The Descent
by Jeff Long
Taste attributes: horrorthrillerfantasyadventureunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatelinearbig & variedall consuming questrescue/escape/jeopardyhuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, dark horror novel, heavy rather than light. Best if you like edge over warmth.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.5 / 5
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About This Book
In a cave in the Himalayas, a guide discovers a self-mutilated body with a warning: Satan exists. In the Kalahari Desert, a nun unearths evidence of a proto-human species and a deity called Older-than-Old. In Bosnia, something has been feeding upon the dead in a mass grave. So begins mankind’s most shocking realization: the underworld is a vast geological labyrinth populated by another race of beings.
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- Author
- Jeff Long
- Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 450
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- Open Library
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