Sins of the Father

by JG Faherty and J.G. Faherty

Book Overview

"Fast-paced, relentlessly horrific, and loaded with twists and surprises, Faherty's dark tour of Innsmouth delivers a gut-wrenching tale of madness, monsters, and heartbreak. Action-packed cosmic horror at its gruesome best " --James Chambers, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Engines of Sacrifice and On the Night Border

Henry Gilman has spent years trying to separate himself from his father's legacy of murder and insanity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1787584070
• ISBN13: 9781787584075
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Flame Tree Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

A great Gothic Eldritch horror.

I received an e-book ARC copy of Sins of the Father from NetGalley and Flame Tree Press in return for my honest review, which follows below. I thank both for the opportunity. I am rating this 5 stars. I originally rated this 4 stars, wrote a review and posted it as my first approved ARC, I believe. After being lucky enough to have gotten a few more under my belt, I looked over this first review and was horrified by how unprofessional it was. I had not disclosed it was an ARC or who the publisher was, there was no star rating given. I was not comfortable leaving that kind of review. I am still evolving my writing style when leaving reviews; thankfully, I feel I do a better job now. So I re-read the book and am now re-writing the review. I increased the rating a full star because the second reading, like with so many books or movies, revealed details that I maybe did not notice or retain the first time. I think this is intended to be the first in a series, and if I am right, I know I intend to keep reading. I do recommend this for fans of Lovecraftian mythos, but also for anyone that likes Gothic, eldritch horror. I could see giving this as a gift, and I have already re-read with pleasure. I have been a fan of Cthulhu since I was a child, I remember my dad letting me read these beat up paperbacks with the name Lovecraft and strange creature art splashed across the cover. I ate those up, even if there were nightmares; I never told, afraid the books would be taken away until I was older (I was around twelve at the time) . When I was old enough to look into Lovecraft on my own… well, you know they say to never meet your heroes. He was a big ol’ racist. I didn’t read him for a long time, I still, if I’m honest, have volumes of his works but use them for reference more than anything. But a beautiful thing has been happening for years in the writing community, people are taking these creatures and myths created by a problematic man and making them new, relevant and wholly their own. Ruthanna Emrys is a perfect example of this. So when I saw this book with Innsmouth on the cover, I was excited to see how this author, JG Faherty, manipulated and changed the workings of a troublesome and out of touch, dead writer. The protagonist, Henry, has fallen a bit from grace in the eyes of the townspeople. His father is the one guilty of committing crimes, but as the title says… Because of this, he was removed from being a medical student and has been working at the morgue. And business has been booming because of several murders, apparent strangulation as the method, staining Innsmouth. Henry has his doubts, but also knows his words will equal to nothing in the eyes of the community. He has a woman that he is trying to woo, Flora, who is the sister of his friend Scott. She works as a barmaid, and one night on his way to see her he comes across an altercation in an alleyway. He sees a humanoid creature, that distressingly knows his name, uttering it before knocking him out. When he wakes he has only a dead body and a strange book keeping him company. I don’t want to give away the whole plot of the book, but things begin to get funky with the bodies of the already dead, and the rest unfolds from there. There are many different creatures introduced in this novel, and I honestly had fan girl moments over each one. They were very well written, described in ways that made them easy to picture. The story arc for Henry was amazing, I can’t wait to see how that continues if there is another book. Through the book I just feel bad for Henry, he doesn’t have an easy time, what with being the town pariah, the only one fully aware of what is happening behind the scenes, and putting his life on the line for people that would rather spit on him; he’s having a bad time. As with all good stories, when I reached the end of this one, I wished for just a few more pages, one more paragraph. But as mentioned several times, I am hopeful that this is the b