Review: The Darkling
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 24, 2011
Crazy! I don't really like to compare authors to other authors. Doing so is rather unfair to both. But in this book I was often reminded of Lovecraft. Lots of ancient and otherworldly things, things almost as old as time, things that make mere mortal men quake in their boots. And again, some of the scenes conjured HR Giger style images. I also found some points of macabre humor, hopefully intentional on the authors part.A parallel Earth, as the blurb says, where the Black Plague is a product of sorcery. Speculation would have me mention that this seems to be related to two other works by the author:The Dragon HornandDeath Knight. They're set in a very similar similar world, and this particular book would appear to be the onset.