Review: A short masterwork of horror
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2014
Some heirlooms are cherished by families and handed down with care through the generations. Then there's the type that you find your elderly dad futilely trying to destroy just before he suddenly drops dead. That's the kind around which the tale of this book revolves.Author Toby Tate has here crafted a short masterwork of dark fiction, possibly one of the tightest, most well-written books that I've ever read in the dark fiction category. Every word and phrase flows effortlessly into the next, and the historical back story weaves flawlessly with current action. I intended to read it in two sittings, but couldn't stop once I started. The book has everything that I like best in dark fiction -- an interesting story, suspense, good characterization, supernatural creepiness, and a satisfying ending.