Hub - Issue 18 by Christopher Brosnahan / Marie O'Regan / Lee Harris

Author:Christopher Brosnahan / Marie O'Regan / Lee Harris
Format: epub

About the Author

Christopher Brosnahan lives in London, though he was one of the founding members of a York-based writers’ group, specialising in SF. He was a runner-up in last year’s SFX Pulp Idol competition for short fiction writers.

Reviews

Edgewise and London under Midnight reviewed by Marie O’Regan

Sanctuary reviewed by Lee Harris

Edgewise

Written by Graham Masterton

Published by Severn House Paperbacks

RRP: £9.99

Lily Blake wakes up to find two men in her house. Two men who want her dead. Tied to a chair and placed atop a bonfire, she can only struggle to break free while listening to the men abduct her children – apparently on the say so of her ex-husband. Miraculously, Lily escapes, and the scene is set for a furious chase. Frustrated by the FBI’s lack of progress, Lily engages a Native American private eye called John Shooks, who in turn introduces her to a Sioux shaman, George Iron Walker. George summons the Wendigo spirit, and sets it on the children’s trail, his price a spit of land Lily’s real estate firm are dealing with – a price that Lily, it turns out, is not free –or even able - to pay.

As Lily is drawn into the Native American spirit world, specifically that of the Wendigo, she is caught up in an escalating circle of death and destruction involving all those close to her. The Wendigo’s anger is directed towards her when she cannot pay the piper and her only chance is to turn the tables, taking the battle to the spirit itself, and those who unleashed it…

Edgewise shows us that Graham Masterton is still writing at the top of his game. The character of Lily and her determination to find her children is totally believable, as is the deviousness of human nature, shown to great effect by the character of George Iron Walker - a man with a hidden agenda. We are also introduced to FLAME (Fathers’ League Against Mothers’ Evil), a worrying extrapolation of how far some father’s rights movements might go. The descriptions of the Wendigo and its actions evoke a genuine sense of fear and unease, reminiscent of Masterton’s (arguably) most famous creation, the Manitou – and Lily’s moral dilemma over the force she has unwittingly let loose makes for uncomfortable reading. It’s easy to take the moral high ground when the peril is far removed, less so when it’s your neck that’s on the block. Edgewise shows all too well the price of unleashing retribution, both in human and emotional terms, whilst delivering the scares and violence you’d expect from a Masterton novel. When you look in the mirror, who knows what you’ll see…

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