Indecipherable and pretty much interchangeable? So a bit of a knife edge going down, thankfully Russell gets it working for the reader and nails the requirements without getting lost in The one thing you have to get right however is in having distinct characters, how many books have you read where characters became Needed a strong character build to have them happening. Tapestry of viewpoints, when it doesn't you are left with a mad woman's breakfast as Readers are left wondering just why some viewpoints were included, and exactly why some developments Stephen King, Richard Laymon, and James Herbert, have in the past used the same perspective to get complex character driven narratives working for them. Russell pulls off one of the best tricks in modern horror, taking multiple points of view, running with them, and then tying them together in a single dialogue. Or will they crack in the face of an ancient evil. The Collector walks out of the darkestĭepths with monsters at his command, he wants something from the three families, and is prepared to open the gates of hell to get it! Can our suburbanites survive a night of dark terror When paranormal activity starts to threatened the cloistered lives of three families, no one is prepared for what the hauntings are harbingers of. Pressure from her grandson to move with him to London and forego her mystic books and attempts to understand the afterlife. Jenny Dean can no longer control her two sons who are into drugs and petty crime. But dark secrets can be hidden behind suburban doors.įrank Harper regular beats his wife Annie and terrorises his young children. Penny Crescent is the typical street basking in the sunlight of a sub division that has become established over the last few years. He's here! Don't let him in … I don't want to go …' - Bronwyn

Mana Leak by Daniel I. Russell