Crime reporter John Blackwood is looking for answers to the biggest story of all time-a mystery older than creation itself. But making this deadline won’t be easy, especially if a murderous cult tied to Judas Iscariot and a trio of ravenous vampiric sisters can stop him
It all begins with an ancient grimoire hidden centuries ago in the wilds of Spanish Texas by a secret order of Catholic warrior-priests to keep the tome’s deadly secrets from falling into the wrong hands.
Unearthed in modern times, the forces of evil will let nothing stand in their way to possess the book and restore an insane, renegade angel to power. As a new ice age borne of the dark arts threatens to engulf the planet, Blackwood is running out of time to save mankind from enslavement… or worse.
Can a mere mortal outwit sinister beings beyond comprehension while preventing the apocalypse?
Thanks to Netgalley, Thomas Edwards and Black Rose Writing for sharing this awesome work with me.
First of all, those who usually read me know that I’m not so big on thriller and murder stuff except for classics. So I took a dangerous bet with this one, especially when I had so much DNF this year already.
But let me say that I didn’t even struggle a bit to be hooked with this story !
I like the mix vibes and setting, between Lucifer (TV show), Sherlock Holmes (show and books) and a better version of what style Dan Brown is doing (I always loved the genre and this mix of action packed mystery thriller with a bit of religious history stuff but never managed to find my feet with the way Dan Brown was doing it - for me Thomas Edward did it way better)
You can feel pretty quick that Thomas Edwards knows his stuff. The police reporting parts, the thriller setting and the mysterious horror-ish development definitely worked for me.
For me, the other characters (Other than the main, Blackwood) were a bit too light and not enough depth for my taste, but I forget about it pretty fast for the sake of the awesome plot. The fact that it is the first book of a series makes me hope that it was just a settlement and the next tomes should be more developed in term of character’s development.
If you like darkish thriller with witty characters, good dynamics and history mysteries plot, you’ll find a good fit here. It is well written and fun to read and It definitely remind me a Sherlock Holmes with a bit more horror-ish style. You’ll definitely have fun reading this one. I myself, killed it in a 2 hours at work and cannot wait for the next settlement.
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