Blood and Rain
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3.0 • 1 Rating
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- $2.99
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Publisher Description
Gilson Creek, Maine. A safe, rural community. Summer is here. School is out and the warm waters of Emerson Lake await. But one man's terrible secret will unleash a nightmare straight off the silver screen.
Under the full moon, a night of terror and death re-awakens horrors long sleeping. Sheriff Joe Fischer, a man fighting for the safety of his daughter, his sanity and his community, must confront the sins of his past. Can Sheriff Fischer set Gilson Creek free from the beast hiding in its shadows, or will a small town die under a curse it can't even comprehend?
One night can -- and will -- change everything.
"With slashing claws and blood-soaked fur, Blood and Rain will have you howling in terror and delight. A welcome addition to the werewolf mythos and proof that we're in the presence of a rising star in the genre. Highly recommended!" --Ronald Malfi, author of The Fall of Never and December Park
"Rolfe's prose is consistently articulate, and he nails dialogue wonderfully. His descriptive nature is rewarding without flirting with the boundaries of wordiness and that's an admirable talent." --Horror Novel Reviews
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Rolfe (Boom Town) does little to update this stale werewolf story. A series of brutal killings ripped apart the life of Joe Fischer, a small-town New England sheriff. Seven years later, he reopens the unsolved case when bodies once again turn up under the full moon. This time, however, the werewolf has brought an unwitting accomplice, and the pair begin devouring the village whole. Rolfe draws on the work of Stephen King, particularly "Cycle of the Werewolf," but divides his attention among an unwieldy cast rather than emphasizing the traditional mystery of the werewolf's identity. By spreading his focus so thinly, Rolfe unfortunately reveals that his characters aren't that interesting; Fischer is the only character who receives enough development to invest the reader in his fate. The bulk of the book is devoted instead to awkward segues, pop culture references from 2004, and one cringe-inducing teen sex scene. Rolfe hits his mark whenever he buckles down to describe a killing, but there's far too little action to carry the rest of the limping plot along to its foregone conclusion.
