Screamer: Never, ever steal from a banshee.

by Frank Vizard

New York film festival director Ryan Connor is no stranger to fantastic stories but even he can't believe it when a trip to Ireland in search of new filmmakers turns into an international chase epic with him in the leading role. A chance discovery of a muddy relic on the shores of a disappearing lake puts a lethal banshee, the Irish messenger of death, on his tail. The banshee tracks Connor back to New York City and she is soon in league with an ancient Dutch demon that last terrorized the city during the American Revolution. The next thing Connor knows he is mixed up with a giant bounty hunter who converses with voices only he hears, a mysterious redhead with a secret, otherworldly agenda, a band of heavily-armed Iroquois warriors with an old grudge, and an ICE federal agent desperate to make an arrest. All of them would love to get their hands on the artifact Connor has discovered and none of them care if Connor dies in the process. But Connor soon realizes he has a strong reason not to give the artifact up, even as he begins to understand its true power.

Kindle Edition

Published October 11, 2018

About the author

Frank Vizard 's editorial career includes stints as an editor with Popular Science magazine and the motoring correspondent for Departures Magazine. He has written for numerous publications ranging from Business Week to USA Today. He is also the author of Why A Curveball Curves and co-author of The 21st Century Soldier. His Irish Norman family has moved between Ireland and the USA for generations.

Reviews

[Bernard Murphy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good writing spoiled by a plot based on ripping off elements from Irish, Dutch and American Indian cultures. If you're not offended by trashy, skin-deep cultural representation and appropriation this will work as a solid-ish fantasy. If you're Irish, Dutch etc., you'll probably want to give this a miss.