Clearly, what the novel lacks in substance it makes up for in sheer quantity. Nace does this to the point of actually making intestinal ravaging and throat-ripping at the mandibles of giant praying mantises repetitive. Although there are plenty of nastier books out there, Eat Them Alive is renowned amongst 'gorehounds' for being nothing but violent death after violent death, with many victims' demises taking several pages to describe. What Pierce Nace's novel is remembered for though are its shocking levels of violence and depravity. And pretty much everyone else unfortunate enough to stumble across him. Here he discovers a race of gigantic praying mantises who he trains to kill and eat people, and, of course, uses them to exact vengeance upon his former partners in crime. In particular, they castrate him.Īfter surviving the attack, he escapes to South America and ends up living on Malpelo Island off of Colombia. One day the crooks hit the big time when they net $2 million in cash from an old man after they torture him to death.ĭyke is betrayed and beaten within and inch of his life by the others when he tries to run off with their money ( so actually he betrayed them first). Dyke Mellis is an ex-con who is a member of a gang in Texas consisting of Kane Garrister, Ryan Gaut, Pete Stuart and Zeb Hillburn. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP.Įat Them Alive is a 1977 horror novel written by the otherwise anonymous Pierce Nace. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE.

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