The fifth installment of the Skitters series, Dark Seed, explores fantasy horror with a tale of the ocean and the land; when the Pale Savages come on the sea to pillage, loot and kill, the inhabitants of one desperate settlement fight back with all that they have. But will it be enough, when the Savages have demonic forces on their side?
DARK SEED, the fifth SKITTERS story from horror author Nick Harper, is his first true foray into fantasy. THE KILN-FIRED HEART and MAISIE GIBSON REMEMBERS HELL both toyed with fantasy tropes and settings, but at their heart they were closer to fairy tales. Not DARK SEED. No, this one has ships and sentry towers and battles galore. Once again, Harper employs his signature descriptive writing to really paint a picture of the carnage so that it drips from the page.
Plus, that River Queen stuff... I love anything that gives us more peeks into the Harper-verse.