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Sun Bleached Winter (Book Review)

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Sun Bleached Winter Book CoverBook: Sun Bleached Winter
Year: 2012
Publisher: Damnation Books
Author: D. Robert Grixti
Language: English
Chapters: 16
Pages: 116
Type: Novel

 

D Robert Grixti Author PictureAuthor’s Summary: They survived the apocalypse…but are they ready for the aftermath? Lionel Morton and his sister, Claire are trapped and in danger in a wasteland frozen in nuclear winter. Somehow, they managed to live through the collapse of human civilization, but the real nightmare is just beginning. Taking shelter in an abandoned bunker, they intercept a radio broadcast that promises salvation in “New City” — the supposed last vestige of humanity. With nowhere else to go and nothing to lose, Lionel and Claire decide to embark on the most dangerous journey of their lives: fight through the wasteland to reach a place that may not even exist. Sun Bleached Winter is a dark, violent story of survival, desperation and loss that explores the truly terrifying reality of the apocalypse in a world where good and evil are meaningless and where killers and cannibals lurk over every hill.

 

Review: The story is similar as with most horror novels; it’s about surviving salvation in a world of death and endless snow.  Lionel Morton and his sister Claire are trying to find more people, and a place to live in this abrupt ending of civilization.  They continually face hard times and avoid bad people, which in this they are cannibals looking for human meat.

Bad luck comes to Claire when she gets a cut on her forehead running away from the savages. She slowly weakens and eventually tragedy ensues for Lionel. His whole outlook and perspective shifts…he starts talking to himself…and/or…an unknown dark shadow whom he thinks is taunting him. From there I am leaving it to your imagination as many things continue to fluster Lionel in this epic struggle.

I 100% loved this novel, and I am rating Sun Bleached Winter the highest possible because I could relate to this crisis and unbeknownst circumstances that would surely come in a scenario such as this. There are very few ideas in novels that portray such true feelings that if these events did happen in real life, the pursuing demise of oneself would surely exist.

Sun Bleached Winter is available at popular book stores like Amazon and Barnes & Noble in Paperback form for the low price of $11.94. If you’re anxious and can’t wait for shipment there is also an Electronic Version or E-Book that they are most commonly called for your Kindle, Smart Phone or Tablet device at almost 1/3 the price of the book coming in at $4.50. This is an outstanding novel that deserves the mass appeal of all you horror readers in Internet land. My ratings, suggestions and links are below.

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Reviewer: Dark Goddess
Date: 02/08/2013
Rating: 10/10
Suggestion: Paperback: Buy
Suggestion: E-Book: Buy		  

Weeyatches (Book Review)

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Weeyatches Book CoverBook: Weeyatches
Year: 2012
Publisher: Damnation Books
Author: Patrick MacAdoo
Language: English
Chapters: 31
Pages: 174
Type: Novel

 

Author’s Summary: The devolution WILL be televised. Two young women, both insignificant figures in the magical underworld, find themselves drawn away from their personal concerns and into an odyssey through the Minneapolis sewers, the future, and the past, as they battle against a coalition of wandering sorcerers, a warlock who casts spells through drains and pipes, and the weeyatches, a coven of reality stars/witches, in order to prevent a dystopian catastrophe.

Review: Witch lovers clap your hands because this book is all about an apprentice witch who fights an evil witch. Her name is Dylan and Finn is her master. When they attempt to talk to a malevolent witch named Daphne, Dylan gets captured. With the help of an intriguing person, Mae, who is out for revenge because her brother was killed, Dylan escapes and they make a plan to save Finn, all the while her powers growing stronger.

Along with all of the witches in the novel, you have wizards, warlocks and “drain speakers” who can turn ordinary people into zombie-like creatures. There are an abundance of characters to keep track of and I did like how the story unfolded over time.

The writing style was one that I wasn’t accustom to. There are many time-traveling-like scenarios where the story goes back-and-forth from the past to the present. The reason for this was to alter the events that had happened. Almost like a Sci-Fi type of story. It got quite tedious and cumbersome keeping track of all of the activities going on.

A few positives on Weeyatches; put simply, it was a fascinating story, there were tons of events to keep track of, and it was different than any other witch story I have come across in my 20 years of reading novels. The only thing I wasn’t all that enthused with was to me there was too much time traveler escapades that got confusing, it is a book where you must concentrate all the time or you will be baffled with the story. You do want to make sure you have no interruptions while reading.

Weeyatches is available as a Paperback book at many online locations for $18.99. You can also get the E-Book or electronic edition at a price of $5.95. The book cover graphics are misleading and a touch dull. It doesn’t entice you to pick up the book to read what it is about. After initial publications sell, hopefully the artwork can be updated to appeal to the reading audience on a second edition. My ratings and suggestions are below.

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Reviewer: Dark Goddess
Date: 09/19/2012
Rating: 7/10
Suggestion: Paperback: Buy
Suggestion: E-Book: Buy