Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman

And, it paints such a clear picture of this period of medieval history that it is likely to be appealing to those who like historical fiction as well as those who enjoy a good scary story. I'm don't normally read books in the horror genre, but I am a huge fan of good writing and this book ranks right up there with the best. I have to thank Audible and Troy's review for giving me a nudge to look at this book. I felt a bit dazed at the end of the book coming back to the 21st century after this total immersion experience in 1348. Christopher Buehlman is masterful in his writing - his characters are so genuine, the settings so sharply etched, the plot so intricate and imaginative that I was engrossed throughout the book. I am not a great horror fan so to say I 'liked' this book wouldn't be quite right, but I was completely captivated by it. He lives with his wife and his rescued dog, Duck.īetween Two Fires is a well written 14th century period piece that expertly intermingles vivid scenes of plague ravaged France with Christian mythos to provide a fantastical horror story that reads like historical fiction. The winner of the 2007 Bridport Prize for poetry, he is also the author of several plays and the acclaimed horror novel Those Across the River. There, she tells Thomas, she will fulfill her mission: to confront the evil that has devastated the earth and to restore to this betrayed, murderous knight the nobility and hope of salvation he long abandoned.Īs Hell unleashes its wrath, and as the true nature of the girl is revealed, Thomas will find himself on a macabre battleground of angels, demons, saints, and the risen dead - and in the midst of a desperate struggle for nothing less than the soul of man.Ĭhristopher Buehlman is a writer and performer from St. And now she has convinced the faithless Thomas to shepherd her across a depraved landscape to Avignon.

She believes the righteous dead speak to her in dreams.

Is it delirium or is it faith? She believes she has seen the angels of God. An orphan of the Black Death, and an almost unnerving picture of innocence, she tells Thomas that plague is only part of a larger cataclysm - that the fallen angels under Lucifer are rising in a second war on heaven, and that the world of men has fallen behind the lines of conflict. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village. And Lucifer said, “Let us rise against Him now in all our numbers, and pull the walls of heaven down…”

Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman