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The Necromancer [ebook]
[9781591461272] |
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| by The Yaz |
Date Added: Thursday 29 May, 2008 |
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I ordered this book before I left for vacation so that I may have something to read on the plane ride over. I am so glad that I brought it along with me. Kevin Dunn's ability to make you feel like if you are in the center of the war between good and evil is so great that it's almost scary.
His vivid descriptions and storytelling are a gift bestowed upon the reader that you feel it a sin to put the book down before ending the entire book.
There's such an array of characters: Demons, spirit guardians or ghost, zombies, executioners, town folk who claim to follow the Lord but at the same moment cry for the blood of their neighbors and the list continues to grow.
Over all in all, I was excited to open my book and with each turn of the page I felt the hair on my back stand on end. As I read, I got a feeling of overwhelming satisfaction knowing that something unexpected was going to happen. For the first time reading a horror novel I can truly say there was not a moment when the story got boring. The action is always there and just when you think the climax is over... the suspense rises again .... Brilliant read and a superb job for a first time novelist. Well done. Bravo.
Rating:  [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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| by Cindy Leonard |
Date Added: Friday 18 April, 2008 |
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The Necromancer was a very interesting book. I was drawn into the story from the start. It takes place in and around Salem, Massachusetts during the madness of the witchcraft trials. It focuses on the life and loves of the Reverend Ambrose Blayne, a man out for blood, revenge for his first and best love, Odara. She was burnt at the stake as a witch, and so, that is the form of Blayne's revenge. He is in Salem to generate a witch panic and create as much bloodshed as possible in honor of his lost love. Unfortunately for him, his newest love, Susanna Harrington is an accused witch, locked up in the Salem Village Jail. He kidnaps her out of the jail and takes her with him to his secret/hidden lair where he practices the black arts that keep the Salem frenzy going.
It is a strongly written book. It is a darkly written book. There are demons, sabbats, bacchanalias, blood and guts, and even a ghost or two. The tone is a bit formal, and it gets a little graphic in places, but it is appropriate to the story. I do think the credibility is stretched a bit when Odara shows up near the end and is attacked as viciously as any of Blayne's enemies.
All in all, though, a very good read. This book kept me entertained until the end.
Rating:  [4 of 5 Stars!] |
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| by J. Wells "Oderus99" |
Date Added: Wednesday 09 April, 2008 |
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I just finished The Necromancer after having met Kevin Dunn at HorrorFind Weekend and having visited Salem, MA last summer. The book uses the Salem witch trials as a backdrop, not enough though in my opinion. The book puts an all new twist on the witch trials in that a local preacher is a Necromancer/warlock who causes all the havoc. The book focuses mostly on one story between the warlock and an accused witch. Dunn tends to jump around and makes for a confusing read at times, but overall it was a good read in that it kept me entertained and not bored, which is all I can ask for in a book. I recommend the book to anyone who is interested in the Salem Witch trials or knows nothing about them and wants to learn a little about what went on keeping in mind the book is fiction based in and during the witch trials.
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!] |
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| by Reader Views (Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson) |
Date Added: Tuesday 08 April, 2008 |
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Kevin Dunn’s “The Necromancer” is set in the extremely tumultuous times at the end of the seventeenth century. The year is 1692 and the infamous witch-hunt has begun in Salem, Massachusetts. People are falling ill and dying of smallpox. Tempers are running high. Neighbors are telling on neighbors, reporting them for real and, much more often, for imaginary crimes.
Two unlikely people are thrown together – the very pure and innocent Susanna Harrington, a young woman from Salem, and the Reverend Ambrose Blayne, a man with a violent and unhappy past and a dark secret. He is ‘The Necromancer’ – a very dangerous and very powerful warlock. His seduction of the pure, naive Susanna will lead the young woman down an incredibly vile, sinister route.
While the characters in this book are undoubtedly formidable, the sheer saturation with evil and brutality makes them too distant to be believable. Kevin Dunn’s writing is occasionally stiff and feels overwhelming at times. Sometimes use of more straightforward words and phrases makes for less laborious reading; and austere is not necessarily boring. On the other hand, I found author’s insights into the human soul and the low resistance of most people to foolishness and iniquity very enlightening.
Kevin Dunn’s “The Necromancer” is certainly a powerful book, but unfortunately too dark for my taste. While I am certain it would appeal to the lovers of dark fiction and horror stories, the very graphic and vivid descriptions of the orgies and rituals, the incessant evil and cruelty as well as the pervading sense of malevolence throughout the book did not endear it to me. That does not mean that the book is not a good one, it simply means that I did not manage to connect with it. But if you are a horror lover, by all means go for it – this is a truly dark and truly scary one!
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!] |
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| by Edward O'Toole |
Date Added: Tuesday 08 April, 2008 |
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At first, I was apprehensive about reading this book because from experience I was half-expecting another clichéd magic-horror which generally involves a group of kids running around being chased by an off-the-shelf bad guy. Or, worse still, a Dan Brown novel clone.
It took a few pages to get used to the 17th century English spoken by the characters and then WHAM! The book hooked me. Dunn's descriptive talent really appealed to my aesthetic. It was clear that he'd done his research when it came to the historical background of the Salem witch trials but, for me, his research really showed through when it came to the demonic bestiary. In "The Necromancer", he brings Goetia to life and infuses it with Lovecraftian horror. His more brutal descriptions would make Clive Barker proud and his sexuality, the Marquis de Sade (with a touch of Ed Gein thrown in). As for his Goyan Walpurgisnacht (my own personal favourite annual festival) the scene went well beyond the fantasies of Dennis Wheatley and into the realms of a response to an Inquisition investigation.
I would recommend this book to anyone with a love of the macabre and the historical antecedents of the Left Hand Path.
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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| by Kevin Aguanno |
Date Added: Wednesday 12 March, 2008 |
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I opened this book one evening and lost myself until sunrise the next day. What a fantastic story, told by a master storyteller! The rich detail of the settings and the characters made me feel like I was there. And the images that the author paints of the demons, undead, warlocks and their various ceremonies left the hair on my arms and the back of my neck standing on end -- this book is enough to give H.P. Lovecraft nightmares! If you like to have yourself scared half to death, read this book.
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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