With nothing but the clothes on his back — and something horrific snapping at his heels — Jack Winter fled his rural Georgia home when he was still just a boy. Watching the world he knew vanish in a trucker’s rearview mirror, he thought he was leaving an unspeakable nightmare behind forever. But years later, the bright new future he’s built suddenly turns pitch black, as something fiendishly … familiar looms dead ahead.
When Jack, his wife Aimee, and their two small children survive a violent car crash, it seems like a miracle. But Jack knows what he saw on the road that night, and it wasn’t divine intervention. The profound evil from his past won’t let them die… at least not quickly. It’s back, and it’s hungry; ready to make Jack pay for running, to work its malignant magic on his angelic youngest daughter, and to whisper a chilling promise: I’ve always been here, and I’ll never leave.
Country comfort is no match for spine-tingling Southern gothic suspense in Ania Ahlborn’s tale of an ordinary man with a demon on his back. Seed plants its page-turning terror deep in your soul, and lets it grow wild.
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Very scary book! I love all the books by this author! She’s great, but I would suggest you read them with the lights on! Her books always make me think and I remember the characters long after reading! Highly recommend!
[Dated Review] While there were moments I felt it needed a more attentive editor (sans the final star), overall, this book kept me reading–and to me, that’s what makes a good story. Demonic evil goes beyond the normal realm of possession and creates for itself an unholy lineage of generational terror; what a brilliant demon Ahlborn’s created. If …
Seed is the first book I’ve read by Ania Ahlborn, and it won’t be the last. She doesn’t necessarily break new horror ground in the genre, but she does manage to hit all the right tropes without ever coming across as cliche. The pace of the story is a refreshing change from other horror books I’ve read recently. It relies on a slow building sense …
Not a wholly original story, but a well-told version of familiar tropes. Will likely have you checking the corners for moving shadows. The ending is rough, but it makes the most sense for the story.
This book kept me on my toes and it was times I was literally yelling at the main character but overall an amazing book and it had me sleeping with the lights on for a few weeks lol
I couldn’t put this book down. It was fascinating, a tale of evil, which is passed down through a family, through no fault of their own. Jack (the father), makes a valiant effort to get rid of it and save his family. He is the kind of hero you have to root for. This is a deep, dark, disturbing story,. It’s not easily forgotten. It’s very realistic …
I was extremely disappointed of the ending. I felt there too many unanswered questions. If all his books are of this ilk I will not be reading any more.
Up until the ending it was a good read.
Gripping
This book has a great flow and a story that’s very bingeable. It almost felt like watching a movie and refrains from lingering in unnecessary details. I gave it three stars because the ending was a bit abrupt for me to feel its impact. It almost felt like there was a chapter missing. Still, it’s a great late-night read and something you could …
One of the scariest books I’ve ever read! The tension building is insane, with a wild ending. I can’t recommend this enough to horror fans 🙂
“Do you believe there can be a devil without a God?” There is nothing that creeps me out more than a creepy kid. Ania Alborn delivers on the creep factor with her books. I was sweating reading this. If you are looking for a HEA, don’t read this. If you are looking for amazing writing that will keep you on your toes, READ IT NOW.
The Good Stuff first:
1. I did not hate this book.
2. I loved the cover art.
The not so good: Just because a story is set in the south doesn’t make it Southern Gothic. I’m getting tired of misleading blurbs. Not Southern Gothic imo… Reading this book gave me the same feeling of being in a plane that is about to take off – a long trip down the …
This book is probably categorized as horror, which I don’t usually read, but it caught my attention. I read it within ~72 hours, so it’s a fast read both in that it’s not terribly complex and that you want to keep reading. As more and more information comes out you’re not sure what’s real and what’s not, but the plot just keeps coming. It’s a very …
I thought about giving this book 3 stars because the ending kinda (only kinda) delivered some of what I was waiting for throughout the entire book. But it was just too little, too late.
I was drawn to the book by the synopsis, expecting some nice supernatural horror. Main character Jack was was haunted as a child by some form of “darkness”. …
Pretty good
I enjoyed this book but the ending was a bit tragic and unsettling.
A very strange book.