Palace of Ghosts by Thomas S. FlowersMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Readers of author Thomas Flowers' SUBDUE Trilogy know how clearly he delineates the horrors of war and the enduring suffering of those who survive its depredations. The author demonstrates subtly but powerfully and enables readers without the experience can peer into that world. Here again in PALACE OF GHOSTS he brings us the sights, sounds, smells; the terror, the anger and aggression; the guilt of survivorship, the trauma and the subsequent PTSD. So not only is PALACE OF GHOSTS tragic and compelling, it's also inordinately SCARY! Gentle Readers, the Terror here is implacable. In addition to a psychiatrist "who ought to know better," the Amon Palace located on Galveston Island is TERRIFYING, unavoidable, and scared the living daylights out of me! I know I find Lovecraft under every rock, but there are scenes here and characters that resonate with me in a Lovecraftian vibration. But they're still beyond frightening!
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