Rating:★★★★★
Genre: Horror
Format: eBook
Pages: 141
Read: 06/29/22
Amazon Synopsis:
Folk horror at its most cosmic and terrifying.
In the quiet of the forest, the darkest fears are born. The people of Dunballan harbour a dark secret. A secret more terrible than the Beast that stalks the forests of Dunballan. A secret that holds David McCavendish, last in a long line of Lairds, in its unbreakable grip.
It’s down to Sally, David’s lover, to free David from the sinister clutches of the Beast. But, with the whole town against her, she must ally herself with an ancient woodland force and trace Dunballan’s secret back to its bitter origins. Those origins lie within the McCavendish family history, and a blasphemous heresy that stretches back to the beginning of time. Some truths are too terrible to face, and the darkest of these lie waiting for Sally, in the Quiet Places.
Blending folklore with psychological terror, Quiet Places contains stories within stories, each one leading to revelations more unsettling than the last. Revelations that will change the way you view your place in the cosmos, and haunt you, relentlessly, long after you have put down this book.
Represented by Crystal Lake Publishing—Tales from the Darkest Depths.
Review:
"There were chapters on hauntings, witchcraft, and faery folk that were local to the area. The chapter that really caught Sally's attention contained a story about the Gaelic Teine Biorach, a series of Will o' the Wisp sightings, and finally her heart raced when she read this passage:
The locals call the eerie voice 'Hettie of the Hedgerow', and claim she is either an ancient spirit, or daemon from another realm. She is drawn to those in the depths of despair, and she often gives dire warnings which you would be foolish to ignore."
David McCavendish has inherited an estate in the Scottish Highlands, an estate in the town of Dunballan. One that has a long suffering family connection and must always have a McCavendish upon its property. The legacy is dark and there are secrets hidden deep within. The residents of the town are also in the clutches of the curse. An ancient history that comes from the beginning of time, an ancient beast lurking in the depths of the forest, and a voice that calls from the quiet places of the forest.
A blend of folklore, cosmic horror, ancient religious revelations, secret societies, ancient occult practices and beasts from another dimension.
This story is foreboding and unsettling. Such unrelenting sorrow and darkness pressing into the mind and making one feel as if they have just been sucked into a black hole. It is dark and there are no feelings of happiness. Only despair and tragedy. Accept one theme that shows the capability of humanity; sacrifice for another done with love and care.
Atmospheric detail and imagery, quite beguiling.
I was enchanted by the beautiful darkness and depth within.
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