Fantasy boy's Reviews > The Ballad of Black Tom

This is a book which is dedicated to HP Lovecraft, that I easily can see why. A unexpected stranger paid a dearly wage to Tom, and it is not just a job for musician like him. The perilous of unseen sleeping King was waiting for summon. He will find out the forbidden truth of the cosmos. Furthermore, he will be the herald of the sleeping King whom had been sleeping for a long time.
Definitely a HPL typed story with a different background was set in NYC, also the book emphasizes the indifference is no different in front of the alien enmity such intimidating unknown omnipotence from outside space. Those mixing elements in this book that gave me an affirmation of Cthulhu ambient story. I think it is a good story, but is not a top-notch horror fantasy that compares to HPL’s masterpieces. However, the concrete of the story still has it own enchantment, most from the narrators.The First of the story was told by black Tom, which is a good example of preluding the story becomes more horrific. The second part of the story was told by the cop, which explained how he confronted Black Tom again and saved the world. But in this type of horror, safety is never for mankind , due to the awaiting malign force, whom is always lurking in darkness.