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While the prologue did have two mistakes, one grammar and one punctuation, the rest read very smoothly, even though personally I find the prologue over-dramatized. Chapter one, though, would get me reading on immediately.
That’s my take on this book.
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Now here’s the synopsis, and here’s a link to its page on Amazon.com
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SYNOPSIS
Little Park is one of many rural towns located in South Jersey, a quiet but friendly place prominent for its hospitality. Unknown to the people, their peaceful community is about to be disrupted by the dark shadows of its own past. A past powerful enough to cloak the town in an inescapable nightmare from which they can only hope to awaken. Panic sets in with the arrival of screams of terror in the night, followed by the appearance of mangled corpses every morning. In response, the police department calls in local investigator Aya Becker for assistance. As she gets closer to the truth behind the present horrors, she uncovers the dark secrets of the town, and realizes that the evil terrorizing Little Park has a far worse fate in mind for her. As the horrific murders continue, Aya’s struggle turns into one for her own life, and far more…
- Paperback: 258 pages
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1442110287
- ISBN-13: 978-1442110281
- Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.6 inches
Hold the Light
by Ryan Sherwood
SynergEbooks
March 13, 2008
ISBN: 978-0-7443-1812-8
429 pages
Horror
Paperback/eBook
Death is misplaced in the welcoming hands of a madman from the American War of Independence. Many decades later, in a desperate attempt to reunite with a stolen love, the fiend passes his terrible “gift” on to a wretched victim of the Great Depression. This second grim reaper fights the curse with everything he has, desperately trying to hang onto his humanity. When the original reaper tries to reclaim what he feels is rightfully his, the gift is passed on to a third tortured soul. To put an end to the horror, this last reaper decides he must solve the mystery that is the gift, even if it costs him all he holds dear.
Author Ryan Sherwood has penned an ambitious tale depicting the horror of the lives of three men who become Death. These “Grim Reapers” represent human tragedy and suffering in such detail one cannot but feel compassion for even the worst of them—a demented serial killer who revels in the gift he receives.
Hold the Light is a lengthy, fascinating story which reads faster than expected. Hampered in the beginning by lack of dialogue (the first reaper is as solitary as you might expect Death to be), the story slowly builds momentum until it literally races along.
Chock-full of mysteries, lost loves and valiant but futile struggles for retained humanity, Sherwood’s story wants to be something great. Unfortunately, it doesn’t reach this lofty goal. Like his characters, Sherwood’s writing is flawed. More experience, tougher editing and a degree of subtlety would have been useful.
Yet, I commend this author. Hold the Light is a unique and tragic story about one of the most dreaded of humanity’s archetypes. Not only must this book have been a challenge to write, but it is clearly a valiant effort. Well worth my time, Mr. Sherwood.
Copyright © Clayton Clifford Bye
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