Reading Bliss: Midnight Riders Review...

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Midnight Riders Review...

Title: Midnight Rider's

Author: Pete Clark

Genre: “Historical Chaos” – Speculative Paranormal Historical Fiction with Humor

Contains strong language

Publisher: J. Ellington Ashton Press

Tour Host: Lady Amber's Tours

“Gather ‘round people and you shall hear

about a bunch of bullshit that is clear.
Of riders and horses and monsters too;
your parents lied - they can still get you.
Hardly anyone who was there is alive
to dispel the rumor, uncover the lies,
but there was more than one man who rode that day
and more than just Redcoats who got in their way.”

Along the way, Longfellow lost something in his translation it seems.

Everyone has heard of the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. However, they have not heard about them this way! The American founding fathers had a lot more to deal with at the end of the 18th century than tariffs and tea; avoiding hurled trees from Wendigos and gargoyles falling from the sky took a lot of patience. How is Samuel Prescott supposed to hunt the leader of the Rippers when the British keep infringing upon the colonists’ rights?

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Boone was sure he heard Revere scream as the zombie Forbes charged at them. On his way, Forbes took a nice hearty bite out of an off duty soldier who happened to be nearby. “Grullarrk,” the soldier said clearly before falling to the ground.

Forbes Zombie was fast. A hell of a lot faster than Forbes was in real life. How the heck did that work out, Boone wondered. Oh well. He unslung his double-barreled reverse musket, an invention of Revere; the guy was good for something, thought Boone as he fired and turned his former commanding officer’s head into a floating cloud of red mist. He then flipped the release on his musket, spun the barrels so that the fired barrel faced back and the loaded faced forward, and he vaporized the downed soldier’s head as well just to be sure. He wasn’t about to let any zombies rise on his watch.

“Everybody to the wall,” Fraser ordered. It seemed that Boone’s gunfire and the shrieking had alerted the remaining werewolves, who were apparently done feasting on the French and wanted to upgrade to a little English breakfast.

“Zombies and werewolves,” whined Revere. “I sure hope no vampires show up.”

“Vampires?” Boone countered. “What are you, a child? Vampires aren’t real.”

“They’re not?” asked Revere.

“No - vampires are just a myth. But dragons, dragons will fuck your shit up,” said George Washington.

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**SPOILERS BELOW**

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was hilarious and full of surprises. You never knew what was going to happen next and every surprise was funnier than the first one. You followed historical characters such as Paul Revere (my favorite character), George Washington, Ben Franklin, and Daniel Boone. Throw in some crazy monsters and you have the ultimate historical/supernatural book.

One of the first scenes in the book is of Paul Revere standing in a ditch staring at the sky in the middle of war time and talking about shooting stars. Daniel Boone is with him yelling at him to get down. It sucked me in from that point on and it only got that much better as it went on and on.

I would highly recommend this book to anybody that loves a good historical or supernatural book this is definitely for you. On the other hand if you just want something to make you laugh this would also be for you.

4.5 out of 5 stars!
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Pete Clark likes writing, animals, potato chips, and cheese. Midnight Riders is his first published novel, although he can also proudly say he finally finished Helix Crashing, the fantasy novel he has been working on for over a decade. In addition, he has written Across the Barren Landscape, a collection of linked Western short stories. He also writes plays, both dramatic and comedic. When he is not writing, Pete tends to ignore everyone around him and obsess over sports.