Chasing Shadows: Tales of East River - Book Review
Title: Chasing Shadows: Tales of East River
Author: David Conlin McLeod
Publisher: PublishAmerica
Publication Date: June 27, 2005
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 1-4137-7597-7
Category: Fiction – Horror
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Reviewer: Kristin Johnson
Reviewed 2007
NOTE: Reviewer Kristin Johnson’s books are Butterfly Wings: A Love Story, Christmas Cookies are for Giving, co-written with Mimi Cummins and Ordinary Miracles: My Incredible Spiritual, Artistic and Scientific Journey, co-written with Sir Rupert A.L. Perrin, M.D. Her Web site is www.poemsforyou.com. She is the screenwriter of the April 2007 DVD release “Blood Mask” and October 2007 DVD “Pirates of Ghost Island.”
An ordinary New England town with legends of something wicked lurking in Crows’ Nest Park. A teenage boy’s suicide. A disconnected father hearing voices that tell him to harm his own baby daughter just because she isn’t the son he hoped for. A supernatural war that marshals the children of East River. David Conlin McLeod, not coincidentally a native of the Connecticut town of East River, doesn’t mind Stephen King comparisons.
This prequel to DANCING WITH THE MOON, Book One of the Dragon’s Tear Chronicles, has a King-esque spooky atmosphere and sympathy for characters who move on the outskirts of society, not to mention respect for the power of demonic forces. For those of you who wondered how Adam Cavanaugh, despicable father of McLeod heroine sweet Amy Cavanaugh, could possibly hurt his daughter, blame the devil and the darkness.
Just how did Amy become so wise in DANCING WITH THE MOON? Thank her grandmother Colette Paul-Michelle and a strong girl character who plays no role in the first book, Robyne Sheridan, but will undoubtedly appear in the sequel to DANCING WITH THE MOON. Robyne, like Amy, can sense the darkness, and the devil gets to Robyne’s uptight mother Chandra. Fortunately, this is not a story of adults-versus-kids. McLeod deftly portrays how evil affects both generations, although one of the most chilling and poignant scenes in the book occurs when Colette, in a dream-state, witnesses the children of East River marching into spiritual battle. No question, Stephen King should be flattered.
Author: David Conlin McLeod
Publisher: PublishAmerica
Publication Date: June 27, 2005
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 1-4137-7597-7
Category: Fiction – Horror
Amazon.com Link:
Excerpt:
Reviewer: Kristin Johnson
Reviewed 2007
NOTE: Reviewer Kristin Johnson’s books are Butterfly Wings: A Love Story, Christmas Cookies are for Giving, co-written with Mimi Cummins and Ordinary Miracles: My Incredible Spiritual, Artistic and Scientific Journey, co-written with Sir Rupert A.L. Perrin, M.D. Her Web site is www.poemsforyou.com. She is the screenwriter of the April 2007 DVD release “Blood Mask” and October 2007 DVD “Pirates of Ghost Island.”
An ordinary New England town with legends of something wicked lurking in Crows’ Nest Park. A teenage boy’s suicide. A disconnected father hearing voices that tell him to harm his own baby daughter just because she isn’t the son he hoped for. A supernatural war that marshals the children of East River. David Conlin McLeod, not coincidentally a native of the Connecticut town of East River, doesn’t mind Stephen King comparisons.
This prequel to DANCING WITH THE MOON, Book One of the Dragon’s Tear Chronicles, has a King-esque spooky atmosphere and sympathy for characters who move on the outskirts of society, not to mention respect for the power of demonic forces. For those of you who wondered how Adam Cavanaugh, despicable father of McLeod heroine sweet Amy Cavanaugh, could possibly hurt his daughter, blame the devil and the darkness.
Just how did Amy become so wise in DANCING WITH THE MOON? Thank her grandmother Colette Paul-Michelle and a strong girl character who plays no role in the first book, Robyne Sheridan, but will undoubtedly appear in the sequel to DANCING WITH THE MOON. Robyne, like Amy, can sense the darkness, and the devil gets to Robyne’s uptight mother Chandra. Fortunately, this is not a story of adults-versus-kids. McLeod deftly portrays how evil affects both generations, although one of the most chilling and poignant scenes in the book occurs when Colette, in a dream-state, witnesses the children of East River marching into spiritual battle. No question, Stephen King should be flattered.
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