“He crept into her mind. In her blue-water dream, his dark ether seeped like spilt oil, blackening her sea of mermen with their emerald flesh and crystal grins, poisoning her vision with his inhuman skull-like face, which floated before her own.”
Leslie Starr goes home to attend the funeral of her best friend only to find her death was bait to lure her closer to the mysterious Coatl who seeks to make her a gift to his god-like masters of Xilalba.
TITLE:
THE VOID
WRITER:
by Teri A. Jacobs
GENRE:
Horror, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
DESCRIPTORS:
Hell, Evil, Demons, Suicide, Myths, Power, Serial Killers, Torture, The Underworld, Central and South American Mythology, Murder, Good vs. Evil, The Quest, Mystery
SUMMARY:
The netherworld of ancient Central and South America, Xibalba, contains shadowy demons and soul devouring gods and heroes.
The “Dark Man”, a human who calls himself Coatl, walks between the worlds of Earth and Xibalba to haunt the dreams of his victims and steal their souls for the masters of Xibalba to torture and devour.
But the prize soul belongs to Leslie Starr — unknowingly harboring a mysterious force that could destroy the depraved gods of Xibalba or release them upon the Earth — who knows there’s something lurking in her head, but has no idea what it is or how to use it.
APPEAL:
Jacobs does a superb job creating a female protagonist who has lived in constant fear and under perpetual threat of attack for most of her life, yet isn’t a coward. Many horror authors fail to communicate the fear their protagonists feel.
READALIKES:
If you like Teri A. Jacobs, try Clive Barker’s Books of Blood 1-3
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