At first glance, Hannah Garretty seems like a girl who's got it all: she's a head-turning beauty with a good job, great friends, and a particularly talented eye for photography. But there's a flip side: she's also got a crowded closet full of skeletons from her past and a frightening precognitive ability that fills her mind with a quick still frame-style glimpse of something yet to happen.
It's one of these `Grasps' that sets her on a path to save a young woman from terrible danger. Instead, she finds herself trapped in the middle of unspeakable horror. With so many demons in her past wearing her down, can she find the strength and will to face the one who holds her now?
This dark and chilling tale by Jason McIntyre marks his debut into the world of suspense novels, but you'd never guess that because his story plays in your mind like one told by a master of the craft. With a unique blend of beautiful, richly descriptive language and bursts of dynamic, realistic streams of thought from the heroine, McIntyre's writing style had me gripped by the throat from the get go. Shifting seamlessly between her present, her past, and her visions of the future, the powerful subject matter is sometimes deeply disturbing but always riveting. Just like a real rainstorm, this story gets very dark as it builds with frightening intensity and booms and flashes in your mind. As the action comes to a head, themes of hope, endurance and courage shine like beams of light through scattering clouds once the storm begins to pass and the story winds down. It's a wild, brutal, scary ride, but very satisfying after the air has cleared.
If you enjoy the power of a psychological tempest, `On The Gathering Storm' was written for you.
