Veil

By: Jonathan Janz

Narrated by: John Pirhalla

“The voice in Veil is as present, strong, charming, singular, and desperate as any I’ve read. The story of a family man who will stop at nothing to protect those he loves. Even if those threats are beyond sanity, reason, and a once agreed upon reality. Janz has written another absolute gem of the genre.”—Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box

From beloved horror author Jonathan Janz, Veil is a heart-stopping story of one father who will stop at nothing to save his family.

It begins at night. People vanish from parks and city streets. Then in broad daylight, they’re dragged screaming into the woods, into the water, into the sky. People take refuge in their homes, but still the invisible creatures come, ripping people away from their horrorstruck loved ones. Spouses. Parents. Children. Nowhere is safe and no defense can stop them. Because nothing can save you from what you can’t see.

High school teacher John Calhoun loses his son the first night. A day later, they take his wife. For two months, he and his thirteen-year-old daughter manage to survive, but in the end, she is abducted too. In John’s darkest moment, he meets a motley group of survivors who have a secret: a near-fatal car accident has given one of them the ability to detect what normal human eyesight cannot.

The survivors believe they can replicate the brain injury that will enable them to see the creatures. To discover how they’re invading our world. To fight them. Desperate to save his family, John volunteers. And after the veil of invisibility is lifted, he and his new friends will risk everything to achieve the impossible: enter an alien world and bring their loved ones back.

©2025 by Jonathan Craig Shaeffer w/a Jonathan Janz (P)2025 Blackstone Publishing

incredibly hood

Jonathan Janz has a very unique way of bringing to mind great authors and great works, while keeping his work entirely his own feel. This one was a wild ride bringing to mind the vibe of Birdbox & the brain food depth of the science/reasoning for the setting that I've only before found in I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. The imperfection of the characters is refreshing & expressed in a way that you still want to cheer for them... but like you'd cheer for your neighbor in an extraordinary situation, rather than cheering a typical hero.

This is a great book.

This is a fun and easy read, I loved it. The narrator did a great job. I’m ready for some more.

A taste of Stephen king in his work

Enjoyed this story. Leaves you wanting more,looking forward to his next Novel. Love the home town feel

ending was a disappointment

great story, very engaging. I was skeptical of the eye surgery, strongly feeling like the participants were way too gullible. but this ended up being a great twist to where I thought the story was going. incredibly irritated with the ending as it left me with an unlisted feeling as if there is going to be a sequel.

Excellent narration and vivid storytelling.

Suspenseful, emotional, expert visual storytelling with strong character development. Janz definitely knows how to write vivid action packed fight sequences. Some of the best I've ever read. His descriptive writing style makes it very easy to vivalize the creatures and I appreciated that he did not shy away from explaining their motives. His use of color,smells and imagery made it easy to get caught up in the story. But, he never loses the emotional elements of the personal relationships between the characters, that I think are the key to any successful story. I can definitely see this being made into a blockbuster movie. I hope Janz writes a sequel. The narration of this book is brilliant. Definitely recommend. 5 stars- Samantha