I kept looking for someone to like in this book and came up blank. That disdain carries through to Keene's characters, none of whom are very appealing.

In Ghost Walk, I sense nothing but disdain for York and Lancaster counties and the people who live there. In Keene's previous books set in the region, I sensed a gruff fondness for southcentral Pennsylvania. This book lacks any sense of caring about the people - or, for that matter, the places - involved. At least Keene writes interesting characters, right? Not this time, pal. And we're supposed to be scared of this guy? It traverses galaxies and sucks planets dry, but those tricky rock circles really give it grief. And we are expected to believe that so potent a force could be restrained by a rock pattern. Now it's threatening our planet, wresting its way free of the small circle of, um, rocks that have held it captive for several years after it was trapped there by a, um, backwoods farmer. This time, he sets loose an evil that is older than the universe, pissed off at God and systematically destroying all worlds - including multiple Earths - in God's creation. In the past, Keene has dabbled with zombies and demons, giant worms and horny satyrs. Foremost among them is the villain itself. Someone sets up a haunted attraction in the woods of York County, Pa., not realizing the woods are truly haunted.īut Brian Keene's novel Ghost Walk, a sequel to Dark Hollow, stumbles on several levels. The concept, while not unique, is still inspired.

Dark Hollow by Brian Keene