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Sacrifice
by
John Everson (Goodreads Author)
They're coming. They are a race of sadistic spirits known as the Curburide, and they are about to arrive in our world, bringing with them horrors beyond imagination. The secret to summoning -- and controlling -- them has fallen into the hands of a beautiful, sexy and dangerously insane woman.
Ariana has dedicated her life to unleashing the demons in our realm through a seri...more
Ariana has dedicated her life to unleashing the demons in our realm through a seri...more
Mass Market Paperback, 321 pages
Published
April 28th 2009
by Leisure Books
(first published 2007)
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An awesome follow up to Everson's Covenant. Where Covenant has this creeping dread vibe going for it, Sacrifice is the exact opposite. Sacrifice is in your face, quick paced, full of action and horrific goodness. This sequel is much better in my opinion. The story moves along at fast pace and had me turning the pages, eager to see to what happens. There are some awesome scenes of memorable violence and gore, but shock value is not all Everson relies on. The writing is very good. Excellent plot a...more
Everson's sequel to his Stoker-winning debut novel COVENANT picks up shortly after Joe leaves the town of Terrel. Now living with the demon Malachai (that he allowed to enter his body to save the woman he loved), he meets up with a cute young runaway (Alex) who is able to see and talk to spirits, and together they travel cross-country, following a bloody path left by a savage female serial killer who is attempting to release a nasty, perverse race of demons known as "Curburide" into the world.
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Very good book, it just flows along seamlessly and effortlessly and is a page-turner! I throughly enjoyed devling into Eversons' world for the first time (but not for the last, I will pick up more books by him) and I know I will enjoy them.
Instead of the usual good guy versus bad guy Everson weaves a tale of good couple versus bad couple. Joe and Alex are the good couple who both begin their journey by running away, and end up having to be heroes to save the world. Ariana and Jeremy are the "evi...more
Instead of the usual good guy versus bad guy Everson weaves a tale of good couple versus bad couple. Joe and Alex are the good couple who both begin their journey by running away, and end up having to be heroes to save the world. Ariana and Jeremy are the "evi...more
I'll be the first to admit I'm a sucker for sequels, especially horror novel sequels. When I love a story, I can't wait to revisit those same characters in even more dangerous situations. However, with Sacrifice, I wasn't that into where the story was taking me. The taking over the world aspect was not as credible as the smaller events that were set up in Covenent. Once the premise in Sacrifice was established, it seemed very familiar ground, one in which the reader was constantly ahead of the c...more
This book pissed me off royally. Sacrifice continues the story Everson began in Covenant (also reviewed). Joe Kieran, now possessed by Malachi, the demon haunting the town of Terrel in the first book, teams up with a young, inexperienced witch to stop the beautiful, deadly Ariana from raising the Curburide, the demons Malachi had originally been summoned to stop decades ago.
I refuse to say it finishes the story, however. I don't want to believe John's going to let Kieran's (and Alex') story end...more
I refuse to say it finishes the story, however. I don't want to believe John's going to let Kieran's (and Alex') story end...more
When I read John Everson's first book COVENENT, I thought the story was so well written that it had several back-stories that were incredibly intriguing. Who or what are these Curburide? If they nearly rampaged the earth before, could they come back? The answer - SACRIFICE!
Where COVENENT excelled in suspense, SACRIFICE excelled in everything! This book had wonderfully developed characters. Two unlikely teams racing to the end! Joe; a reluctant participant and Alex; a budding witch fresh from her...more
Where COVENENT excelled in suspense, SACRIFICE excelled in everything! This book had wonderfully developed characters. Two unlikely teams racing to the end! Joe; a reluctant participant and Alex; a budding witch fresh from her...more
So I've decided that although it really has nothing to do with me - I'm going to take claim for pushing dear Mr. Everson to write this book (in reality I just want to feel important) but after I read "The Covenant" and wrote my review - I mentioned in my review that I really wanted to know more about what happened for the lighthouse keeper to have summoned the demon in the first place - that it sounded like a really interesting story.
And here it is! Like magic, I opened up The Sacrifice and ther...more
And here it is! Like magic, I opened up The Sacrifice and ther...more
Few horror novels written as a followup or sequel ever live up to the original, but in the case of John Everson's SACRIFICE--a sequel of sorts to his debut Leisure (and Stoker Award Winner) COVENANT--this is not the case, at all. (Side-note: this review may contain spoilers....) Once again, reporter Joe Kieran is dealing with the demonic after recent events in COVENANT cause him to leave the coastal town of Terrel for the peace and solace of the open road. In his efforts to thwart a demonic enti...more
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I love reading sequels like this - follow-up tales that not only show the further adventures of characters I've grown fond of (or am fascinated by), but up the ante of the plot proceedings, while reworking the structure of the previous tale(s) into new storyline configurations.
