“They stopped, looking around, trying to pinpoint the source of their discomfort. The tension in the air suddenly snapped, released, and with a series of staccato bangs, every door down the length of the street swung open. From out of the houses and shops they came, shuffling, staggering, and swaying. Fly-by-wire humans, jerking along the street like meat marionettes, with mouths agape and eyes empty. In their suits and their dresses, overalls, smocks, and pyjamas, the locals of Wakely marched to their own rhythm of decay to greet the visitors to their town.” Three strangers find themselves drawn to Wakely, a small village in the Scottish Borders, where a centuries-old conflict between two warring Celtic deities is drawing to its gruesome conclusion. A small boy holds the key to their survival, but first they have to find him. And they’re not the only ones looking.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By C. Cross
Format:Kindle Edition
From Within is an unashamedly old fashioned straight-ahead horror story. It pits three mismatched and troubled strangers who are mysteriously drawn to the Borders town of Wakely against supernatural fog, the living dead, denizens of hell and ancient unknowable evils.
If you're a fan of 70s and 80s British horror or of authors like James Herbert and Dennis Wheatley you'll find a lot to like here. The author moves the plot along at a decent speed, introducing each hero in turn before pitting them against the horrors of Wakely. He can turn out a decent sentence too with economical but effective language.
His dialogue is sometimes less successful and occasionally falls flat but that's hardly an unusual fault in a new author or in a self published novel. He does have a knack for some truly disturbing imagery and I'm sure some of the horrors glimpsed behind the town's windows will stay with me for a while.
The ending is satisfying and not quite what I was expecting from the fairly traditional plotting. I won't ruin it for you but the author makes it work when it could have become a bit silly.
This won't be the novel to change your mind about the horror genre, you probably already know if you enjoy this sort of thing or not but if you do you could do worse (and lets face it on the Kindle store a *lot* worse) than spend a couple of quid and a couple of hours exploring Wakely's spooky streets.
If you're a fan of 70s and 80s British horror or of authors like James Herbert and Dennis Wheatley you'll find a lot to like here. The author moves the plot along at a decent speed, introducing each hero in turn before pitting them against the horrors of Wakely. He can turn out a decent sentence too with economical but effective language.
His dialogue is sometimes less successful and occasionally falls flat but that's hardly an unusual fault in a new author or in a self published novel. He does have a knack for some truly disturbing imagery and I'm sure some of the horrors glimpsed behind the town's windows will stay with me for a while.
The ending is satisfying and not quite what I was expecting from the fairly traditional plotting. I won't ruin it for you but the author makes it work when it could have become a bit silly.
This won't be the novel to change your mind about the horror genre, you probably already know if you enjoy this sort of thing or not but if you do you could do worse (and lets face it on the Kindle store a *lot* worse) than spend a couple of quid and a couple of hours exploring Wakely's spooky streets.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Foxexile
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This book started with a good, albeit common idea - cut off town , fog, the dead, etc, etc. However, it soon degenerated in to nonsense, munbo jumbo and hokum. Most of the narrative is based around whole passages of movement arround a village in a thick fog. To follow it you would need a propper map, but anyway, you soon give up and hope something will happen soon. When it does it gets even worse with a sort of good versus evil/ancient deity in an ongoing battle that really has nothing to do with the original premis of the book. Confusing, lacking in real action, formulaic, and gibberish!!
By Helen
Format:Kindle Edition
An excellent author that really knows how to keep a reader gripped, at times I forgot I was reading a book as it felt more like a movie in my mind. Thank you for writing.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Read
As other reviewers have said this is a good old fashioned horror story.
I thought it was a great read .
Plenty of omg moments :)
I thought it was a great read .
Plenty of omg moments :)
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. J. Varndell
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great read
Don't expect any deep meaning here, just a good old fashioned horror story that will keep you reading and not let you go.
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Published 2 months ago by Chris Davison
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great
Very enjoyable from start to finish great story if you like zombi stories you will love this could not put it down
Published 3 months ago by Peter Cutmore
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It was a good idea for a story story some bits were flaky but readable. I enjoyed the book and its always good to try a new author.
Published 5 months ago by Leanne
4.0 out of 5 stars
Worth a read
Enjoyable to read, very gory from the start. Good storyline but a very muddled end lost track a little as it became very busy! All in all a good read.
Published 6 months ago by Morten123
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Absolute Rubbish
Practically no storyline, I grew tired of the characters dialogue, kept going hoping it would improve but had to give up. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Teresa Darlington
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Warring Deities
Do not usually like Zombie books, but i concede with this book, it was an enjoyable read that you had to complete, sooner rather than later. Read more
Published 11 months ago by julieg
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been done before
I thought this book was going to be good but I was disappointed. I found the story a bit "samey samey" its been done before and from that point of view I found the book a little... Read more
Published 11 months ago by S. D. Williams
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Excellent
Like another reviewer said, I just couldn't put this book down and nearly missed my recent hospital appointment as I was in the waiting room too engrossed to hear the nurse call... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Jude Smith
4.0 out of 5 stars
excellent british horror story
Being a big fan of the great Shaun hutson this book by John m Dow was right up my street,as they do write in a very similar fashion,a very entertaining british horror story.
Published 17 months ago by Darryll M
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