Southern Gods

De: John Hornor Jacobs

Narrado por: Eric G Dove

Recent World War II veteran Bull Ingram is working as muscle when a Memphis DJ hires him to find Ramblin' John Hastur. The mysterious blues man's dark, driving music - broadcast at ever-shifting frequencies by a phantom radio statio - is said to make living men insane and dead men rise. Disturbed and enraged by the bootleg recording the DJ plays for him, Ingram follows Hastur's trail into the strange, uncivilized backwoods of Arkansas, where he hears rumors the musician has sold his soul to the Devil. But as Ingram closes in on Hastur and those who have crossed his path, he'll learn there are forces much more malevolent than the Devil and reckonings more painful than Hell....

In a masterful debut of Lovecraftian horror and Southern gothic menace, John Hornor Jacobs reveals the fragility of free will, the dangerous power of sacrifice, and the insidious strength of blood.

©2011 John Horner Jacobs (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Solid

The performance was awesome. Great story teller. Ending felt a bit out of reach and corny but overall I really enjoyed it.

Well written. Fascinating characters.

Well written story. Fascinating characters. Climax leaves wanting a little more to be desired. I enjoyed the story overall. Just wanted more of it.

Big, Bold and Bright

If you are offended by graphic good and evil, best think twice. If your intellect has chosen a predictable, mutual fund sort of existence, and read the same, forget it. So suspend the predictable and look under all your socialization , at least as a "Westerner", and grub down to the essential- good vs evil and all its manifestation: love, loyalty, family; lust, indulgence, selfishness. Mix it up with life and eternity and all our mortal, or otherwise, soul's, and you get Southern Gods.

Kinda Cool. Thought it might turn zombie but ended up much bigger than a single genre. It was fun and has big characters, not just in size but philosophical point of view. But then again, since this is a personal review, I think all life ultimately really does boil down to good vs. evil and the choices we all make along the way.

Try it, it's lusty, gritty southern as befits the local.

Great start, lost steam at end

I loved the beginning of the book. Great premise, and really intriguing stuff ... it had a real feeling of mystery. I thought the second half of the book wasn't nearly so strong. I wasn't very fond of the second protagonist when she was introduced ... I liked her childhood best friend much better, which was a problem since she is so integral to the second half of the book.

I thought the writing was good, and the narration was very nice ... the Lovecraftian elements worked well for me. I think this is a good first novel. Look forward to seeing what JHJ comes up with in the future.

Excellent

Excellent story, great execution by the narrator, truly horrifying. Loved the ending aswell they did not hold back.