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Shadowpath
Cataloging crimes with an occult twist; Dr. Elisabeth Frost unravels why people commit atrocities in the name of God. But in the middle of writing her next book, her world comes apart when a savage murder is committed solely to grab her attention.
To find answers, she must team up with a police detective and a madman who claims to be able to shape reality. It will start a journey that takes her from the mundane city streets to the hidden cracks in creation. Because out there, somewhere, someone is trying to break the world.And it looks like they might be able to do it.
To find answers, she must team up with a police detective and a madman who claims to be able to shape reality. It will start a journey that takes her from the mundane city streets to the hidden cracks in creation. Because out there, somewhere, someone is trying to break the world.And it looks like they might be able to do it.
258 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 1, 2012
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William Maxwell
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July 4, 2012
Shadow Path, the first book in Bill Maxwell's Lost Gods Cycle, is a smart, ambitious, big-concept hybrid of horror and urban fantasy.
It's is a smart and edgy thriller that follows three people - Dr. Elisabeth Frost, a brilliant scholar of the occult, Detective Mark Stewart, a determined cop, and Jack Harris, an enigmatic man who has the power to walk between alternate worlds – as they try to find and stop the Morrigan, a preternaturally smart and strong killer with messiah-like ambitions. And what starts off as homicide investigation quickly spirals into a terrible scenario with nothing more than the fate of the world at stake.
Reading Shadow Path feels a bit like digging into rich, black earth. There is a density and darkness that is both resistant and rewarding. Avoiding clichés and gimmicks, it takes the higher road, blending philosophy into horror, creating new and unexpected scenarios, and avoiding stereotypes while delivering a brilliant cocktail of horror and adventure. The plot rocks. Maxwell has laid out some fine, Matrix-worthy plot twists that move us toward a satisfying (if not bitter-sweet) ending.
It's is a smart and edgy thriller that follows three people - Dr. Elisabeth Frost, a brilliant scholar of the occult, Detective Mark Stewart, a determined cop, and Jack Harris, an enigmatic man who has the power to walk between alternate worlds – as they try to find and stop the Morrigan, a preternaturally smart and strong killer with messiah-like ambitions. And what starts off as homicide investigation quickly spirals into a terrible scenario with nothing more than the fate of the world at stake.
Reading Shadow Path feels a bit like digging into rich, black earth. There is a density and darkness that is both resistant and rewarding. Avoiding clichés and gimmicks, it takes the higher road, blending philosophy into horror, creating new and unexpected scenarios, and avoiding stereotypes while delivering a brilliant cocktail of horror and adventure. The plot rocks. Maxwell has laid out some fine, Matrix-worthy plot twists that move us toward a satisfying (if not bitter-sweet) ending.
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