Voodoo Fury

by Gregg Loomis

Genres: Horror

Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Gregg Loomis is an American author of thrillers. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, he spent his youth traveling the world, and has worked as a commercial pilot, a racecar driver, and a lawyer specializing in commercial litigation. He published his first novel, the bayou thriller Voodoo Fury, in 1991. His greatest success came in 2005, when The Pegasus Secret introduced the world to lawyer Lang Reilly; Loomis charted that character’s globetrotting adventures through five more novels, including The Coptic Secret (2009) and The Cathar Secret (2011). With Gates of Hades (2007), Loomis began a new series centered on Jason Peters, an international operative working for NARCOM, a private corporation that does what the CIA cannot. Hot Ice (2013) is the second Jason Peters novel. Loomis now writes and practices law in Atlanta.

Reviews

[Brendon Lowe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Phillip, a journalist, and his wife go to Haiti for research purposes for one of his articles. During their stay, they hear loud drums and go to investigate and stumble across a voodoo ritual and witness a human sacrifice. They are discovered and quickly flee the country.

The voodoo witch is enraged at her sacrifice being interrupted and uses her powers to haunt the family back in the United States.

This was OK, but definitely nothing great. All the voodoo hauntings on the family in the US were kinda silly, such as paperwork catching on fire or some force pulling someone into a pool. It wasn't really horrific in any way, and they always came away unscathed.

There is a cool scene involving a zombie near the end which was fun and the final showdown with the voodoo witch was also very good and kinda creepy with a bit of tension built up but for the most part it's a bland average story. Not terrible in anyway but not great either.