Book Review: Twilight Dynasty: Courting Evil

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

Twilight Dynasty: Courting Evil     Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Barry H. Smith
Class/Genre:   Fantasy   Horror
Eric House, Oct 1999, $14.99, 320 pp.

Kyle Morrow is a dynamo among the high-powered Toronto law firm Holt, McQuaid, and Morrow. The family law specialist seems to have everything that anyone could desire. He lives with the beautiful former model Jennifer Rowen in a luxurious home. He has all the money he could ever spend in several lifetimes and then some. His peers respect him as one of the nation's top attorneys. In spite of all this, Kyle feels something is lacking. To provide some meaning to his existence, Kyle tries past life regression.

He soon learns that he was a rebel living in Atlantis. His adversary was Ramthar, the high priest of Balial. Ramthar summoned a demon that killed Kyle. In the present, Ramthar has also returned as a powerful industrialist who can destroy Kyle. With his opponent having demons and a cult like following, Kyle must choose the right path if he is to defeat Ramthar.

TWILIGHT DYNASTY: COURTING EVIL is formulaic horror complete with successful evil, demons from hell, heavenly visitors, and magical spells. Though seemingly by the book, Barry H. Smith provides his audience with a terrific terrorizing tale that compares the modern day New Age movement with early Judeo-Christian roots. Fans of in your face horror will devour this story line and demand more novels from Mr. Smith.

Harriet Klausner

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