Awesome Publishers Weekly Review of Lower Power
This book hasn't even been edited yet and I still have major decisions to make because I may want to make it more mainstream than "horror." But it is a difficult choice given the great review I received from Publishers Weekly as part of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards.
Publishers Weekly Review:
"A dark power spreads death and chaos in New York City in the midst of the early-1990s crack epidemic in an expertly-told tale of recovering drug addicts facing supernatural horror. Raven Douglas and Keith Wilson are two former drug users who are now clean when they and their fellow Narcotics Anonymous members begin to suffer drug nightmares and are drawn toward an abandoned building on 117th Street where high-potency cocaine is being distributed by the terrifying “BG” (Big Guy). Meanwhile, reporter Juan Miranda, with Raven’s help, unravels the truth behind a sudden spate of mass shootings and other mayhem, while also trying to rescue teenage addict and prostitute Gina, who becomes involved with one of BG’s lieutenants. The author cleverly works in recognizable references to events and personalities of the era, and does an excellent job of capturing the authentic feel of the meanest streets of New York City in its most crime-ridden days. The growing claustrophobic horror of the former addicts being drawn back into drug use alternates with episodes of horrific violence by B.G.’s “wet brain” zombies for an unrelenting cascade of horror that builds to an exciting climax in this superbly written tale of urban survivors fighting to save themselves once more."
Publishers Weekly Review:
"A dark power spreads death and chaos in New York City in the midst of the early-1990s crack epidemic in an expertly-told tale of recovering drug addicts facing supernatural horror. Raven Douglas and Keith Wilson are two former drug users who are now clean when they and their fellow Narcotics Anonymous members begin to suffer drug nightmares and are drawn toward an abandoned building on 117th Street where high-potency cocaine is being distributed by the terrifying “BG” (Big Guy). Meanwhile, reporter Juan Miranda, with Raven’s help, unravels the truth behind a sudden spate of mass shootings and other mayhem, while also trying to rescue teenage addict and prostitute Gina, who becomes involved with one of BG’s lieutenants. The author cleverly works in recognizable references to events and personalities of the era, and does an excellent job of capturing the authentic feel of the meanest streets of New York City in its most crime-ridden days. The growing claustrophobic horror of the former addicts being drawn back into drug use alternates with episodes of horrific violence by B.G.’s “wet brain” zombies for an unrelenting cascade of horror that builds to an exciting climax in this superbly written tale of urban survivors fighting to save themselves once more."
Published on May 26, 2014 07:11
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