Darkening Dawn

The Lockman Chronicles #5

by Rob Cornell

Three years after the wolves tore Jessie Lockman’s world to shreds, she continues to carry the burden of a prophecy only she possesses the power to fulfill.

The Return.

Yet, while the prophecy chose her, it must have chosen wrong.

For every monster she banishes from the mortal plane, hundreds of thousands remain. Even with the help of the formidable Agency, tasked with combating paranormal threats, Jessie can’t imagine completing such an impossible mission.

Meanwhile, a host of new enemies gathers, each with their own agenda, all of them a threat to the Return, one of them determined to brutally murder Jessie.

None of that, however, compares to an old, familiar enemy, whose plans for Jessie will have her begging for death.

This time, darkness will follow the dawn.

336 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 23, 2015

About the author

Whether it’s a covert-ops team of vampire assassins or a greedy dragon who lives under Detroit’s MGM Grand Casino, most of Rob Cornell’s stories feature some element of the dark and fantastic. He has written over a dozen published novels, including two dark fantasy sagas—The Lockman Chronicles and the Unturned series. A native of the Detroit area, he spent a handful of years living in both Los Angeles and Chicago before returning to the Midwest, and currently lives with his family in Southeast Michigan.

Reviews

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

The reason I gave this 4/5 instead of 5 like the other 4 books is because while this book was good in my opinion it was unnecessary. To me the ending (Epilogue) of book 4 was brilliant & a good ending to Jessie Lockman's story. Most definitely on the darker side of the happy ending scale but brilliant nonetheless. The ending of book 5 completely throws the Epilogue of book 4 out the window making it an unnecessary chapter & really nothing to do with the rest of the story. In my opinion book 5 kinda ruined the rest of the story. My advice DON'T read this one if you liked the ending of book 4.

[Abby · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had to finish the series. And it was an interesting twist on the usual plot and series ending. But geez (and I'm beating that same dead horse from my other reviews of this series)--please, dear God in heaven, GET A PROOFREADER. So disappointing that a good writer doesn't avail himself of someone to review the content for proper spelling, punctuation, grammar, tense, etc.

I also found the racist thoughts and actions of one of the characters so over-the-top that they became offensive. Why have somebody on your team if you think of them that way? It made me think that the author might be venting somewhat, though I hope not. Yeah, yeah--don't be so "liberal." But creative license is one thing; this disproportionate overt racism was beyond the pale.

[Archer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is it, this is what we've been waiting for. This is the last book in the series and I couldn't have been happier with the outcome.

[Byron · Rating 5 out of 5]

Solid story. Decent ending to a decent series

I want sure how this was going to end, not after all the twists the last books brought. But it ended right. This is definitely a series I will read again.