Rags and Old Iron

Rating:
Summary: Original, Disturbing, and Well-Written
Review: This is Lorelei Shannon's first published novel, though she's had short stories in many anthologies, and a short story collection, Vermifuge, and Other Toxic Cocktails. It tells the story of Amy, a college student who is having horrifying dreams and visions. She thinks she might be going insane, but when terrible things begin happening to her friends (and enemies!), she realizes that something from her childhood is stalking her; something she had blocked from her mind. Enter Louis, a handsome young Voudun priest whose mother battled this same evil entity years before. He takes Amy and her two best friends on a dangerous journey to confront Rags, Amy's magical childhood companion and nemesis, who is now the pawn (but not exactly the INNOCENT pawn...) of a conspiracy of evil with Amy as its target.

This is the première literary offering of a truly wonderful writer. I hope to read lots more from Lorelei Shannon.