived Worth's insanity will reappear in some form or another in future tales.

ValC

An ending that really delivers.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 7, 2020

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This is a superb ending for the brilliant series.

I really couldn't see how the series could be wrapped up so cleverly and succinctly, but of course we are talking about Ron Ripley, who, without doubt, is the best author in this genre.

I shall miss Marcus, Alex, Timmy and the rest of the host of interesting characters who were so skillfully developed throughout, even Abel who I began to picture as a Monty Burns lookalike!

It'll be a long time before I enjoy a read as much as this.

Cally

Village Series is a great read !!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 20, 2021

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The only thing was that the ending of the last book didn't seem right, it just ended when you wanted to know more, I got really engaged with the characters I hope there'll be a book 10, I want to know what happened to them.

Trace

Fantastic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 30, 2019

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The whole village series was absolutely brilliant I am saddened it has come to an end however I am hoping we will see what becomes of Alex, Marcus, Joyce and Ellen .

Jenny

Disappointed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 19, 2021

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I wasnt happy with the ending of this book. Alex had prepared the dead to help him get rid of the guards and take revenge on those that had kidnapped him and marcus. Prof Abel Worthe ended up in a nut house, david went into the villiage to kill Timmy, and although Timmy was at deaths door by this point he still managed to kill David by shooting him, and David killed Timmy with one shot to the chest. Once the nurse left with the Prof Worthe and things had come to the end Joyce turns back up with help to save them. 8 books to build this story up and then it falls flat. Good series of books but a very disappointing last book.

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