Review: Wanna Play God?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 19, 2014
1046 AD.  Monks, an Abbot.  I'm sucked in already because I love anything that starts off in medieval times, especially in monasteries.  So what we've got here in the middle of the Middle Ages is a monk obviously possessed by some force, ranting and raving about golems and firefly rain, and on and on.Next we have some priests in modern times sneaking into where the shroud is kept -- yeah, THAT shroud, the holy one with the alleged imprint of Christ's face.  But they don't steal it -- they scrape off a little of the blood onto a small knife, replace it back in its container, and sneak out.  Then they engage in some technological hanky panky  hoping to bring goodness and peace back into the world and banish evil.  Yeah, well, nice try.  I don't think playing God ever works out too well, do you?The rest of the book drives relentlessly on to its inevitable conclusion.  Or IS it inevitable?  The body count piles up,  supernatural nasties multiply,  the pace quickens, and you can't put the darn book down until you finish it!Bottom line:  well-written fast paced paranormal thriller with way more blood and gore than I like to contemplate, (which perhaps makes is a horror story as well?), great premise, and some wisdom thrown in about unintended consequences which we can all take to heart.