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SUMMARY:
When Diana – an American defector to the Soviet Union – blows up her own platoon in an act of terroristic defiance, she finds herself shuttled to a secret military laboratory deep in the Siberian tundra. There she melds with its community of workers and finds herself at the mercy of shady Director Ivanov’s bizarre and restrictive policies. Their experiment is a crossbred hybrid of man and ape, reared to be the ultimate soldier.
The BookViral Review: Genre – Horror Fiction
Readers looking for a genuine nerve shredder need look no further than Carlson’s Simeon! A novel that makes the reader feel like an active participant in its unfolding horror it’s one to be read with the lights on!
The best horror novels work because readers feel fully invested in the fate of the characters and Carlson easily achieves this. Demonstrating a confident command of composition and economic storytelling as Diana finds herself locked in a nightmare from which there seems little chance of escape.
Simeon isn’t one of those novels that falls back on trite and tired tropes or overreaches for the shock factor. Carlson’s narrative is refined, playing with character perspectives to illuminate the terrifying nature of his subterranean setting as tensions rise to meet the expectations of his readers. More importantly, he’s careful to balance the genres requisite shocks with scenes that set up the emotional stakes for his key characters. This being particularly true of Diana who is given a powerful backstory told through flashbacks as she finds herself under the constant, inescapable threat of death.
With a cracking and perfectly pitched denouement, Carlson has delivered a superb debut and Simeon is recommended without reservation.
A truly insightful book, ‘Ten to Life-The delirium tales of a COVID survivor,’ presents the stark reality of unfettered and uncontrollable hallucination. Author, Mike Joyner endured 18 days of terrible bizarre and dark fantasies stretching decades as his mind sought to make sense of his trauma and drug fuelled treatment.
Leaving us with images that linger in our thoughts Ha’s All the Rivers Flow into the Sea & Other Stories is simply superb and an unreservedly recommended five stars read!
Albert Einstein said that. No doubt imagination, then, is a great thing to have if it yields such rich thinking in adulthood-But when does imagination start in the brain? And how important is reading for developing imagination young minds?
The popularity of Crime Fiction might wax and wane but at the end of the day, it still remains one of the most popular genres.
George Macdonald, when asked the reason for his chosen genre, replied,
“I write, not for the children, but for the child-like, whether they be five, or fifty, or seventy five”
In reality, very few partners leave at the onset of abuse. Families live with domestic abuse for a significant period of time, and the abused will often return to the perpetrator after attempting to leave.
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