#2 in the Night Hunter series by Robert Faulcon [Robert Holdstock](1983)
Dan
Brady witnessed the abduction of his wife, daughter and son at the hands of
Satanists, who took them for undisclosed
purposes. They left him for dead in the first book, The Stalking. Yet he survived and discovered there was a dark
organisation, Arachne, literally hell-bent on using his daughter’s nascent
psychic powers.
In
this book, Brady’s search for his family takes him to Norfolk, the fenlands
where an ancient curse has been awakened by the enemy. The atmosphere that
Faulcon creates is definitely spooky, and you’re certainly left guessing who is
innocent and who is a depraved follower of Arachne.
It’s
a tale told at a pell-mell pace and a worthy successor to the first book;
gruesome and graphic in places. The origin of the Talisman is haunting and
tragic, providing Brady with one more crucial yet confounding piece of the
jigsaw.
Compelling
storytelling: I’ve started #3, The Ghost
Dance.
Note:
Faulcon seemed to have a fixation with the letter ‘A’ when choosing characters
for this story: Alison, Angela, Andrew, Agnes, Anita and Alan!
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