It Rides a Pale Horse

By: Andy Marino

Narrated by: Brian Telestai

Length: 13 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

The Larkin siblings are known around the small town of Wofford Falls. Both are artists, but Peter Larkin, Lark to his friends, is the hometown hero. The one who went to the big city and got famous, then came back and settled down. He's the kind of guy who becomes fast friends with almost anyone. His sister Betsy on the other hand is more . . . eccentric. She keeps to herself.

When Lark goes to deliver one of his latest pieces to a fabulously rich buyer, it seems like a regular transaction. Even being met at the gate of the sprawling, secluded estate by an intimidating security guard seems normal. Until the guard plays him a live feed: Betsy being abducted in real time.

Lark is informed that she's safe for now, but her well-being is entirely in his hands. He's given a book. Do what the book says, and Betsy will go free.

It seems simple enough. But as Lark begins to read he realizes: the book might be demonic. Its writer may be unhinged. His sister's captors are almost certainly not what they seem. And his town and those within it are . . . changing.

And the only way out is through.

©2022 Andy Marino (P)2023 Tantor

Loved it!

It was a very enjoyable listen! it kept me ln the edge of my seat!

Meh

For an author to use such technical descriptions and word I had to look up for definition, then have most of characters say F.U. Numerous times left me thinking two people wrote this book. It was entertaining in bits, but the story was frayed and messy. I’ll listen to Weaveworld again to shake off this wannabe.

Kinda confusing at times

Kinda confusing at times but the lore was pretty neat to learn about. It’s worth a listen.

Wild ride

I can see why this book is a bit polarizing. It’s odd and bleak and violent and quirky. Great character interactions and development. Kept me enthralled throughout. I will say the ending came abruptly, but endings have become less and less important to me as time goes on. There’s a charm in its abruptness. Highly recommend this book. The reader did a good job too.

Dark, Surreal ,Entirely Original

It Rides a Pale is the shot in the arm horror fiction needs. A completely original and dark story of the power of art and it's world changing properties. Extremely well written. Not your run of the mill horror novel. Thank you Andy Marino!

This book is a trip!!

I loved it! Every second! Very cosmic horror, grotesque even in some parts. But all in all the story alone was just brilliant. 10/10 for me.

Am I Stupid or is this book bad?

Overall, Audible did a great job it is not their fault that this story was so confusing, not cohesive, and didn’t even have a good ending. I couldnt even finish this book because it was not linear, did not make sense to me, and had a real lack of cohesive description.

To Much

It was like the author had too many ideas and couldn't stick to just one. I loved the idea of art being magic and powerful, but I just couldn't appreciate it fully with so many different elements going on in this book. I also felt there were to many descriptive tangents that the story got lost. It was almost like there were multiple books mashed together...

I love the way it played such a good image in my mind

I loved this book it itched my brain in all the right ways to keep me sucked in at all times

I don’t even know.

This book was beyond confusing and frustrating. I wish there was more clarity especially with how the book ended.