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Demonic, killer Racoon, cannibalistic, dwarf eating witches and a twisted house from another dimension are just a few of the bat shit crazy goings on in Michael Reyes second installment of his ongoing series featuring the diminutive warden of Coney Island, Clock.
The second book in Clock's Watch, Daughters of the Black Moon begins with Caleb and Dave in a bar. Dave is a Dwarf, and Caleb is a trust fund baby, who has as much air in his head as the Grand Canyon on a windy afternoon.
Whilst enjoying a little r&r, Dave gets the promise of some sexy shenanigans from a rather stunning young lady with a fauxhawk. She really has a thing for those who are smaller in stature. What Dave doesn't realise is that he is really her type, especially if he is squished between two slices of bread and so rare that blood drips down her fingers.
Thus begins our descent into the marvellous chaos that is the trademark of Michael Reyes's writing.
I am really enjoying my time with Clock and the adventures he gets mixed up in as the Guardian of Coney Island.
Clock's Watch 2, directly continues the story from the first one, and Clock is now being threatened by a past that he can only vaguely recollect. You see, as part of the pact that he made with Discordia, the Goddess of Chaos, Clock has his memories wiped from the time before he became a Guardian.
However (and I will try to keep this as spoiler free as I can, but there are going to be some details, so I will try to be vague), enemies from his past have learnt if his whereabouts and are intent on exacting some revenge on the Guardian of Coney Island for the misdeeds that he did on the past.
On top of that he has to find a hidden nexus that is allowing demons to pop through from the other side and take control of people turning them into flesh eating zombie types. A wizard who wants to raise his now dead Mrs, using an ancient mask that happens to have a hugely murderous protector and should never be taken from the sea and his goddess going all righteous on his ass and using him as a conduit.
All that in about 170 pages! And the other things I left out.
Michael Reyes successfully mixes schlock horror, with weird fiction, adds a dose of sharp dialogue and some uproariously funny scenes
Book 2 of Clock's Watch differs from the first one quite a lot. Whilst the first book was episodic but with an overarching theme, Daughters of the Dark Moon has a more continuous storyline.
If you like your horror schlocky, and your fiction weird, with a smattering of comedy and grossness, then give Michael Reyes a chance.
The second book in Clock's Watch, Daughters of the Black Moon begins with Caleb and Dave in a bar. Dave is a Dwarf, and Caleb is a trust fund baby, who has as much air in his head as the Grand Canyon on a windy afternoon.
Whilst enjoying a little r&r, Dave gets the promise of some sexy shenanigans from a rather stunning young lady with a fauxhawk. She really has a thing for those who are smaller in stature. What Dave doesn't realise is that he is really her type, especially if he is squished between two slices of bread and so rare that blood drips down her fingers.
Thus begins our descent into the marvellous chaos that is the trademark of Michael Reyes's writing.
I am really enjoying my time with Clock and the adventures he gets mixed up in as the Guardian of Coney Island.
Clock's Watch 2, directly continues the story from the first one, and Clock is now being threatened by a past that he can only vaguely recollect. You see, as part of the pact that he made with Discordia, the Goddess of Chaos, Clock has his memories wiped from the time before he became a Guardian.
However (and I will try to keep this as spoiler free as I can, but there are going to be some details, so I will try to be vague), enemies from his past have learnt if his whereabouts and are intent on exacting some revenge on the Guardian of Coney Island for the misdeeds that he did on the past.
On top of that he has to find a hidden nexus that is allowing demons to pop through from the other side and take control of people turning them into flesh eating zombie types. A wizard who wants to raise his now dead Mrs, using an ancient mask that happens to have a hugely murderous protector and should never be taken from the sea and his goddess going all righteous on his ass and using him as a conduit.
All that in about 170 pages! And the other things I left out.
Michael Reyes successfully mixes schlock horror, with weird fiction, adds a dose of sharp dialogue and some uproariously funny scenes
Book 2 of Clock's Watch differs from the first one quite a lot. Whilst the first book was episodic but with an overarching theme, Daughters of the Dark Moon has a more continuous storyline.
If you like your horror schlocky, and your fiction weird, with a smattering of comedy and grossness, then give Michael Reyes a chance.
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