This book kept me intrigued through the last pages, wondering what would happen next; I could hardly put this one down! If you like a good horror and do not mind a lot of religious references, this book is for you. In the battle of good against evil, struggling writer Ben realizes the only way to save his wife Anne who is in a coma and their unborn child is to fight the devil himself. Through a series of recurring nightmares and a medium named Thelma Grippe and her daughter Penelope, Ben is given the chance to save Anne from eternal rest. As her conditon worsens and he is running out of precious time, he gets the tools he needs and goes on an adventure he won't soon forget, along with his trusty canine Sherman.
What I didn't like about this book, it seemed very far fetched at times. There is a scene where his son Tyler has a run in with the black, scaly winged creatures which look like blackbirds, but are actually small demons who turn full sized and more like into men/soldiers and they start to speak to him, telling him "Tell your dad to back off, Anne and the baby are property of the devil now", as a warning, they take out Tyler's eyes, and the reader is like seriously, what just happened? But the writer did a good job of blending real life and nightmares, as Tyler's eyesight ends up being perfectly fine.
Jack St. Louis appears in this dream and he was a very well developed character, you start to like him at first, with his Crocodile Dundee appearance and demeanor, he seems like the perfect ally, but although the end of the book surprised me, it really made perfect sense.
Give this book a chance if this sounds like something you would enjoy reading. Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for giving me a chance to give you an honest review.
