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found myself entwined this book I was more then just loving the book but needing to read the whole series, The writer is so wonderful that I found myself buying other books as well as the others in this series, I think this is a series that everyone should go out and read, Recently I sat down to read 'In the Shadow of the Mountains' by MR Graham, and found myself enthralled, It's always exciting to find an Indie author whose work is of such a high standard,

'In the Shadow of the Mountains' is part of a series of novels called 'The Books of Lost Knowledge', Set in the small Colorado town, Burns City, it begins with the mysterious arrival of a newcomer who moves into town during a snow storm, No one sees him for days and this sets the tongues wagging as well as piquing the interest of readers, I was certainly intrigued by him from the very start,

The new arrival is quickly introduced to us as the 'old' and gentlemanly Daniel Leland, who has come to Burns City trying to escape a mysterious past, The story is primarily told through the point of view of three teens who live in the town, Liz, Chris and Aaron. Liz and Chris have been friends for years and we learn that Chris is interested in more than friendship, but Liz is anxious about change and the uncertainty that the following year will bring once she moves away to college.
Aaron is a child genius, He is younger than Liz and Chris, but his astute observations shed light on the puzzling events that take place when two more strangers arrive in town,

Then the deaths take place, And with each new death, Aaron observes the two strangers in town, His logical mind quickly works things out so that when one of the men moves without making tracks in the snow, Aaron and the reader wonder what the hell is going on!

The mystery unfolds with fantastic pacing that kept me turning the pages eager to learn more.
The story is so interesting, but the character development is equally so, Liz, Chris and Aaron all have their own flaws and weaknesses but are extremely likable and I wanted them to be okay, Daniel Leland is a mystery throughout the story, I did guess his secret, but still, when it was revealed, it was great reading, There were some very cool secondary characters too, Mina Hobbs is fantastic as 'wing man',

For me, a real strength of Graham's writing is her style, She creates such wonderfully poetic imagery, it is truly a pleasure to read, Her control of language conjures a dark atmosphere that is great for reading on a cool rainy day like I did,

The only nitpick I have is trivial and there is a minor spoiler here so don't read on if you want to be surprised, Essentially, this is a vampire story, and overall I think the 'vampiric' quality of the story is of a very high standard, All 'common' knowledge of vampires is taken into consideration and the characters even refer to 'Dracula' as the 'bible' on the lore, But there is no mention or explanation of sunlight, This is a little gripe, but it seemed incongruous as so many other beliefs were addressed, just not that one, I kept expecting it to come up but it didn't, But, that's the only thing I can pick on,

Overall, I very much enjoyed this book and I would recommend it to lovers of the paranormal genre, but also to anyone who enjoys a good story, I know I will pick this up again to read one day, probably in the middle of winter, with a nice fire going that's how much I enjoyed it,

My rating/I had a bit of trouble getting into the story in the beginning, but the last/of the book were as fabulous as its companion book, The Medium, which I gave a five star rating! I will be back with a review.
I plan on reading the other two Books of Lost Knowledge in the next few days and will be reviewing them on my blog as a whole, Geeks, grisly murder and a vampire

Chris Doyle always said hed be lucky to get out of high school alive, but he didnt mean it quite so literally.
Failing History because you were reading comics under the desk is one thing savagely mutilated classmates are a whole nother ball of wax, But the police can take care of it, right

Aaron Margolis isnt as sure, He only wanted to get to his violin lesson in peace, but its hard to focus when youve just seen a man disappear into thin air, A man who leaves no tracks in the snow, A man who doesnt appear in photographs,

It must have something to do with Daniel Leland, the sharp and reclusive stranger in town, He says he is a hunted man, but how much does he know about the things that stalk the night

Something supernatural is going on, and as the murders multiply, the geeks must take matters into their own hands before the undead can destroy their hometown.
But this adventure is nothing like the comic books,

Previously published as “In the Shadow of the Mountains, ” In high school, I had this English teacher, He was a tall, older man with graying dark hair, a tweed jacket with leather patches at the elbows, and reading glasses he occasionally wore on the end of his nose.
I became convinced he smoked a pipe outside class that's how Masterpiece Theatre his look was, It was my first honors class, my teacher was brimming with intelligence and that classy educatedgentleman look, and oh how I fawned over him, Because that's what you do with that sort of teacher, You don't crush on him you fawn, You don't write his name all over your threering binder you sit back in class and quietly admire the man, My English teacher's name wasn't Daniel Leland, but it should have been, And that's why I loved In the Shadow of the Mountains, Because the central character was awesome, But I'm getting ahead of myself,

I recently reviewed a classic novella by considering the three "novelvirtues" most important to me, I'm thinking that's a good standard to use for all my reviews unless I get a yen for something different, So here we go.

. Was the story fun to read I'll be totally honest and say I was hesitant to pick this up because the cover put me in mind of one of my uncle's classic westerns.
Even after I picked it up, I found the initial pace slow, I told The Other Lamm I was giving it tobefore I let it go, Then, right at, BAM! And I couldn't put it down, The tense bits were tense, the thrilling bits thrilling, and the gruesome bits were bits of people! This is very much a badthingshappeninasmalltown story, and as such, the author takes some time to introduce you to that town and the people who live in it, sprinkling in a mystery or two along the way.
But when things get bad, they get really bad,

. Did the characters intrigue me As I said, the story's central meaning catalytic character is fantastic, I loved him. In fact, I knew about him via fan art, etc, before I even read the book, He is absolutely the opposite of what you would expect for uh a person with his history Damn it! No spoilers, Anyway, the other characters are great, too, One antagonist kept me asking questions, and I couldn't help but sympathize on occasion, which is always a plus in my book, I LOVED the teenage characters because they behaved like actual teenagers, in my opinion, In some books I've read that shall remain nameless and aren't on my list because I never finished them, the teenage characters try way too hard to be teenagers, They go all wonky because the author either can't recall actually being a teenager or hung out with an entirely different crowd than I did when I was in high school.
Graham's characters, on the other hand, are very relatable and have distinct, believable personalities, I especially liked Aaron. He was a smart outcast without feeling like a smartoutcast cliché, And I loved Mina Hobbs, too, because without her uh we would have had Stuffandthings! No spoilers, But of course, all these characters play second fiddle to DOCTOR Leland, Even if I sometimes couldn't resist picturing him as Mr, DeMartino an

equally lovable, albeit entirely different character with an uncanny resemblance from Daria,

. Did the premise make me think This isn't one of those books you have to ponder for weeks after reading to finally understand, It's pretty straightforward. I had a good idea of what was going down early on, but that didn't distract from the fun of the story, Reading In the Shadow of the Mountains felt a lot like watching Fargo to me, You know the villain and the motivation pretty quickly, but that's not a problem, The point of the story is the characters, and how they manage to work their way into and possibly out of a very bad situation, There were some questions left unanswered for me like what the hell was the red thing thrown at the window in that one scene Was it a human head A dead animal Strawberry upsidedown cake WHAT, but this book, as I understand it, is part of a series, and I imagine most of those answers will come in subsequent books, if they haven't already been answered in past ones.


In conclusion, I will be reading more of these books in the future, and you should give this one a try, for sure,


An awesome follow on to "The Wailing," I enjoyed it more because it had more of what I enjoyed about the first book, while adding deeper characters and a more comfortable length.
While I still wanted more at the end, it didn't leave me "hungry" like "The Wailing" did, I would recommend reading both in sequence, .