"This book is many things, but before anything, it’s a tasty treat for hardcore connoisseurs of noir. The author plunges into the deepest layers of what is deemed most undesirable of humanity, of all we would much rather avoid, to reveal both their darkest fears and their strongest urges, and the one universal symbol of evil connecting them all. A compelling, at times even mesmerizing, cautionary tale of human woe, and the dire consequences of surrendering to our lower nature. By its subject, style and ambiance of dread, this novella has inherited the best practices of Victorian classics like Conrad and Stevenson." Ishan C.