Widow's Walk, Part 1: The Precipice

Sex, violence, and the supernatural clash with compassion in this serviceable yet flawed modern morality play. When Jim Donovan was 16 years old, to events occurred that would shape the course of his life: he was sexually humiliated by a girl named Rachel Feinberg and his father died. When he later suffers a nervous breakdown, Jim finds himself in therapy with the sinister Dr. Pierre Pe're. And after his rise to prominence as an evangelist at a mega-church in South Florida, Jim is toppled by scandal and becomes embroiled in a struggle between good and evil. In this first in a series from Spillia, vivid characterization and evocative atmosphere are somewhat diluted by the author's emphasis on rigid morality. Still, readers searching for a quick paced supernatural thriller will delight in this Christian parable.