Nick Grevers wakes up from a coma to find that his climbing buddy is missing and presumed dead. His own injuries are horrific and he’s left unable to speak, but he remembers everything.
He remembers that he was mysteriously drawn to a remote peak in the Swiss Alps, and what he found there has irrevocably changed him. Now there’s a force inside of him that threatens to endanger the lives of everyone around him—including his boyfriend, Sam.
Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt is a transcendent, sublime piece of cosmic horror that’ll plunge you into the vast abyss and leave you falling for days.Does the story drag in parts? Yes, but the peaks of this novel are so dang jaw-dropping that I’m willing to overlook its pacing issues. Heuvelt does an incredible job at establishing a scene and building up to genuinely creepy moments, and there are scenes of cosmic horror in here that are truly awe inducing.
However, I do want to be up front about what to expect from this book. While there are some survival thriller aspects to the story, it’s more so a meditation on love, madness, and trauma. It deals with the aftereffects of Nick’s encounter and Sam learning how to care for his now monstrous boyfriend.
All in all, Echo is an intimate portrait of a relationship mixed with an undercurrent of cosmic and folk horror, making for a truly memorable read.
Thank you, NetGalley and Tor Nightfire, for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Book Details:
Publication Date : February 8, 2022
Publisher : Tor Nightfire
ISBN : 1529331773
Pages : 379
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