"December's Thorn" sticks the imagination into a fraternity of dreamers and successfully blends chaos and confusion into a delectable cocktail of magnificent madness.
Award winning novelist Phillip DePoy's January release of the book "December's Thorn" marries fantasy with reality in a three star fashion. "December’s Thorn" is the seventh book in the Fever Devilin series. In DePoy’s latest tail, Devilin dwells in a fugue state; a state in which a person can move and talk, but is not completely aware of the real world.
Devilin has been in a coma for three months. Over the course of eight or nine years he claims he has been killed several times, legally dead twice, seen ghosts, witches, time travelers, racist murders and an Albino dwarf.
Devilin knows none of the above is true. Before his fiancee Lucinda Foxe can celebrate her man’s sanity, he claims a ghost women is visiting him. Issie, the ghost woman tells Devilin of their past life and marriage together. Issie also claims they have a son whose still alive. Foxe brings her friend Dr. Ceridwen Nelson to live with Devilin for psychiatric observation.
With just Nelson and Devilin and his house a young boy fires real bullets through the kitchen window. The local sheriff, Skidmore get’s involved. Nelson also starts seeing the ghost Issie. As DePoy’s words swirl swiftly page after page the questions mount. Is Nelson a real psychiatrist? Are Nelson and Devilin both whangdoodled? Are they falling in love? Is reality fiction and fiction reality?
If you haven’t already guessed "December’s Thorn" is a story that would have made Rod Serling, the creator of the 50s and 60s television show the "Twilight Zone" very proud.
The conclusion is neat and tidy and for everything that went on in this Novel, that’s very impressive. As the story thickens, the reader is engulfed in curiosity. Should or does Devilin leave his wife for her best friend foxe? Is the boy who shot at Devilin really his son? Is Devilin simply imagining all this? For the record, the story is not a dream and the conclusion is succinct and well executed.
Like most books it was slow in the middle with pointless details, but it's compellingly and unique story along with solid character development made it a fantastic read. I never read any of the previous six Devilin novels and "December's thorn" was still easy to comprehend.
For more details on "December's Thorn" and the author DePoy you can check out his web site; www.phillipdepoy.com.
