Read in May 2022
366 pages published in 2021
Lovecraftian, Arkham Horror
As you figure it out by now I Am reading through all ARkham Horror novels within the Aconyte brand. I've read them all so far with exception of the compilation of novelas.
~Wrath of N'Kai 3 stars
~The Last Ritual 2 Stars
~Litany of Dreams 2 Stars
~Mask of Silver 2 stars
~The Devourer Below 3 Stars
Missing Dark Origins
Coming out soon - Deadly Grimoire
This one was not that good but also it wasn't as bad as the first one the author created. It's has some connecting dots but overall it's fairly different. In this story we follow a group of adventurers who are going to Amazonia all for different reasons. One of them, a reporter, received a package saying that a missing actress was alive in the jungle and so he wants to go to get fame and rescue a celebrity, one to meet the spirit of her dead husband and a group of scientists that want funding for future enterprises. Meanwhile they are being funded by a man who wants gold.
From this initial premises we are thrown into the Amazonia river with all of it's characteristics of a hidden world that it was back in the turn of the century and give it a twist of Lovecraftian horror. There are some interesting stuff going on that keep me invested in the stories but overall it was a bit bland and the ending left me unsatisfied. If you know anything at all about Lovecraftian lore you know who the spider queen is right?
There are some interesting connections to per example about the Facwett and trying to find the lost city of Z.
Overall it's not a bad story. But it's also nothing that feels like a) game b) lovecraftian pastiche. f you remove the references of Arkham & Atlach Nacha and a couple of other references you would get a normal terror novel - and this is my main problem with most of these novels - or they have any cosmic horror.
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