PUBLISHER: Rhiannon Frater
PUBLICATION DATE: March 2013
PUBLICATION DATE: March 2013
FORMAT: E-book, 38 pages
GENRE: Horror, Fantasy
ASIN: B00BQ80T9M
GENRE: Horror, Fantasy
ASIN: B00BQ80T9M
In Darkness We Must Abide is the epic saga of one young woman caught in the dangerous world of the creatures of the night.
Already living in the shadows due to her albinism, Vanora is just a little girl when her older brother inadvertently unleashes a terrible evil from the family crypt that changes their lives forever.
As she grows up in a world where beautiful deadly beings hunt by night, one captures her eye and her heart. Yet, can she trust the mysterious Armando? For there is a powerful entity plotting to claim her when she reaches adulthood in order to fulfill an ancient prophecy, and her enemy has enveloped her in a web of deceit, casting doubt on all she believes to be true. Soon, she will have to fight not only to save those she loves, but also for her very soul.
Rhiannon Frater delivers a chilling adventure once again with this multi-part epic serial with a dynamic cast, old school vampires, bloody action, a smoldering forbidden love, and a terrifying villain set against the backdrop of a modern day vampire war.
Each episode will be between 10,000 and 20,000 words with new installments being published every 2 to 3 weeks.
Episode 1: Death Comes Home
Roman Socoli inadvertently releases a terrible evil when he has his Romanian ancestors entombed on his estate in Houston, Texas.
MY REVIEW:
This story left me wanting more!
Frater’s new series, In Darkness We Must Abide, is a supernatural serial that is
being released in episodes. I downloaded Episode 1 for free from her website.
In this episode, the story opens in the present time but
then quickly jumps back ten years. It revolves around a trio of
wealthy siblings who live in Houston, Texas: 32 year-old Roman Socoli, his 22
year-old half-sister named Alisha, and his 10 year-old half-sibling named
Vanora. We learn a bit about the family history, and the siblings appear to
have suffered much sorrow. Roman’s mother died of cancer when he was only ten
years old, and his father and step-mother (Alisha’s and Vanora’s mother, Carys)
were killed in an automobile accident when Vanora was just four years old.
Roman became like a father figure as head of the family, and he took care of
his younger siblings.
When Roman travelled to the family’s estate in Romania, he
was horrified to discover that it had been transformed into a state-owned
sanatorium and fallen into disrepair. Determined that his ancestors should rest
in peace with dignity, he transferred their remains to the family estate in
Texas and built a mausoleum on the property. The coffin of the children’s
great-great-great-grandfather had chains wrapped around it, which Roman
believes was the work of foolish townsfolk who probably thought that he was a
vampire. Because he does not believe in any supernatural nonsense, Roman removes
the chains from the coffin after it has reached its final resting place.
Roman has unwittingly unleashed an evil, which puts the
Socoli family in danger. Alisha and Vanora have both inherited their Celtic
mother’s gift of extra-sensory perception, but will it be enough to protect
them from the malevolence that stalks them?
This story was the perfect length for me to enjoy on my
lunch-break at work. I devoured it in one bite, and Frater has me hooked! I
thought that the story was deliciously creepy, and a part of me was glad that I
wasn’t reading this at bedtime in a dark house! I can’t wait to read more about
the Socoli family and have already bought the next episode in the series.
MY RATING:
This book qualifies as:
#32 for my 2013 Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge
#32 for my 2013 Read-a-Latte Challenge
#15 for my 2013 Let Me Count The Ways Reading Challenge: Book Version
#15 for my 2013 Quick Fix Challenge
#26 for my 2013 Women Challenge
#15 for my 2013 1st In A Series Challenge
#26 for my 2013 Books-in-a-Series Reading Challenge
#2 for my 2013 Ebook Challenge
#1 for my 2013 Why Buy the Cow? Reading Challenge
#19 for my 2013 Free Reads Challenge
#1 for my 2013 Self-Published Reading Challenge
#1 for my 2013 Reading Challenge: Indie-Fever
#11 for my Urban Fantasy & Paranormal Romance Reading Challenge 2013
#17 for my 2013 Paranormal Reading Challenge
#2 of Category #1 for my 2013 Immortal Reading Challenge
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Well you know I have mad love for Frater and I have the first two episodes..awesome review you have me anxious to start..she can spin a tale like no other!
ReplyDeleteIt was you, Kimberly, who turned me into a Frater fan :) You must read this series! Can't wait to see what you think of it!!
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