The Veil

by Jason Wrench

When Jensen Kripke learns of his twin brother's mauling death, he knows the coroner's report sounds fishy. To learn the truth behind his brother's death, Jensen enrolls at Smithfield College and quickly finds himself steeped in a world of Christian mysticism, religions beyond his reference point, and supernatural powers vying to take control of the campus. Smithfield College, and its protectors, attempt to keep the veil between the supernatural and natural worlds in-check, but when a third party enters the picture determined to bring the veil crumbling to the ground, Jensen must join forces with the most unlikely group before the dark forces succeed and the veil is left in tatters permanently.

198 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 20, 2021

About the author

Jason Wrench writes. He writes a lot. He’s authored eleven academic textbooks, thirty-five plus research articles, authored numerous chapters in other books, and edited eight academic books. When he’s not in his day job as a college professor at SUNY New Paltz where he teaches in the Department of Communication, he’s writing romantic thrillers like 12 Days of Murder (November 2021) and Till Death Do Us Wed (February 2022), both with Pride Publishing. Jason loves reading/writing, Broadway, coffee, and his puggles. He’s a member of the Romance Writers of America and the Textbook and Academic Author Association.

Reviews

[Bob Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

The author wrote this story over a decade ago but finally decided to have it published and we are all grateful. A murder mystery, a college student is brutally murdered and his twin brother investigates. Jason Wrench has a way of grabbing his reader right out of the gate and there is never any fluff. His books are well researched and I always learn something new. In this case, e.g., Christian mysticism and voodoo are integral pieces to the story.

I love a good murder mystery where the whodunit is not obvious. I especially love a novel like this one where everything is just one surprise after another. The characters in this story would make a great team for a series. If I read the author's blog/website correctly it looks like he has a lot of books coming our way in the future. Yes!

[Robert Fontenot · Rating 2 out of 5]

The writing is very amateurish with sentences that are both very short and yet somehow rambling. large amounts of extraneous details are given, perhaps to add texture, but in a way that just makes paragraphs hard to parse.