Revelations 12:12

by David De Freitas

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Pub Date Oct 28 2017 | Archive Date Jan 02 2018

Troubador Publishing Ltd | Matador

General Fiction (Adult) | Mystery & Thrillers

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1968. A young woman in the sleepy town of Sidon is at home, fourteen hours into labour. Uninvited and without warning, a Dr Brockman arrives to assist with her delivery. A few hours later, Martha Holman gives birth to her first child, Simon. Within months, however, Martha’s husband is killed in the Vietnam War. Suddenly a single parent, Martha is forced to raise Simon on her own. A seemingly intelligent and well-adjusted boy, Simon grows up in a deeply spiritual home. However, as he enters his teenage years, the town of Sidon is suddenly rocked by the unexplained homicide of a young girl – and Simon Holman is considered the main suspect. At pertinent moments during Simon’s life, Dr Brockman always mysteriously appears. Before long, it becomes increasingly clear to Simon that he has been chosen by a force far greater than himself. His destiny is written, and everyone standing in the way is being eliminated...

1968. A young woman in the sleepy town of Sidon is at home, fourteen hours into labour. Uninvited and without warning, a Dr Brockman arrives to assist with her delivery. A few hours later, Martha...

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paul e, Reviewer

I received a copy of this book for review on netgalley.

First off this is the story of Simon. We learn of his birth and the introduction of a Dr Brockman early on. A shadowy character that weaves in and out of Simon's life. When Simon is a teenager, his girlfriend Julia was viciously murdered by a ritualistic knife called an athame and Simon is the prime suspect.

First off let me say I did enjoy this book. I would give it 3.5 stars but good reads doesn't seem to let me give half ratings so I gave it 3 stars. This book does have problems that prevented it from me giving it a higher rating.

After Julia's death her parents become amateur sleuths with the sheriffs help and I disliked their characters. They were played too clueless, bumbling for me and also I'm still not sure how you get a footprint and go to the library with that info, type something into a computer search engine and get the brand of sneaker out of that.

The book moved a bit too quickly for me and some transitions were a bit jarring but in the end I enjoyed it because it did what I think it needed to do.

This book in general is a mystery. A mystery with Satanic overtones but a mystery nonetheless. It set the mood at Simon's birth, then increased the tension with the doctors visit/gift at Simon's 1st birthday. It kept sprinkling ominous scenes throughout the book that made me want to keep reading to find out the conclusion. In the end I wish some characters like the Dr. and Simons Godmother had a bigger role and Characters like Julia's parents a smaller one. I also wish some of the darker story points were more fleshed out.

In general though I did think this was a fun little book and I would recommend it

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Gill D, Media/Journalist

Brilliant thriller, satanic, family book. Really enjoyed it. Sad for the family and I never guessed the ending, which is not like me.
Read the whole.book on a 13 hour flight from bangkok. Journey was still awful. Hope there will be another book like this again. It was not sick or distasteful.. keep them coming. Thanks.