"He crawls. He climbs. He calls to me through the floor," she said in that loud whispering voice. "He blows through the boards and touches my hand. He touches my hand!"
Mary lives with a dark secret birthed from an
even darker past. The ‘secret’ sleeps beneath the surface of her fictional
reality in a dormant state, waiting for a crack in the façade to break through
the veil and bring forth Satan to disrupt Mary’s ignorant bliss. Peaking up
through the floorboards, poking through holes, dirty fingers reaching out to
torment Mary, the ‘secret’ is nothing short of resilient and resourceful –
until Mary beats the living crap out of it…
Faith, Mary’s adolescent daughter, is a victim of circumstance. Forced to live within the same walls as her mother’s secret, enduring Mary’s harsh way of life, always fearing holy retribution for mistakes not yet made; said mistakes often coming in the form of male students at the high school she attends. Faith’s upbringing isn’t that of a typical teenager – until a boy takes notice of her…then things get real interesting.
Imp shines a light on crazy and amps it ups with a side dose of unthinkable horror. The characters, primarily Mary and Faith are chalk and cheese, yet are so ingrained in their way of life it’s interesting to see how they interact with situations out of the norm; the Imp’s short reign of terror for instance really throws a spanner in the works – Satan is free and he’s three feet tall!
Faith, Mary’s adolescent daughter, is a victim of circumstance. Forced to live within the same walls as her mother’s secret, enduring Mary’s harsh way of life, always fearing holy retribution for mistakes not yet made; said mistakes often coming in the form of male students at the high school she attends. Faith’s upbringing isn’t that of a typical teenager – until a boy takes notice of her…then things get real interesting.
Imp shines a light on crazy and amps it ups with a side dose of unthinkable horror. The characters, primarily Mary and Faith are chalk and cheese, yet are so ingrained in their way of life it’s interesting to see how they interact with situations out of the norm; the Imp’s short reign of terror for instance really throws a spanner in the works – Satan is free and he’s three feet tall!
While horror is the name of the game, it doesn’t come in the form of the Imp, rather the all-too-crazy characters who subject the Imp to an inhumane way of life. Author Andrew Neiderman (of V.C. Andrews fame) does a great job at emphasising the good verse evil narrative while also presenting some b-grade horror fun for the enthusiasts.
This isn’t your typical horror novel, it could easily get lost in the more serious side of things, however I enjoyed it and strongly recommend it for paperback from hell collectors (if just for the awesome cover alone!).
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