Rating: ★★★★
Genre: Horror
Format: eBook
Pages: 137
Read: 02/10/22
Amazon Synopsis:
The trees of Alaska’s Arctic wilderness have always been Sarah’s sentries and her house, a fortress, isolated from society and an abusive marriage.
Until it isn’t.
The arrival of a new neighbor and an oil company drilling through primordial, cold earth changes the forest of her valley. It bleeds through the serenity and disrupts her home, her sanity. Plagued with insomnia from the midnight sun, Sarah increasingly suspects something is using her sanctuary to hide from the bright, incessant light. An insidious menace, ancient and beyond explanation, using the wilderness for cover. Her personal demon that cares nothing for Sarah or her mental health. Something that won’t stop until it takes it all.
Review:
"Light only had meaning with dark to punctuate it."
Set deep in the remote Alaskan wilderness, during the days of uninterrupted daylight where sleep doesn't come easy and the sounds from the silence play with the deep recesses of the mind. We are introduced to our protagonist, Sarah. Recently separated, she is living alone when she begins to hear and see things and comes to believe an ancient creature is living deep in the darkness of her basement. Sadly no one believes her and her sanity is questioned as her world spirals into fear and confusion.
The deep remoteness can be felt along with the anxiety and the build up of suspense. My mind was questioning the protagonists mental capacity as the decisions she was making became more and more unsettling. Although the sun was shining the creature exudes this consuming darkness and casts a dark shadow spreading out towards a foreboding doom.
The ending was perfection and had my mind reeling with thoughts long after finishing.
Great debut!
Goodreads Author Page:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/
Amazon Author Page:
https://www.amazon.com/Rowan-Hill/e/
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