TOUR: Firefly Rain by Richard Dansky

 MY REVIEW:

When Jacob Logan left home for college, he promised his mother repeatedly he'd come home.  He never did to stay, and now sixteen years later, with both parents deceased, Jacob decides to go home to his small hometown of Maryfield, North Carolina.

When he had come home years earlier for his mom's funeral, he hired a local man and friend of his parents to be caretaker of the home.  His name is Carl and Jacob doesn't trust him, but he seems to have done a good job on the house.

Everything is in working order and pretty much where it should be.  But there are odd events happening.  For instance, the fireflies used to swarm over the gravestones of his parents, and now they aren't.  In fact, the fireflies swarm on the other side of the road, but when the shadows meet his property, the fireflies die.

Also, someone steals Jacob's car in the middle of the night and he gets no help from the local police.  Carl brings Jacob groceries so he won't starve, but Jacob thinks Carl had something to do with it.  Then another strange occurance happens.  Someone puts his toy soldiers in a box and leaves it on Jacob's door stop.  They should be in the attic except one Jacob kept as a good luck charm all his life.  But that good luck charm was in his car that was stolen, and the box has ALL of the soldiers....weird. More strange occurrences happen in that house and Jacob wants out, but the house or the town is determined to keep him home. 

Firefly Rain is chilling, disturbing and you won't want to read this unless all the lights are on in the house!! A great page-turner that will keep you guessing until the end.  Mr. Dansky does a superb job of character development, building a believable backdrop and making what goes bump in the night seem horrific.  Highly Recommend!!


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

I am currently employed, more or less gainfully, as the Manager of Design for Red Storm Entertainment in Morrisville, North Carolina. I also work as the Central Clancy Writer for UbiSoft, Red Storm's parent company, which means that in some way, shape or form I get my hands on the storylines and content of most Tom Clancy-themed computer games. 

These days, I live in Durham, North Carolina, where I share a house with the lovely and talented Melinda Thielbar. We serve as caretakers for the property's real owners, two cats. When not occupied with scribbling things like this and thus avoiding real writing, I like to cook, play games and otherwise make a nuisance of myself. I collect the works of Manly Wade Wellman, cut glass and the occasional bit of baseball memorabilia, and when time permits, I can be found in the cheap seats at one of the local minor league ballparks, cheering on the Durham Bulls or Carolina Mudcats. 

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