The Chosen ~ Rise Of The Darkness Review

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(More customer reviews)The Chosen: Rise Of The Darkness
C. A. Milson
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May, 2009
Hardback ISBN: 978-1-4092-8161-0
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4092-8136-8
Also available in Ebook
302 Pages
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From the age which Darkness ruled, The Ancient Ones prophesied of a time when the last descendant of The Gods would arise. Now, in the town of Winmont, the Ancient Legion has awakened to finish what was started many millennia ago. The fate of humanity is in the hands of One, but can he overcome the forces that dare to challenge the bloodline of the Gods?
The Chosen is a difficult book to review. An easy read which moves quickly and is chock full of paranormal events, the book just doesn't live up to its potential. I checked out a number of other reviews, and while they were kind, they hinted at some of the problems I'm going to discuss.
Most of the story takes place inside the main character's head. It might seem to the reader that the author is using third person limited as his view point, but every once in awhile the narrator makes an obvious and clumsy statement which has the potential to catapult the reader out of the story. So, it becomes apparent that C. A. Milson is actually using third person omniscient. This brings me to my second concern: if Milson writes in the omniscient, why doesn't he use that distance to give us a clearer view of the world his hero (Alex) inhabits? Instead, he allows the story to unfold by telling us what Alex is feeling and experiencing, rather than showing us. This is a beginner's mistake, and Milson, the author of at least 25 short stories, should know better. And, finally, we have the grammatical mistakes. They occur way too often; he mixes tenses, forgets periods and even drops words.
It's a shame. Milson penned an interesting story in a unique voice.Copyright © 2009, Clayton Bye

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From the time that the Darkness ruled the ancient tribes, The Elders prophesied of a time when a descendant of The Gods would arise. Tonight, in the town of Winmont, an Ancient Legion has been awoken to finish what they started many millennia ago. Now, the fate of humanity is in the hands of One, but can he overcome the forces that dare to challenge the bloodline of the Gods? Alex Manning is The One. Born of a heritage that was once a powerful civilization before it was destroyed by the Giants that once walked among men. Now tonight, in a small town, after thousands of years of being bound in the Dark Realm, the Ancient Darkness has been unleashed, and they set about to finish what was begun. Only Alex can stop the Dark Forces from destroying this town, but will he fulfil his own tests and sacrifice his life for those would seek to betray him?

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High Roads (Cliffhanger) Review

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(More customer reviews)I've been a huge fan of Leinil Yu art and so I dug around and found this work by him back in 2002. Needless to say I'm really impressed- its a bit less stylistically Yu than his later works but the fluid action panels and solid story by Lobdell are classic.
It's too bad this title was vastly underappreciated and wasn't continued, still I imagine it's was partly the result of this great work that got him recognized and hired by Marvel.
High Roads doesn't have much depth to it, and as another reviewer put it, it plays out much like an Indiana Jones adventure- making it a light-hearted but fun and entertaining ride. Highly recommended- get it while you still can.

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The Horror At Camp Jellyjam (Classic Goosebumps) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a brilliant book about a girl called Wendy who is not a very good sportswoman, who rolls down a hill when their trailer gets unhooked and she finds herself in a sportscamp. She cant understand why all the kids are so determined to win and why they keep on disapppering,and. why the ground keeps on rumbling.She soon finds out when she follows the counsellors to a sort of fort in the woods,she then finds a starwell going underground.And she sees the most hideous creature in her life with all the six coin winners a great book that I recommmend to gross type of people.

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Camp Jellyjam is no ordinary sports camp. The counselors seem a little TOO happy. And why are they so obsessed with winning? It might have something to do with the hideous, slimy discovery lurking in the darkness....

It's our ninth fan-favorite prequel to R.L. Stine's blockbuster Goosebumps HorrorLand series. Now with all-new bonus features including an author interview, bizarre sports trivia, and more!

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Nice Little Stories Jam-Packed With Depraved Sex & Violence Review

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(More customer reviews)This early, slim story collection predates Hemmingson's brilliant "My Dream Date (Rape) with Kathy Acker" by about seven years. Its style and tone differs greatly from the later collection and, for the most part, it's not nearly as graphic. The stories range from noir to satire. The central theme is obsession -- obsession with a fetish, with books, with revenge, with one's own urges.
There are six stories here (and a purportedly "real" intro by a "soul-dead psychopath"). "Skull-F" is about a man whose fetish involves doing something rather messy with a woman's eye socket (and what a fellow sex-therapy patient drags him into when he acts on the fetish). "The Bibliophile" is the hilarious tale, told in overcooked prose, of a woman who's devoted to books (let's just say she takes a love of books to a new level) and the lengths she'll go to protect them. "Beguiling Malady" is a sci-fi-ish story about an odd future world where an STD causes people to become sadistic murderers. "Bird," the longest story in the book, is a weird mashup of the '70s exploitation flick "Thriller - A Cruel Picture" (a.k.a. "They Call Her One-Eye"). As in that flick, you get a revenge theme and a subplot about a man who kidnaps young girls, addicts them to heroin, and forces them into prostitution. "Pain" is another noirish revenge story with a little "Chinatown" in it. The last story, "A Nice Little Story Jam-Packed with Depraved Sex and Violence," is the most disturbing description of rape I've read since Kosinski's "Blind Date." That it's written with a kind of lusty eroticism makes it even more gruesome.
While I enjoyed "Nice Little Stories...," it's not nearly as inventive, original and shocking as "My Dream (Date) Rape" was. I suppose you can chalk it up to Hemmingson not yet fully finding his voice as a writer.
Still, though, if you like your fiction a little demented, Hemmingson will fulfil all your sick desires. This collection isn't his best, but there's more than enough here to keep you entertained.

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