![]() I was happy to see that’s only partially the case. When I read the description, this setup didn’t excite me much since mercenaries inherently feel a little one note to me macho, grim, militaristic. The story follows three mercenary’s across more than a decade as they face terrible evil that has come home to roost. On my personal ladder, I would go so far as to say that it goes so far as to challenge The Troop for Nick’s best work. ![]() Having not read The Acolyte, I can’t compare it to that book, but I can say without reservation that Little Heaven stands up to the high horror standards set by those novels. ![]() Reading those books, I recall thinking that, while perhaps not as deep or complex as other writers whose names get dropped in discussions of great modern horror, they read like really, really well done horror movies they’re page turners, at points pushing you on to see what will happen next and at others to see just how dark things can possibly get. The Deep, his sophomore release, was also creepy to the core. That’s a testament to how unsettling his work can be, and I’m not the squeamish sort. Even having finished that novel a good four months ago, scenes from it still bubble up from my memory from time to time and make me uncomfortable all over again. ![]() Like many readers, my first encounter with Nick’s work was with his fantastic debut, The Troop. Little Heaven is the latest, and perhaps greatest, horror novel from the mind of Nick Cutter. ![]()
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