Ambrose awakens to find dense, rolling layers of ash-gray clouds spanning to the far horizon, shrouding the city beneath in a drab pall. He begins his day, thinking it no different from any other.
Though it is in the height of summer, an icy, anomalous chill sifts into the air later that day, until it becomes colder than the depths of winter.
Then, the sun sets, and darkness falls.
The night does not end, as there is no sunrise to follow.
Bizarre and frightening apparitions begin appearing across a city and world shrouded in an inexplicable darkness. It is only the beginning of an unfurling, deepening nightmare, one that will take Ambrose on a terrifying journey of self-discovery and revelation.
For Ambrose, and everyone in the world around him, the Days of Darkness have only just begun.
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Dense, rolling layers of grey spanned to the far horizon, shrouding the urban labyrinth far below with a dampened pall.
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(Seventh Star Press, 14 January 2024, e-galley, 319 pages, copy from the publisher, Blog Tour 19 June)
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I'm a fan of the author and I really enjoyed Days of Darkness. It reminds me a lot of a book I read recently, All The Fiends of Hell by Adam Nevill. I really enjoyed Nevill's book so this comparison is a good thing. This is a proper horror novel. By that, I mean it's about supernatural evil, monsters when much modern horror novels tend to veer away from out-and-out supernatural or try and paint it as something else. There's no such attempt her. Ambrose and the survivors are faced with hellish monsters that seem to have crawled from the lowest pit of Hell. This is gory treat, disturbing as hell at times but rollicking good fun. I'd recommend this rollicking horror yarn.
