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What Was it about?
Charlie Parker battles an old evil that haunts a strange and isolated community. Jerome Burnel was once a hero. He intervened to prevent multiple killings, and in doing so damned himself. His life was torn apart, imprisoned and brutalized.
But in his final days, with the hunters circling, he tells his story to private detective Charlie Parker. He speaks of the girl who was marked for death, but was saved; of the ones who tormented him, and an entity that hides in a ruined stockade.
Parker is not like other men. He died, and was reborn. He is ready to wage war. Now he will descend upon a strange, isolated community called the Cut, and face down a force of men who rule by terror, intimidation, and murder. All in the name of the being they serve. All in the name of the Dead King.
What Did I Think?
The story might be termed "evil vs worse than evil". But then Charlie Parker is not a normal PI. Ever since his last encounter with death he has changed and if anything he seems more deadly which is rather difficult to believe based on the past books. It's a dark and disturbing story and Connolly holds the reader's interest all the way through and builds the action, along with the story. I found it a bit of a slow start but quickly picked up...so stay with it. I was also glad to see that we learned a bit more about Charlie's daughters...one living and one dead...and certainly not your ordinary children by any means.
I've read that these books can be read as standalones...but for the life me I don't see how. Each book builds on the Parker character and carries new information building the current story on the past ones. No matter how you choose to read them be prepared for a wild ride.
