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| Of Darkness and Light by Paul Kane (Review by Jason Rolfe) |
With “Of Darkness and Light”, author Paul Kane displays an impressive talent for tone and character.
Kane’s atmospheric style is reminiscent of Ramsey Campbell, dark and truly terrifying, contemporary in content yet classic in terms of mood. Darkness is a universal fear, one that we can either relate to or empathize with. Kane plays on this fear quite well. More than that, however, he gives us a protagonist we can care about.
Kane breathes life into Lee Masterton, binding us to him with the ties of shared experience. We can relate to Masterton because he is human, affected by his past and effective as a character because of the depth Kane has given him. Like Campbell, Kane has succeeded in giving us a real person to care for throughout the course of his short novel, something so rarely present in horror that it stands out here.
Character aside, Paul Kane has demonstrated an ability to bind tone and terror with this novel.
Kane’s adroitness with the language of fear, his ability to convey suspense and cerebral terror, gives the story a much more classic feel than most contemporary horror novels. The end result is a truly frightening novel that brings you in, haunts you for the duration, and lingers long after the story has been told.
Kane is a craftsman, and “Of Darkness and Light” is an extremely well-crafted piece.
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Purchase the book at:
Thunderstorm books, 2009 http://www.thunderstormbooks.com/
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