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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 2679126" data-attributes="member: 3649">It's a solid 'B'; some of the descriptions of people dealing with the effect the Mythos has on the human mind sounded a little off to me - almost as if he had in fact read the game books but hadn't quite gotten it correct. All in all, though, it's a very rousing pulp-like adventure. Chases, grim doings, horrific demon murders, etc. Wheeler is a screenwriter doing his first novel, and it shows. That's not nessarily a bad thing though if you just keep that fact in mind.Another book you might like is Nevermore by William Hjortsberg From Amazon:Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle join forces in this historical mystery with occult overtones. In his later years, Doyle has become a true believer in mediums who speak with the spirits of the dead. Houdini, as a master of illusion, takes pride in exposing and debunking such fraudulent people. Despite their opposing views, a mutual interest in the occult draws them together in a respectful friendship. When murders patterned after the tales of Edgar Allan Poe begin to occur, Houdini and Doyle are as fascinated as the rest of the citizens of New York. It's a good book; better in a technical and well-researched sense than Wheeler's book, though there is only the hint that some of the occult happenings are real. Both books do make a point of bringing up something most others forget about Houdini: his almost superhuman athleticism.</blockquote>

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