A snowstorm with total whiteout conditions.
A state park, Marburg State Park to be exact, that needs to
be evacuated.
The abandoned Southwoods Park that has a dark history
attached to it.
Childhood memories – some good, some bad.
Coworker relationship dynamics – can you really trust them?
The characters – Colt and Joey, Flint, Dusty, Porter, Amos,
Tripp, Wyatt, Rumor (yes, Rumor that’s his name) and his father Darryl, Douglas
Lee Carver, Maynard Barrett.
I never do this, but I kind of felt myself savoring this
tale because while I wanted to know the who, what, when, where, and why, I also
didn’t want it to end … it’s a pretty dark read, in my opinion, but I think
that is what makes this author’s work worth waiting for. I have to wonder how
he can pull these images out of his imagination. I liked all the ‘red herrings’
that were planted, leading the reader down one path, but then the path veered
to the left and then the right. The ‘big’ reveal brought it all together.
There is so much more to this tale than just whiteout
conditions, a park needing to be evacuated with seemingly no way to escape, the
deep-seated history associated with said park, and the dude who shows up in a
skeleton mask. Also involved are coworker relationships involving many trust
issues, especially considering the truths that are slowly revealed. If you are
a reader who likes to classify genres, I think I would put this one in the
psychological horror category … I mean can you imagine trying to escape a park
and running into roadblocks at every turn … and I’m not just talking about
fallen trees.
I do want to warn more sensitive readers that some of the
scenes depicted throughout these pages are disturbing. I’ve said this before
about this author, but he is a master at describing scenes that will make you
keep the lights on at night, and maybe avoid state parks … in a snowstorm. One
example in this tale – The blood on her face is like frozen syrup stuck to her
skin, stiff and tacky. Can you even imagine?
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