31 Days of Halloween { review } The Second Coming by David H. Burton
The Second Coming (Words of the Prophecy, #1) by David H. Burton. © 2010 David H. Burton. ISBN 9780986594106. eBook [Smashwords Edition]. Dark Fantasy / Horror. 209 pages. $2.39 US. Source: egalley from author
Synopsis: Five hundred years have passed since the Earth shifted on its axis – a catastrophic event that wiped out civilization and released the powers of the dead back to Earth. With technology long abandoned, a dark age has shrouded our world once more. Travel to a future of blood sacrifice, demons, witchcraft, and an immoral God that has returned to reclaim his former dominion.
Review: This story is complex and very dark, and it has a lot of fantasy elements to it. It takes place five hundred years after something horrible happened to earth. I have to say though that at the beginning it took me a while to digest the premise on which the whole story was built. Once that happened, though, I really got into the story.
This is the first in the series so there was a lot of setting up to do, and the author managed that very well. You got the sense of the world the story was set in and the kinds people that lived in it. The story has lots of elements running though it like conflict of religion, dark magic and many other hidden agendas. The pace was very fast and the characters were always on the verge of one disaster or another.
The book did have some issues but for a debut novel it was pretty good. The ending though left me kind of wondering what was coming next because it was kind of vague.
I’m giving this 3.75 out of 5.
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Note: This book may offend those who are very religious.
