Blood, Flesh, and Tears

by Robert Weber

Daemos stalks the skeletal streets of Viscrucia looking for a worthy victim. He finds it in the city’s nightmares when a sinister Lord challenges Daemos to claim the unkillable in return for a chance at immortality. The crimson odyssey leads him to monsters, obscure religions, lust, and a transformation no human has ever survived.

Something emerges from the depths of the Suffering eager to drag him there, but the Lord has other plans. A storm grows. Viscrucia evolves. More and more want Daemos’s head. Flesh will be paid.

Pain is just the beginning.

339 pages, ebook

First published October 6, 2020

About the author

Robert Weber has worked in front of and behind the camera for decades in film, television, commercials, and sports, and is a former NCAA Division I Tennis Coach. His love for horror began as a child, watching the Crypt Keeper read Tales from the Crypt. Robert and his son Feyd live in Omaha, Nebraska.

Reviews

[Alex | | findingmontauk1 · Rating 4 out of 5]

BLOOD, FLESH, AND TEARS by Robert Weber read as a blend of dark fantasy, action, and horror. These pages are dripping with blood and bodily fluids. The pages are full of mutilations, stabbings, and slit throats. We follow Daemos (who gives me Kratos from God of War vibes just based on how strong and badass he is) and the lives of others living in Viscrucia, a place where there is a Carving Market / art alley of blood soaked canvases, living & flayed art masterpieces, and more. Blood covers the streets and violence is just a way of life. This definitely sounds like a place most of us would never want to visit let alone live. You really never knew who is going to get killed or who is going to be gifted to see another day in this story that will keep your focus until the end! And the ending is definitely one that will satisfy each reader on this bloody journey! 3.5 stars rounded up for Goodreads!

[Josh Petro · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is definitely not for the faint of heart - every page is soaked with blood and murder. Let's be fair the book opens with the description of a flesh curtain.

The story of Daemos was fun and the world is imaginative, everything felt alien in all the right ways.

Ultimately it's a fun little twisted story, just don't peak behind the flesh curtain if you don't like gore.

[Jeni · Rating 2 out of 5]

If I could describe this book in one word, it would be: gruesome. You get the feeling that the author mistakes darkness with depth, as the story is plenty dark, but it could use some more fully fleshed out characters. By the end, I couldn't help but think that I was supposed to be rooting for the demon to win and I wasn't. Also, the final act seemed a little rushed. You can't just time skip over when Daemos because god-king of Viscruia with a demoness. And his powers came out of nowhere. I can understand him getting the power of blood sight from the wraith he killed, but control over flesh made no sense.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read. Don't typically read fantasy but this is exactly the kind of horror/fantasy I love. Blood drips from every page. This book has blood, guts, action, creatures, cruel Lords, revenge, and so much more. Highly recommend.

[Scott Slezak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book! Action packed from start to finish, I read the last 100+ pages straight without putting the book down, plus an epic and satisfying ending.

[Keely · Rating 3 out of 5]

Review coming soon