Ahh, mirrors. The old classic goto for horror and thrillers. In this case we have the protagonist Craig, a former Marine sniper, who is the beneficiary of a unique gift: an antique wooden mirror. Which is cursed, naturally, because people can’t give items without cursing them anymore. In order to save his family from an ancient evil (other than the taxes for such a gift) he must find a way to defeat a witch without the use of explosions, fancy rifles, and Americanisms.
Mister Smit is a sick and stuck in management as a news aggregator before the catch phrase “fake news” became a thing. He learns soon enough that he has an aggressive form of cancer, that will most likely end his story. However, relegated to ICU, he finds himself immersed in vivid dreams. As time goes by, he realizes that these same dreams might be keeping him alive.
Kilal has returned to the Sunlight Domain after ten years of exile. He is an Arbiter, a race gifted with the ability to carve intricate runes of power into their skin, carvings he must endure to fulfil his oath and defend the realm. But time is running out. An impending invasion of Ash fallen threatens to end his world. Kilal must face this doom, the Heirs of the Promise – a mysterious group that has corrupted his fellow arbiters – and his own fragile sanity.
Graytorris the Mad – that is the name of the big bad – seeks vengeance against the order that exiled him (Cathedral of the Watchful Eye) while trying to find a cure for his own affliction. To this ends he hunts Daemus, a low Keeper of the Cathedral of the Watchful Eye, whose visions lead him to the sorcerer Vorodin. The fate of more than just the followers of Erud lays in the balance, as the answers Vorodin give could launch Daemus – and the realm – to the brink of war.
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**Reviewer’s note about Drunk Drivers, I am going through my TBR list. Unfortunately, I am woefully out of date on sum, and this book has since gone unavailable in the market. I will leave the link still for when it comes back.
Drunken Drivers is a bit of an enigma to me. It is a blur of debauchery that scrapes the barrel: a raw and unexpected take on alcoholism, with all its lows, that yet somehow manages to stagger on into unexpected highs of storytelling.
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An unexpected package brings dark tidings, as internet vlogger Jeffrey Bailey’s friend reaches out from the grave for justice. Order of the Void by Robert Vaughn propels the reader through a modern mystery and the twisted aspirations of an evil cult.
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