A GREAT 5 STAR REVIEW ON AMAZON AND BARNES & NOBLE
The Haunted Mansion Awaits?, March 22, 2014
This review is from: The Dead Game (Kindle Edition)
The Dead Game by Susanne Leist is a
psychological thriller set in the small town of Oasis, Florida where
Linda Bennett and her friends embark on a haunted house expedition. Her
clique of entrepreneurs include Todd Morrison, a roguish fellow who
easily navigates among the different factions within the community. Only
Linda perceives the fact that Todd and the enigmatic Father John may
know something more about the town than meets the eye, and the traumatic
events to follow serve to confirm her darkest fears.
The author
raises the bar in the Stephen King haunted house genre by combining an
illusory backdrop to the standard demon-filled storyline. We are
introduced to the evil Wolf, whose Dead subculture threatens to
overwhelm those who trespass upon their perimeters. Yet Leist weaves an
element of surrealism into the tapestry, creating scenes where each area
of the property and room in End House appears to lead into a different
dimension. Walls that reach into the sky and floors that lead into the
netherworld are just some of the enhancements that Leist has built onto
End House, and Wolf and his vampires arrive just as the protagonists
appear to teeter on the brink of madness. It is rare when the
environment is nearly as overwhelming as the evil that lurks within, but
Leist has clearly made this happen in this page-turner.
This is
an intriguing spin on the supernatural genre, definitely something to
curl up with on book night. The Dead Game by Susanne Leist is a
well-crafted novel you won’t want to miss.
