Review: "dark magic ... will always find a way to those who need it"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 7, 2014
When Clarke, a professional get-away driver, is forced to leave the scene of a robbery gone bad, he finds himself in possession of a substantial amount of money, tossed into the back seat by the crime's organizer, who did not quite make it into the fleeing car. Clarke decides to use the money to start a new life, perhaps in America as a film stunt driver, with his pregnant wife. But before he can leave, things start to go wrong. Is it just about the missing money, or is something unexplained and far more frightening going on?We learn at the very beginning that something mysterious and dark is underlying the coming events, and this is perhaps emphasized by author Gary McMahon's use of runes to divide his book into chapters. Considering the traditional meanings, the rune chosen for each chapter seems to reflect something about the events of that chapter. The author paints a clear picture of what is happening and the pacing is just about perfect, building in suspense, action and terror. What impressed me most was the ending -- in much horror fiction, you can see the ending coming well before it arrives, but this story actually has a gripping surprise ending.This is an excellently written book and I don't have any hesitation in giving it five stars, because I would call it a near-perfect example of its genre.