Publication Date: July 26 2022
Format: Audio
Genre: Horror/Mystery
Narrators: Joe Hempel
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Publisher: Tantor Audio
Length: 12 hours 13 min
Buy: Kindle | Audio
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Synopsis
An atmospheric, haunting thriller, full of memorable characters and
sublime terror, from the author of Come with Me
For nearly two decades, Jamie Warren has been running from darkness. He's
haunted by a traumatic childhood and the guilt at having disappeared from
his disabled brother's life. But then a series of unusual events reunites
him with his estranged brother and their childhood friends, and none of
them can deny the sense of fate that has seemingly drawn them back
together.
Nor can they deny the memories of that summer, so long ago—the strange
magic taught to them by an even stranger man, and the terrible act that
has followed them all into adulthood. In the light of new danger, they
must confront their past by facing their futures, and hunting down a man
who may very well be a monster.
Review:
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If Stephen King's books It and The Stand had a baby this is what I would
imagine it would be. Part horror part mystery this was a creepy wild
ride. Jamie Warren was involved in a fire that killed 2 people when
he was a child and he has been haunted and running from it ever since.
A committed alcoholic Jamie is trying to get clean but when he finds
out his mother has passed away and his disabled brother was alone in the
house with her for 5 days after she passed he knows he has to go back
home.
He falls off the wagon again on the way back home and things only continue
to go downhill from there. His brother keeps talking about waking
dreams, he is being haunted by the two people who died in the fire and his
childhood friends who were with him that night have all shown up again
with a photo of a man Jamie wishes to never see again.
Through present and past narrative we discover that a magician traveling
with the Carnaval who squatted in Jamies barn when he was a kid and taught
him and his friends magic tricks may have been way more than what he
seemed and none of it good. Now a young girl is facing murder
charges for killing her best friend, but swears that a one eyed magician
told her to do it.
This is a creepy thrill ride, about acceptance of yourself, coming to
terms with the evil inside us all and learning to live with it. Can
Jamie and his friends find the Magician and put an end to this? Well
written and paced, there were several scenes that just sent a shiver up my
spine. I am definitely adding this author to my list to look for other
titles.
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