“Mark Tilbury’s debut novel is everything I hope for in a
gripping psychological thriller and had me turning those pages anxiously
throughout the night. I simply couldn’t
put it down!”
The story
opens with a disturbing telephone call to Ben from his father who has just been
captured by members of a religious cult, who go by the name of, ´The Sons and
daughters of Salvation´ Ben’s father was initially hired to investigate the
disappearance of a young woman by the name of Emily, as her parents are in
desperate need for answers on their missing daughters whereabouts. However,
when Ben’s father is captured against his will and close to death, Ben is
forced on a deadly mission to step in to try and find his father ASAP, by
re-tracing the missing girls last known steps. Ben recruits his best friend,
Maddie to help him on his mission, as he is convinced he is too mild and meek
to do it alone and is petrified with the fact that the only way to find his
father and the missing girl is to go undercover and join the cult. In order to join the cult Ben and Maddie have
to gain Marcuse’s (A cult member) trust.
They make up good cover stories, hoping they will be accepted. Unaware and unprepared that life as they know
it will become a fading memory and their chances of survival on this remote
farm, where the chain of command is to worship an evil sociopath are inevitably
stacked against them. They are soon
forced to take refuge in a gruesome chamber of horrors (The Revelation Room)
which hosts some terrifying discoveries and sinister secrets that may help them
or hinder them on their mission to escape as the body count increases and time
is running out.
Despite the
conflicts, dangers and twists in the story the characters’ are my most
favourite part of the novel as they are all uniquely flawed because they all
struggle with their own issues and find a way to deal with all the changes
around them. One example of this is with the main protagonist, Ben, who lacks
self-confidence and is haunted by his childhood accident at the hands of
bullies, as he is nicknamed, ´Stutter-Buck´
Tilbury has
taken a young insecure man and slowly transformed him into a brave hero that
the reader can get behind and root for and I look forward to reading more of
Ben’s adventures in the near future. Well done Mr Tilbury for giving us a hero
both gritty and moving, and a clever psychological plot that works well to the
dramatic end.
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