Author Description

<p><b>When Police Lieutenant Dan Conway arrives at Crawford Mansion, he finds a gruesome massacre. Someone has taken control of a robot created for sick, wheelchair-bound Leon Crawford - and has turned it into a war machine.</b> <p>The scene is almost too grotesque, even for a veteran officer such as Conway. There are over a hundred people dead - many torn to pieces - and just a handful of traumatized survivors. Alongside cops like the volatile Sergeant Belasco, old-timer Gausman and the ever-reliable Becka Holson, Conway maintains a cordon around the building. Their orders are to wait for a team of heavily-armed soldiers to arrive and destroy the robot... However, when Leon Crawford makes a frantic call by cell phone from inside the mansion, the police have no choice - they must attempt a rescue immediately... <p>The robot's return to action results in another eruption of death and devastation. This killer machine is lightning-fast and possesses unbelievable strength. Bullets only seem to enrage its controller and to result in worse atrocities. <p>Conway and the survivors of his team become trapped in the mansion, still searching for Leon, whilst being hunted by the near-indestructible robot. Any sounds they make will bring the steel monster's wrath down upon them. No hiding place is safe. No barrier will hold back the machine for long... <p>Away from the Crawford Mansion, rookie officer Anne DeLacy has been sent to collect Leon's mother. What should be a routine assignment turns into a nightmare. She finds herself severely wounded, struggling to remain conscious and fighting desperately for her life. <p><b>Who is controlling the robot? Why is he killing? And can the machine ever be stopped?</b> <p>'<b>Mechincarnation</b>'features of return of Dan Conway, who first appeared in the third Short Horror Tale <b>'Chained'</b>. This is a dark, violent horror thriller and the longest in the Short Horror Tales series so far... A story crafted to grip the reader with rich c