Book Review of 'Doomstalker'
by Christina Francine
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Genre: Suspense Horror
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Book Review of 'Doomstalker'
Book Review of 'Doomstalker'
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Doomstalker
Gary Brandner
Ballantine Books 1989
PB 234
ISBN# 0-449-14577-8
Six-year-old Brian secretly watched and listened to his father, Reverend Harlan Kettering, argue with the large, dark, unearthly form. Moments later, he watched as he died. It was the first in a chain of unspeakable events for Brian, his sister, and mother that would forever twist and haunt their lives.
Time eventually brought a better way of life for forty three year old Detective Sergeant Brian Kettering. He was a damn good cop, married to a woman who took care of herself and her family, and he had a seventeen-year-old son. Then, the dreams and headaches were back. Brian wondered how his luck had all changed. Suddenly, he found his life crumbling around him. His wife, Mavis, of eighteen years began to see another woman, and they weren’t quilting together. His son, Trevor, whom he’d never been close to, began to work at a nightclub that soon drew him into a cult. Granted, his family wasn’t perfect like the ones on some television sit-coms, but whose was? If that wasn’t enough, things became even worse. The unearthly, dark form came back. It showed up everywhere Brian went, murdered his friend, and went after his wife. Somehow he knew it wanted something from him, but what? How could he fix things between he and his family, and save them from the demon dating back to the Egyptian era until he found out?
Doomstalker is tightly written. Even if the supernatural element weren’t in the story, it would still be a good work of fiction. Because of this, I’ve read the book a couple of times. There is little slash and gore, and every page will not put you on the edge of your seat, but that is okay because the plot is strong and the characters especially believable. This story is about an imperfect man in an imperfect situation who attempts to salvage the relationship between himself and his family first.
I give ‘Doomstalker’ a 5 out of a 5.
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Gary Brandner
Ballantine Books 1989
PB 234
ISBN# 0-449-14577-8
Six-year-old Brian secretly watched and listened to his father, Reverend Harlan Kettering, argue with the large, dark, unearthly form. Moments later, he watched as he died. It was the first in a chain of unspeakable events for Brian, his sister, and mother that would forever twist and haunt their lives.
Time eventually brought a better way of life for forty three year old Detective Sergeant Brian Kettering. He was a damn good cop, married to a woman who took care of herself and her family, and he had a seventeen-year-old son. Then, the dreams and headaches were back. Brian wondered how his luck had all changed. Suddenly, he found his life crumbling around him. His wife, Mavis, of eighteen years began to see another woman, and they weren’t quilting together. His son, Trevor, whom he’d never been close to, began to work at a nightclub that soon drew him into a cult. Granted, his family wasn’t perfect like the ones on some television sit-coms, but whose was? If that wasn’t enough, things became even worse. The unearthly, dark form came back. It showed up everywhere Brian went, murdered his friend, and went after his wife. Somehow he knew it wanted something from him, but what? How could he fix things between he and his family, and save them from the demon dating back to the Egyptian era until he found out?
Doomstalker is tightly written. Even if the supernatural element weren’t in the story, it would still be a good work of fiction. Because of this, I’ve read the book a couple of times. There is little slash and gore, and every page will not put you on the edge of your seat, but that is okay because the plot is strong and the characters especially believable. This story is about an imperfect man in an imperfect situation who attempts to salvage the relationship between himself and his family first.
I give ‘Doomstalker’ a 5 out of a 5.
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