The Red Equinox has dawned, and the old gods who have slept for aeons are stirring.
Urban explorer and photographer Becca Philips was raised in the shadow of Miskatonic University, steeped in the mysteries of her late grandmother’s work in occult studies. But what she thought was myth becomes all too real when cultists unleash terror on the city of Boston. Now she’s caught between a shadowy … shadowy government agency called SPECTRA and the followers of an apocalyptic faith bent on awakening an ancient evil.
As urban warfare breaks out between eldritch monsters and an emerging police state, she must uncover the secrets of a family heirloom known as the Fire of Cairo to banish the rising tide of darkness before the balance tips irrevocably at the Red Equinox.
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For some reason I seem to enjoy modern novels written in the Cthulhian world of HP Lovecraft far more than the original writings of Lovecraft. In this novel, Becca Phillips comes from a lineage of people dabbling with the gods and monsters of old. When Becca’s grandmother dies, she leaves her an ancient relic that she unknowingly can use to stop …
I’ve been on somewhat of a cosmic horror binge these last few weeks and I’m happy to report that Red Equinox stands up there with the best of the genre.
I’m not going to get into the plot too much, as several reviews and the synopsis already do . I’m just going to mention a few of my impressions and feelings and leave it at that.
Mr. Wynne makes …