The Warlock - review

Powerful and compelling, the story of Allan Collins unfolds. He is an over-worked executive who takes a sabbatical at the monastery of Agios Dimitrios on the lonely Grecian island of Melanos on the advice of his physician. He encounters Vincent Marat, a man who Alan is warned by the Abbot not to be taken in by. Though Alan takes the advice, he can't help but seeing Marat, who calls himself Ipsissimus, the highest grade of magician, as nothing more than an egotistical and hedonistic deviant.

The Warlock is a winning combination of outstanding storytelling, marvelous writing, poetic prologue, strong narration and dialogue, with Gothic overtones. This is the way thrillers and horror genres should be written.

Review by L. Anne Carrington

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