Sparks: Welcome To The Madhouse by Dan Cummings
Sparks: Welcome To The Madhouseby Dan Cummings4 Stars
Publisher's Blurb
Dave Reynolds has grown jaded with his life, locked in a dead end janitorial job at the Ravenswood Institute for Mental Health, he quietly yearns for some excitement to stir up his mundane existence.
That is until he learns that far below the hospital's grounds lies the Madhouse, the regional headquarters of the Frontline Unified Battalion of Arcane Resistance (FUBAR), a clandestine government agency tasked with combating supernatural evil. If that wasn't enough of a surprise, he also learns that he is a Spark, an individual with latent gifts, carrying the residual energy of a nigh extinct race of universal protectors.
Drafted into service, he is accidentally afflicted with a curse, casting the sensible, rational aspects of his personality into a subconscious prison, unleashing a clownish psychotic who is as deadly as he is irritating.
A wild card personified, Dave must now lead Whiskey Team, a motley crew of fellow Sparks and freaks including a punk rock witch, a werewolf, a medium and his ghostly best friend, and a female Japanese ninja, against the Alliance of Nyx, an ancient demonic organisation with designs on global conquest.
Now, if Dave's reckless antics don't get his team killed, they may just stand a chance in this war.
Review
I was lucky enough to be sent a copy of the follow up to Sparks: Welcome to the Madhouse by the author and the blurb intrigued me enough to want to read the first in the series before starting number 2.
I headed over to a well know online book store and purchased the Kindle (other book readers are available) version for 99p
This makes me think of a mashup of a Marvel ensemble movie combined with H.P.Lovecraft. The characters are well defined and have interesting unique abilities. The dark humour has some laugh out loud moments especially from the lead character Dave who reminds me of a wise cracking Tony Stark.
The author shows an interesting use of humorous simile and the book is peppered with pop culture references. I'm now looking forward to reading Sparks: Devil's Motorcade to follow the ongoing exploits of Whiskey team and it's clown-faced leader
If you like superheros or supernatural horror (or better still both) then you'll enjoy this one
Dave Reynolds has grown jaded with his life, locked in a dead end janitorial job at the Ravenswood Institute for Mental Health, he quietly yearns for some excitement to stir up his mundane existence.
That is until he learns that far below the hospital's grounds lies the Madhouse, the regional headquarters of the Frontline Unified Battalion of Arcane Resistance (FUBAR), a clandestine government agency tasked with combating supernatural evil. If that wasn't enough of a surprise, he also learns that he is a Spark, an individual with latent gifts, carrying the residual energy of a nigh extinct race of universal protectors.
Drafted into service, he is accidentally afflicted with a curse, casting the sensible, rational aspects of his personality into a subconscious prison, unleashing a clownish psychotic who is as deadly as he is irritating.
A wild card personified, Dave must now lead Whiskey Team, a motley crew of fellow Sparks and freaks including a punk rock witch, a werewolf, a medium and his ghostly best friend, and a female Japanese ninja, against the Alliance of Nyx, an ancient demonic organisation with designs on global conquest.
Now, if Dave's reckless antics don't get his team killed, they may just stand a chance in this war.
Review
I was lucky enough to be sent a copy of the follow up to Sparks: Welcome to the Madhouse by the author and the blurb intrigued me enough to want to read the first in the series before starting number 2.
I headed over to a well know online book store and purchased the Kindle (other book readers are available) version for 99p
This makes me think of a mashup of a Marvel ensemble movie combined with H.P.Lovecraft. The characters are well defined and have interesting unique abilities. The dark humour has some laugh out loud moments especially from the lead character Dave who reminds me of a wise cracking Tony Stark.
The author shows an interesting use of humorous simile and the book is peppered with pop culture references. I'm now looking forward to reading Sparks: Devil's Motorcade to follow the ongoing exploits of Whiskey team and it's clown-faced leader
If you like superheros or supernatural horror (or better still both) then you'll enjoy this one
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