This is a bit of a hybrid when it comes to a horror novel. It reads more like a Tom Clancy with supernatural players in it not to mention some Lovecraft.The story centers around a man named Dylan that is plagued by awful dreams that he can't remember and he wake's up in a different part of his house not knowing how he got there.The other central character is Lucy who feel's as if she is missing something but doesn't know what.

The villains in this book are none other than lovecrafts old ones and the cult that worship them. Opposed is a group called rex deus who try to thwart them at every turn. Both groups want to get there hands on lucy and dylan. The old ones are trying to break through and only lucy and dylan can put a stop to them.

This novel is good but lacks genuine scares and relies more on action. Not that that is a bad thing but when i read a horror novel i want to be a little creeped out so that is my main complaint.

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Very good horror novel, reminds me a little of Stephen King. All McGrew's novels I've read so far are engaging.

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I thought "The Darkening" was a really neat combination of the thriller and horror genres. An unlikely group of heroes and anti-heroes fight for the survival of humankind in an original apocolypse scenario.
The action begins in the first paragraph when a widowed karate expert begins to battle a supernatural force. Add a couple of abductions and an unknown twin, along with a host of Lovecraftian "old ones" and a group of people with unknown motives and a dog, and the stage is set for a journey and fight through time and dimemsion for the survival of the human race.
Although I started this book expecting a straight up thriller, I was pleasantly suprised at how well the supernatural and the Lovecratian were woven into the plot. This book is really a good read....Good enough that I plan to search out other books by Chandler McGrew.

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