Sacrifice accomplishes this, with seeming ease. Like Covenant, it's a burn-through-that-sucker read, one with an ending that deftly avoids leave-room-for-a-sequel horror clichés (though he could easily continue this series...more
Sacrifice accomplishes this, with seeming ease. Like Covenant, it's a burn-through-that-sucker read, one with an ending that deftly avoids leave-room-for-a-sequel horror clichés (though he could easily continue this series...more
John Everson made me a believer with this book. Wow. Talk about an insane, over the top, balls to the wall roller coaster ride of a horror novel. Wear your suspension of disbelief hat, and enjoy it for what it is: pure entertainment. It reminded me of Ed Lee's best work, but also a bit of Richard Laymon's stuff as well, but with much more of a focus on the supernatural. I loved that it was a road novel as well, with my current home of Austin, TX lovingly described. This book really impressed me...more
It is seldom that a sequel ever holds up to the original, especially when the original is Bram Stoker winner Covenant, but John Everson managed to do just that with Sacrifice. This book was boombastic from start to bloody (literally) finish. Sacrifice picks up almost immediately where Covenant leaves off and the action is non-stop. There is also an awesome female antagonist, more demons, more sex, more gore, more murder and mayhem and frights and all the good things you'd expect from a great hor...more
I actually did not know about Covenant. I just happened to see this book at Dollar Tree and it sounded like a good read. And it was. Very interesting, and quite a horror story. It is hard to find a good horror novel out there. This was not a let down. It was more gore-horror, than thriller-horror...in my opinion. But good, nonetheless. Well written also. I got sucked into the story quickly, and it was hard to put the story down.
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Not a bad book. I think the ending was a little weak, but the middle was able to grab my attention. It did bother me a little bit that the people trying to stop the Curburides from coming kept saying that they didn't know anything about them, but wouldn't try to research anything either. I would recommend it, though well, depending on the person.
This is my first one of his books and I did like it. However I personally thought the author was too nice to the "bad guy, don't want to spoil it for anyone. I give it four stars and a big evil grin for graphic splendor. Definitely going to check out more of Everson's books.
Pretty good book. I was not expecting what happened at the end. It ended extremely well but sad. It was a very well written book. Ended like I would expect a good movie to end, hero walking away into the sunset. It was a pretty gruesome book, there were lots of blood and lots of violence. This book was actually a sequel to Covenant written by John Everson as well, if you wanted to know how the story all started you should read the first one but you don't have too to understand what's going on. J...more
A great little horror novel. Another great one by John Everson. This is a sequel of sorts to the Covenant. This is a blood thirsty, sex filled, demon releasing cross country story. Just wonderful. I can't wait to read another novel by him. Growing to be one of my favorite horror writers.
Love this book! It has everything I love in it....blood, gore, sex, very intense reading....not for the squimish! I didn't want to put it down....A must read for good horror fans!
Jan 25, 2009
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My second novel released by Delirium Books in 2007... the Leisure Books paperback edition will be out in April 2009.
A book to fly through, thoroughly enjoyed it.
very good, glad I read Covenant first as it followed on really well and felt I understood it more than had I read this book alone.
John Everson is quickly becoming a favorite author.
I enjoyed Covenant and felt the sequel Sacrifice surpassed the original. Sacrifice is a great read, this is going to sound silly but loved the city to city quest aspect of this book, kind of like a fun "horror" road trip. Really enjoyed the characters and the story had that quest feel to it that I dig a lot. Very entertaining thrill ride...4.5
I enjoyed this book. It is a sequel to Covenant, but you don't really have to read that book to enjoy this one. It moves at a fast pace. I enjoyed the characters. Ariana is the epitome of evil, and it's alot of fun to watch her in action. There are a pair of unlikely heroes that you can't help but root for. The curburide were great. It would have been good to see more of them.
Fantastic story! One of the best yet this year. I MUST read more John everson.
The ending was a bit too abrupt for my tastes, but overall, Sacrifice was a worthy sequel to the excellent Covenant.
May 20, 2013
Larry Giles
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John Everson is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of the novels Covenant (Leisure Books, 2008), Sacrifice (Leisure Books, 2009), The 13TH (Leisure Books, 2009) and Siren (Leisure Books, 2010). These novels were all issued as limited edition hardcovers. A Polish translation of Covenant was also issued by Poland's Red Horse Books as Demoniczne Przymierze in late summer 2007 and a translation of S...more
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