The Anarchy Scroll

by Geoffrey Sleight

People are mysteriously disappearing. A paranormal expert believes a catastrophe is unfolding and only the magic of The Anarchy Scroll can stop it. But the scroll is lost in a legendary land of past time. The race is on to find the entrance to the mystical land and discover the scroll's secret location. Danger and death lurk at every twist and turn.

238 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 17, 2014

About the author

I worked 30 years in journalism and later pursued a career in acting. I've always loved writing, and have scripted audio dramas as well as short film screenplays. My favourite genres in reading are a mix of supernatural, historical fiction/nonfiction, thrillers and mysteries. My main book writing genre is supernatural.

Reviews

[Peter Topside · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not really into ghosts and mystery adventure type of plots, but I had a good time with this. Geoffrey Sleight is a great writer, and he has absolutely found his niche with hauntings and ghost stories. He took a fairly standard concept, where you have evil spirits trying to unearth an apocalyptic entity to destroy the world, and made it fun. Our main characters, Callum, Marti, and Theo all had captivating personalities and you really wanted to see them succeed in getting to the anarchy scroll before Rufus and Wulfric. Now our antagonists here weren't necessarily written to be scary, and also had some fantastic back-and-forths with each other and also the main baddie, Eradicus. Like eradicate, but as a name. You get it. The story picks up from the start and it moves at a very fast pace, continuing until the climax, coming in at a smooth 128 pages. Most books of this kind tend to venture into the 300-500 page territory, but I really appreciated Sleight's ability to not drag things out too far. Well written, very entertaining, and fans of the Librarians TV series will enjoy this a great deal.

[P Bee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved this story. It's a quality, well-written supernatural mystery that I would recommend to any reader. The story itself was quite entertaining and surprised me in a few places which is a good thing. Predictable stories are boring. This one was imaginative and creative and the magical aspects of the story were well done. Sometimes the world building can be so complicated it drags you right out of the story but the author really balanced out the fact that the characters lead somewhat normal lives. Theo was a great reluctant hero and I'm glad the story was told from his perspective.

This was a great read and one of the better books I've read this year. This one is going on my keeper shelf for a re-read.