Lord of the Feast
Tim Waggoner
Flame Tree Publishing (April 26, 2024)
Reviewed by Carson Buckingham
Tim Waggoner’s newest, Lord of the Feast, is a journey via hell to not be missed. Two households, associated by marriage and intent, have determined that the world wants to finish, and so they need to create a god that may transfer the Earth right into a state of dysfunction and chaos. Evidently, they view the present development towards eventual entropy as transferring far too slowly. With the god comes the Gyre, an infinite black hole-like factor descending from the sky, which can pull Earthly actuality into it and extinguish the human race.
These will not be folks you need to invite to Christmas dinner.
The way in which the god is made is by amassing components from black-souled people and stitching them collectively, à la Frankenstein. They took a run at creating this god as soon as earlier than, and it resulted in a catastrophe throughout which greater than half the households had been both killed outright or mutated in some horrific manner.
However now, they’re prepared to present it one other shot, however they have to first re-collect the physique components that had been hidden with surviving relations who will not be too eager on attempting for an additional resurrection anymore. The e-book turns into a macabre scavenger hunt between the faction that desires to present the Incarnation one other try to the one which doesn’t.
Primarily based on my description, you would possibly suppose that this e-book is nothing greater than pulp fiction, and the way fallacious you’d be. The e-book is so elegantly written that the primary web page will take away all doubt and inform you of greatness.
As is common with Mr. Waggoner, you can find that the e-book just isn’t glued, however nailed to your fingers. He juxtaposes humor and horror so deftly, it’s like Lewis Black coming throughout a disembodied hand whereas out for a stroll. The creator additionally doesn’t embrace any extra clarification than is completely obligatory, which I like. I’m able to filling within the blanks with my very own creativeness, and it’s to the creator’s credit score that he presumes that his readers are clever sufficient to do that. Over-explaining does nothing however create a doorstop e-book that few will learn. This e-book’s pacing is ideal, and it strikes the reader proper alongside from horror to horror. What a terrific journey!
When you’ve got a horror fan in your Christmas record, Lord of the Feast would make an outstanding present. And seize one for your self, when you’re at it!
5 out of 5 stars. Maintain ‘em comin’, Mr. Waggoner!
About Carson Buckingham
Professionally, Carson Buckingham has made her manner in life doing all method of issues, most of which contain arson. She is at the moment employed as a contract author on a piece launch program. In her spare time, she research forensics, in hopes of making use of her new data to eluding the authorities extra successfully the subsequent time.
She is initially from Connecticut, however now resides in Kentucky—and Connecticut is glad to be rid of her.
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