Sud666's Reviews > Song of Kali

"Song of Kali" was a very interesting book. Set in the late 1970s Calcutta, it is a horror story centered around the Hindu goddess Kali.

Robert Luczack works for Harpers and is sent to India to locate the works of a poet long thought dead. Luckack and his Indian-born wife travel to Calcutta and get far more than they bargained for. The poet, Das, had been thought dead for over 8 years in a mysterious accident. Luczak finds that the papers are newer works by a dead poet. This mystery leads him into the darkest parts of Calcutta as he crosses paths with a dark cult that worships Kali.

What makes this an interesting story is that, even after reading it, I am not sure if the events were supernatural or a culmination of events that made it seem so. The rather nebulous ending didn't really do it for me.

By no means is this a bad story. It's quite a good horror story. It is up to the reader to determine whether this is psychological horror or supernatural horror. I liked this book, but not as much as some of his other books. Not a bad read with Halloween in mind.