
Barker has written a character, though not a literal blood-drinking vampire, as evil as Bram Stoker's Dracula, using up victims to maintain an eternal existence. However, the author has also added dark Lovecraftian aspects to this horror story as well; a story that spans hundreds of years (and even eons) and global locations, although the main part of the story covers the period from the 70s up to present time. A chance meeting at an airport in Japan between two people who lost someone close to this long-lived woman sets off a search across time and world locations to find her and end her path of human destruction. Along the way the reader is exposed to the stories of people who lost a friend or a family member to the woman in her many incarnations. Included in this montage is one strange love story that will play a major part in the horrific conclusion as the now decaying woman stalks her latest victim. This is a uniquely blended horror tale.
Barker has written a character, though not a literal blood-drinking vampire, as evil as Bram Stoker's Dracula, using up victims to maintain an eternal existence. However, the author has also added dark Lovecraftian aspects to this horror story as well; a story that spans hundreds of years (and even eons) and global locations, although the main part of the story covers the period from the 70s up to present time. A chance meeting at an airport in Japan between two people who lost someone close to this long-lived woman sets off a search across time and world locations to find her and end her path of human destruction. Along the way the reader is exposed to the stories of people who lost a friend or a family member to the woman in her many incarnations. Included in this montage is one strange love story that will play a major part in the horrific conclusion as the now decaying woman stalks her latest victim. This is a uniquely blended horror tale.