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4.0 out of 5 stars
Deep in the Darkness, April 13 2004
What would happen if you put a boa constrictor around your neck? Eventually your circulation would be cut off. Slowly the snake would hug tighter around your precious airway. Your soul would fill with fear, knowing death is near."Deep in the Darkness by Michael Laimo is that boa. It wraps fear around you and slowly the fear tightens. It is too late by the time you realize it. Once you let the book grab hold, there is no pulling away. Contents in the gut of the book: Dr. Michael Cayle, moves with his wife and daughter out of Manhattan to a small town called Ashborough. His wife, Christine, wants another child. Michael figured the small town would be a safer place to raise kids. What makes this move easier for Michael is that the doctor of the town was killed by a wild dog. Which means Michael becomes the towns doctor. If only he knew, that the job was going to involve more than what he bargained for. Michael's neighbor, Phil, starts to tell tales of Isolates, which are demons that live in the surrounding woods. They expect the townspeople to give sacrifices to them, for example the family dog. That, or they come and maul one of your family members. Michael is chosen by them for a special reason and although he goes through the story doubting the tale he was told; he eventually runs full speed into a blade of horror. He does not want to tell his family the truth, so he pulls away verbally from them. Which causes conflict, but his wife is also holding a secret. The terror builds higher and higher as the chapters move on, and the gore level peaks towards the end. By the end the boa will own your every last breath. So don't read this unless you want the fear to suffocate you!(...)
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