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The Black Talisman

By: Richard Storry
Narrated by: Jake Urry
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Deep in a deserted forest, a coven of witches is taken by surprise as they attempt to summon the Dark Lord, Anubin, from the spirit world.

At his Easter camp, young Gilbert Hawkins has an amazing divine encounter. However, as the subsequent years pass, he and his girlfriend find themselves increasingly the subject of demonic visitations. What is the connection between these seemingly isolated events, over 300 years apart? As the angelic forces of good and evil clash, the disturbing nature of the mystery gradually emerges. Can the dark servants of Anubin be prevented from obtaining for him the power he so desperately seeks - the power that comes from the black talisman?

©2016 Richard Alan Storry (P)2016 Richard Alan Storry Christian Fiction Dark Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Paranormal Scary
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he could do this as a live performance easy. I heard Richard give a live performance once and felt why did live story telling stop , no mobile video krap could compete with that atmosphere. keep it up sir.

Loved it , great story.

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The story went from the 1800s to 1980s. I'm not big on time changes. But the story of black arts and ghostly goings on was good.
The narrator kept the tone going and was very good.

Different

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I really enjoyed this book. It is a supernatural/ religious book. Entertaining with interesting story and characters. The narrator helps to give the story a creepy and frightening feeling.

Great book

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The Black Talisman is a relatively short book in two parts which alternate chapter by chapter until finally uniting at the conclusion. Part one is set in 1673, when a cover of witches is interrupted in it's attempt to bring forth the demon, Anubin. Defeated only moments before his full transition, Anubin returns to his swamp and the sacred talisman - the black talisman of the girls - is taken by the Arch Deacon and broken into three pieces, each going to different places, to prevent its again being used for eviil. The second is a modern tale set at the end of the twentieth centuries following two young Christians, Monica and Gilbert, as they grow .com children to young adults.

Simply written and easy to follow, but, unfortunately very predictable, The Black Talisman is more a religious paranormal thriller (heavy on the Christian theme) than horror story, although there are underlying sinister aspects. With demons, evil winged creatures, angels and fearful but courageous clergimen, this is very much a good versus evil and the very last pages, for this reader at least, took it well beyond the religious toleration comfort zone. Different from the earlier Richard Storry books I have read and enjoyed. It always seemed that the book was going somewhere - and where that was, finally, was unsatisfactory. But each to their own taste.

All was made good by the narration. Make Her has a most distinctive voice. If he wishes it so, he can make reading a breakfast cereal box the most sinister product available anywhere. Yet it is also pleasant to hear, easy on the ears, always well paced and with good intonation. He can even sing well! It didn't matter too much about the story: I just enjoyed the voice although the pronunciation of gaol, at least in the UK, is Jaiol, not Gail, as in the girl's name).

My thanks to the rights holder of A Black Talisman, who, at my request, freely gifted me with a complimentary copy. it was OK, but nothing special about the book, sadly. So would I recommend it? Oh yes, any book read by Jake Urry is a treat

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