The Black Tattoo The Scourge has been released again. It’s up to Esme, Jack, Charlie and the Brotherhood of Sleep to stop Scourge in its plot to destroy the world. Fourteen year old Charlie has been chosen to lead the Brotherhood of the Sleep. Charlie insists he won’t do it without his friend Jack’s assistance. The Brotherhood of Sleep is an ancient organization that is the “jailer’s of Scourge, a demon.” Scourge is “a being of pure liquid darkness, bent on a path of destruction.” A member of the Brotherhood is a traitor and has freed the demon. But all is not as it seems. Nick has passed the Scourge on to Charlie. A black tattoo suddenly appears on Charlie’s back, seeming to radiate from his spine. “It was an odd sort of pattern. The tattoo’s broad, curving shapes reminded Jack of certain tribal designs, Celtic or Native American ones, but it wasn’t quite like anything he’d ever seen before. The shapes seem to radiate out of Charlie’s spine, scything across his back like a crest of broad feathers or a set of great curved sword blades. The shapes were black against Charlie’s pale skin-completely, utterly black-and each and every one of them ended in a perfect, razor-sharp point. Charlie clenched his arms, and the black shapes seemed to bunch and shift of their own accord as his muscles moved underneath them.” A needle did not make this tattoo. Esme has been training for this battle for years. She is proficient in martial arts and sword fighting. She will need this and more to survive her encounter with the demon. The cover of “Black Tattoo” entices the reader to delve inside. The print is easy to read. The plot flows smoothly. I was hooked from page one. Work had to wait, I couldn’t put the book down, and I had to continue reading. This book contains a bit of humor and a lot of clichéd dialogue. The best description for this book is dark. Science fiction fans will love this one. |
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