Review: Must read for historical novel and horror fans
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 21, 2011
I have just finished reading Robert Walker's "Children of Salem". It is late night and I am tired, but I would like to present my impressions while they are fresh. As with every book of Mr. Walker's that I have read, this one positively reeks of in-depth research brought to life in a compelling story. Mr. Walker has the ability to create three dimensional characters that breathe life into history. Throughout this book, the reader is drawn into a world where the separation between church and state is nearly non-existent and superstition and religion, as motivators, are a way of life.This book is an excellent historical novel tinged heavily with an everyday horror, not of monsters or things that go bump in the night, but of greed instigated, mindless cruelty of society against individuals.