Review: Revelation by Carter Wilson

Revelation by Carter Wilson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Harden Campbell wakes cold and beaten in a cell with something crawling around in his mouth.There is only three other things in the room with him,the mutilated body of his good friend,an ancient typewriter and a stack of blank paper with a single typed sentence on the top sheet.

TELL ME A STORY

So Harden starts writing the most difficult story he has ever written because he knows that the person who is behind his imprisonment will be reading each and every word and both the lives of Harden and the woman that he loves depend on him getting the story right.

The chapters alternate between 1989 and 1990 until the two time frames merge together in the lead up to the shocking final confrontation between Harden and the cunning,manipulative villain.The chapters set in 1989 recount the dark story of what happened over the past year at Wyland University and these are the events that Harden is writing about during his imprisonment in the chapters set in 1990 so basically it's a book within a book which I think is a clever way to tell a story.The story is voiced in the first person by Harden who although he was supposed to be the hero of the story I felt no connection too and felt he came across as a bit of a wimp.

Although you know throughout the book who the cunning,manipulative villain is,the story is intriguing and has a number of interesting twists.Although I admit I enjoyed some parts of the book more than others I did enjoy reading it and will be reading more books by this author.