Review – Darkness Follows

After suffering a closed-head injury, which left Sam Travis disabled, he’s feeling worthless as a provider for his family, wife Molly and daughter Eva.

One night Sam is awakened by the sounds of the Civil War raging outside his Gettysburg home, but he knows the summer reenactments are over, so he gets up to see what’s happening. Checking outside, he hears and sees nothing, but goes back to sleep on his couch.

The next morning he finds a notebook about 1863 Civil War days written by a certain Captain Samuel Whiting. Only problem is, it’s written in Sam Travis’s handwriting. This is only the beginning of his ‘writings’ that take place at night and during daytime ‘fugues.’ He checks outside once more before waking his family. That’s when he hears a gunshot and witnesses the front window’s implosion, waking both Molly and Eva. Police are called and nothing is resolved.

About this same time, Eva begins to have dreams of her daddy’s safety. She has a ‘friend,’ Jacob, who warns little Eva about her daddy and stresses that she must let him know that she loves him and so does Jesus.

Unbeknownst to Sam, a serial killer is stalking his family, particularly his daughter, for an unconscionable reason. In studying the writings, Sam finds a hidden message in his writings and his life, leading him to disappear–leaving his family unprotected.
If you’ve read any of Mike’s books before, you know you are in for the ride of your life. Eerie, unexplainable, evil things happen that make no sense in the real world–mystifying messages, innocent lives being taken, the haunting voice of an older, dead brother, and the eventual abduction of a little girl.

The action switches back and forth at a rapid pace, challenging you to keep abreast of the circumstances, yet feels real enough to hold your attention. The actions of Symon and Sam have similar trappings, only in the reverse. One doesn’t know who he is and wants to know, while the other knows who he is and gets lost in otherworldly evil.

The unwavering, strong love of little Eva for her daddy’s safety, and Molly’s reassurances that he knows of her love and that he will be safe, tugs at your very heartstrings, and is the impetus to bring her daddy to God’s love.

This story is written based on real writings, some of which you read in this book, which were written in the same manner as this story. This is one of Mike’s strongest books that display the presence of good versus evil. And if you don’t believe in the supernatural, both good and evil, you will before the end of this book! A powerful story of the power of love!