SAMHANE

written by Daniel I. Russell

published by Wild Child Publishing

ISBN: 978-1935013433

 

reviewed by Adam Armstrong

1.15.09

 

 

With a name like Samhane, who would want to live there?

 

Donald is an aspiring horror novelist who buys a laptop with a little bit of horror already added into it. Brian is a monster hunter who gets called into the town of Samhane for a few jobs that feel more like death traps. After Donald’s wife Bev and Brian’s son Sam get abducted both men find themselves drawn toward a company called Belvedere Ltd and something sinister called Zandathru.

 

This novel kept me reading. Russell does have a talent for storytelling. Some of the images were pretty cool, like Dr. Sally and the chaos god. I did find a few problems here and there. The dialogue goes right in the toilet during all of the action scenes. My recommendation to readers: skip over the dialogue in the actions sequences, it won’t take away from the story much and will make the overall reading experience better. The Hunter was chasing after typical horror icons, though he did fight a few atypical ones. It would have been cooler to hear and see more of the stranger things related to the antagonists versus werewolves, vampires, and ghouls.

 

Overall, not bad and sold for such a good price you should grab a copy.

 

4 out of 5