Author: Ania Ahlborn
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services
ASIN: B00537SDWM
Reviewed by: A. R. Braun
Like some published authors, I used to think all self-published books suck. Also, like some authors, I didn't do my homework to find out if I knew what I was talking about. More diligent research has proved me wrong, as I was strapped for cash this month and had the choice of a couple of .99 books or nothing. I took the cheap books.
One of them really surprised me.
Enter Seed by Ania Ahlborn, one of the best horror novels I've ever read in my life, which made me really glad I'm about to self-publish, because now I know I'll be in good company at least some of the time. Ania possesses a descriptive prowess few authors share, and she makes you fall hard in love with her characters, which is a skill a lot of writers think they have, when they don't. Don't forget her ability to give you the straight-up creeps, for I've read few books that gave me the willies like this one.
Without giving too much away, Jack Winter is a blue-collar worker who married Aimee, a lady that's out of his league, but she doesn't mind. She just wanted to put her strict Catholic upbringing behind her. They have a couple of adorable daughters: ten-year-old Abigail and six-year-old Charlotte. The latter, nicknamed "Charlie," is the most delightful character in the book. So, of course, she's the one stricken. It seems she's got too much in common with her old man, who has a beastly past he'd put behind him . . . until now.
If you pass this one up because it's self-published, you're only hurting yourself. She's gone to the top of Amazon's horror charts, above Stephen King, and a New York agent has come calling.
Do the math and solve the equation.
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A. R. BRAUN has numerous publication credits, including “NREM Sleep” in the D.O.A. anthology; “Freaks” in Downstate Story; “The Unwanted Visitors” in the Vermin anthology and “Coven” in the Heavy Metal Horror anthology, both through Rymfire eBooks; “Remember Me?” in Horror Bound magazine; and “Shades of Gray (the Symbiosis of Light and Dark)” in Micro Horror magazine.
You can reach him at http://arbraun.com
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