Review: Gripping Terror
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 7, 2014
Having previously covered such themes as Gothic Horror, Fantasy and Hard-Tech Sci-fi, Colin has turned his attention to invoking Dark Forces in the name of pure terror.A snowy mountain outcrop that harbours a dark and horrible secret, and some mysterious and, as it quickly transpires, sanity-snapping extra-terrestrial Things is the backdrop for our broken heroes to attempt to rescue first a missing boyfriend and then a group of five unwary climbers who venture too far into the cave.Throw in some trance-like outbursts of chants and blood-drawn glyphs, several types of untimely and graphic demise and we're soon into 'Do not read at bedtime' material. This is cold, dark and implacable stuff for our characters, and there's a taut ratcheting of tension that leaves you certain no one human will survive.The skilful art of the tale and the 'it came from out there' terror combine in a way that brings the craft of another favourite author of mine, William Meikle, to mind. You'd do a lot worse than to scare yourself witless with Colin's latest hit.