A young man descends into Purgatory to save his wife and unborn child in this gorgeous, illustrated tale of wonder and terror from the mind of master storyteller and acclaimed artist Brom Fresh out of jail and eager to start a new life, Chet Moran and his pregnant wife, Trish, leave town to begin again. But an ancient evil is looming, and what seems like a safe haven may not be all it appears . . . Snared and murdered by a vile, arcane horror, Chet quickly learns that pain and death are not unique to the living. Now the lives and very souls of his wife and unborn child are at stake. To save them, he must journey into the bowels of purgatory in search of a sacred key promised to restore the natural order of life and death. Alone, confused, and damned, Chet steels himself against the unfathomable terrors awaiting him as he descends into death’s stygian blackness. With Lost Gods, Brom’s gritty and visceral prose takes us on a haunting, harrowing journey into the depths of the underworld. Thrust into a realm of madness and chaos, where ancient gods and demons battle over the dead, and where cabals of souls conspire to overthrow their masters, Chet plays a dangerous game, risking eternal damnation to save his family.
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0like most of Brom's books, he took something we all know and twisted it. This is the fourth book by him I have read and once again I am NOT disappointed. It's a chilling story, not because of the horror elements but simply the concept of his idea of purgatory. The idea that no one is safe, there is no mercy unless you have worshipped and graced a God before death. There's no mercy for the children especially, who are lost and abandoned. The actual villains in the story aren't the Gods, nor the Demons but rather the Humans. The awful things we could do to each other even in death.
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