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Title: Covenant
Subtitle: The Curburide Chronicles, Book 1
Author: John Everson
Narrator: Randy Capes
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-22-17
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes
Genres: Fiction, Horror
Publisher's Summary:
In a small town with a strange history of teen suicides, a group of five women have made a pact with a demon and must sacrifice their firstborn.
To the residents of the sleepy coastal town of Terrel, the cliffs of Terrel's Peak are a deadly place, an evil place where terrible things happen. Like a series of mysterious teen suicides over the years, all on the same date. Or other deaths, usually reported as accidents. Could it be a coincidence? Or is there more to it? Reporter Joe Kieran is determined to find the truth.
Kieran's search will lead him deep into the town's hidden past, a past filled with secrets and horror, and to the ruins of the old lighthouse atop the tragic cliffs. He will uncover rumors and whispered legends - including the legend of the evil entity that lives and waits in the caves below Terrel's Peak....
Members Reviews:
Dark, sexually charged, brutally violent, supernatural horror
Originally published back in 2004, Covenant was the debut novel by John Everson . . . and there's a damned good reason it won the Stoker Award for best first novel. This is dark, sexually charged, brutally violent, supernatural horror. It's a book with a great backstory, a twisted sense of history, and some fantastic characters.
At the core of Covenant is a classic ghost story involving an old lighthouse, a demonic presence, a history of suicides, and a small town that refuses to talk about it. At first, Joe Kieran suspects a murderous small-town cult, but the deeper he digs into the mystery, the more he finds it harder to deny the threat of the supernatural. Even his darkest fears, however, can't compare to the truth of what lies beneath the cliffs.
This is not a story for weak stomachs or sensitive souls. There are multiple scenes of rape and molestation, all driven by supernatural forces. Nobody is safe from the town's curse, with men and women compelled to act out their darkest desires, made to crave the shame, and forced to enjoy it - at least in the heat of the moment. As if that weren't enough, the sex is often bloody as well, adding to its occult nature. There aren't too many authors who can move from erotic spectacle to emotional trauma in the space of a paragraph, but Everson does it, and does it well.
While the climax is hardly a surprise, I did like the way the story came full circle, and am anxious to move onto Sacrifice next.
Pretty Good!
This was a pretty good book as it revolves around a town called Terrel Point. There are some legends that need to be left buried in Terrel Point. The legend becomes unearthed when a reporter "Joe" who has come to the area starts digging around into the past and finds that there have been suicides that have taken place in the town. But that is not the only thing he digs up as there is also a demonic presence that has buried itself into Terrel Point.
The more "Joe" delves into the secrets of the town, the more he is turned away from the residents as they do not want him digging too deep as he might find something that they do not want the world to know. The book gains momentum as I became move involved in the story.
This book is not for the faint of heart as it delves deep into the core of gory, sexual violence along with some creepy, twisted horror. This is the first time I have read this author and I am looking forward to finishing the rest of this series.
