Review by Braktooth -- Raven's Peak by Lincoln Cole
Posted: 09 May 2017, 23:03
[Following is a volunteer review of "Raven's Peak" by Lincoln Cole.]
3 out of 4 stars
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Raven's Peak is a supernatural adventure story that is fast-paced and keeps the reader wanting more. The author, Lincoln Cole, is from Columbus, Ohio. Cole is a fan of fantasy, horror and science-fiction and has had several other novels published. Raven's Peak is the first book in a trilogy.
The book starts with a mysterious, damaged person being sent to rescue some children from demons, for demons infect Cole's world. The reader quickly gets a sense of this other world in the shadows, where demons attempt to gain power and a mysterious group, the Council, attempt to hold them back. The losses people working for the Council suffer is clear from the first few chapters, where people lose life, mental capacity, and pieces of their soul fighting evil. It's not a world for the innocent to get involved with.
Yet that's exactly what happens to Haatim Arison. Arison is a former theology student who had a crisis of faith and is searching for a direction in life. Given an opportunity for some quick cash and something interesting to do leads him to get involved with Abigail Dressler, a demon hunter for the Council. After she saves his life she keeps him with her while she goes to Raven's Peak to check out a clue that might help her save her mentor. When this turns into a much more intense and dangerous situation than she expected, the two of them have to trust each other and grow quickly, or the damage will be devastating.
Raven's Peak is a well-written book. Cole has a knack for writing combat that flows well even when being unrealistic, and introducing new points of view to add information for the viewer. The characters all have their own voices, their own perspectives and their own motivations. This certainly helps ground a book where so much of the action is centered on supernatural happenings.
This book did leave me with some questions, particularly due to the descriptions of the Council. At times they are talked about as having diminishing resources and lacking the ability to cover certain areas in force, but then when the problem becomes critical they are able to get to the scene in force and start a cover-up that would be difficult for any real-world organization to maintain. I would expect that more information about the Council to be forthcoming in the following books. There was also another group involved in this story that there is no real explanation for, but perhaps that is covered in greater detail in the following books as well.
Raven's Peak starts off grabbing your interest and maintains it throughout. It's a fun book, and I rate it 3 out of 4 stars. I'm looking forward to finishing the trilogy.
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3 out of 4 stars
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Raven's Peak is a supernatural adventure story that is fast-paced and keeps the reader wanting more. The author, Lincoln Cole, is from Columbus, Ohio. Cole is a fan of fantasy, horror and science-fiction and has had several other novels published. Raven's Peak is the first book in a trilogy.
The book starts with a mysterious, damaged person being sent to rescue some children from demons, for demons infect Cole's world. The reader quickly gets a sense of this other world in the shadows, where demons attempt to gain power and a mysterious group, the Council, attempt to hold them back. The losses people working for the Council suffer is clear from the first few chapters, where people lose life, mental capacity, and pieces of their soul fighting evil. It's not a world for the innocent to get involved with.
Yet that's exactly what happens to Haatim Arison. Arison is a former theology student who had a crisis of faith and is searching for a direction in life. Given an opportunity for some quick cash and something interesting to do leads him to get involved with Abigail Dressler, a demon hunter for the Council. After she saves his life she keeps him with her while she goes to Raven's Peak to check out a clue that might help her save her mentor. When this turns into a much more intense and dangerous situation than she expected, the two of them have to trust each other and grow quickly, or the damage will be devastating.
Raven's Peak is a well-written book. Cole has a knack for writing combat that flows well even when being unrealistic, and introducing new points of view to add information for the viewer. The characters all have their own voices, their own perspectives and their own motivations. This certainly helps ground a book where so much of the action is centered on supernatural happenings.
This book did leave me with some questions, particularly due to the descriptions of the Council. At times they are talked about as having diminishing resources and lacking the ability to cover certain areas in force, but then when the problem becomes critical they are able to get to the scene in force and start a cover-up that would be difficult for any real-world organization to maintain. I would expect that more information about the Council to be forthcoming in the following books. There was also another group involved in this story that there is no real explanation for, but perhaps that is covered in greater detail in the following books as well.
Raven's Peak starts off grabbing your interest and maintains it throughout. It's a fun book, and I rate it 3 out of 4 stars. I'm looking forward to finishing the trilogy.
******
Raven's Peak
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