Review: Hiram Grange and the Chosen One

Review: Hiram Grange and the Chosen One
by Kevin Lucia (2010): ISBN: 9780982727508 (Shroud Publishing)

Kevin Lucia’s “Hiram Grange and the Chosen One” strides through the underbelly of Belfast, infested with Lovecraftian horrors and tempered with folklore and old magic. Even Queen Mad is not beyond Lucia’s reach.

Lucia’s story builds tension as Hiram’s investigation discovers rituals of summoning, the undead and dark visions of the future based off of his choice to save an innocent or not.

I found Lucia’s Hiram version to be one of the best developed in the Hiram series, from dialog to description. Hiram has a lot of psychological baggage from wearing his father’s cloths to using the gun his mother committed suicide with. He’s an alcoholic with a severe drug addiction but with all these faults and more, Lucia makes you root for him no matter what.

Lucia’s writing flows well and the action is well done. The story is interesting enough to keep you looking forward to the next chapter. Lucia delivers a great novella, well worth the read.

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