Review: Rampaging Demons in the Egyptian Desert
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 17, 2014
Cain takes the reader on a wild ride as her heroine Elan goes on a quest to modern-day Egypt to search for her mother who has gone missing from a film shoot. Elan's search takes her to a palace out in the desert. Her mother, a diabetic, relies on daily doses of insulin so finding her quickly is a matter of life and death. Elan encounters demons and a strange giant of a man with a scimitar whose coat lights up like a Christmas tree. But Elan's problems are not all external. She also carries around some personal baggage concerning her strained relationship with her mother and a murder from Elan's past. She picks up some valuable friends from the film crew and the local population, including Ramsey, a troubled young man who literally carries around some demons of his own.The plot is fast-paced with plenty of harrowing escapes. It's not clear until the final chapters who Elan and Ramsey can trust. As with most quests, Elan's journey turns out to be as much about slaying her own personal demons and freeing her soul from the weight of the past as it is about finding her mother. If you're searching for a suspenseful read in an exotic local with a heavy dose of supernatural chills, Soul Cutter is the book for you. Highly recommended.