Legacy

Chris Coppel is a master of this genre. Spooky and adventurous with characters developed with emotion and grace. You can’t help rooting for the retired sniper turned cop as he tries desperately to reverse time and kill a witch whose hunting his wife. This could be a start to an incredible series. I want to read more. Awesome!

Thank you NetGalley for this arc

Craig Edmonds and his young family are awoken at 2 AM by someone banging at their front door. On their doorstep they find an unexpected delivery… a large crate with a generic label addressed to his family.

Their remote house, the lateness of the hour, the unexpectedness of the delivery… something feels wrong to Craig, a sheriff in the high desert of southern Utah. It has taken him years to recover from the psychological trauma he’d undergone as an elite Marine sniper, but his life was now simple and complete.

But then he opens the crate to discover an intricately carved wooden mirror. Now Craig must fight an enemy far worse than any he’d encountered in the Middle East. Only this time he is battling against time and the embodiment of evil in a desperate attempt to save his family. His mission will take him twenty five years into the past and six thousand miles from home in order to defeat the reanimation of a 16th century English witch in this spine-chilling time travelling horror.

Overall I would say that I enjoyed this one. It was an original concept (snipe in the head the creepy witch who has kidnapped my wife for her soul but in 1996 with a time jumping aboriginal) haha but it was a fun and action packed adventure.

I really fell in love with Craig’s character and thought that Coppel expertly used his back story to draw on that sympathy and empathy, but he is probably the only character in the book I found mildly believable (and at times that was a stretch).

This is one of those books that is better taken with a pinch of salt and an open mind - it’s def set up for a prequel and I would be lying if I said I wouldn’t read it.

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With six new novels publishing in less than one year the author is perhaps making a challenge to the current grand masters of horror - Stephen King in the USA and Graham Masterton in the UK?
There are echoes here of the horrors of H.P. Lovecraft and Algernon Blackwood in a plot carefully blending the tropes of classic horror with the new.
There's everything one could wish for in a good horror novel from deadly portals to other worlds, rabid creatures in the attic, a centuries-old witch, to a picnic at Hanging Rock.

Craig Edmonds and is family are awakened by knocks on the door at 2am. They find a large package addressed to the family. When they open the package they find a mirror. He will have to travel back in time to win against a 16th century witch.

I like this story. It’s a mish mash of horror, action and sci-fi.

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC of this book. I really enjoyed this one and read it in one day. Look forward to much more by this author.

Meet The Edmonds family, people who have never watched or read any mirror related scary stories. They live in nowhere Utah, don’t use locks (or sound judgement) and apparently that relaxed lifestyle had made them into the kind of people who will comfortably accept an anonymous gift of a giant antique mirror delivered mysteriously at 2 am and immediately and unsuspiciously will hang it on their wall.
Seriously people? It’s like you’re asking to be horrorfied (not the same as horrified no matter what Word says). Mind you, they stick right by their new decoration despite increasingly creepy occurrences following its arrival.
Sure enough, it’s no ordinary mirror sent by their antique loving aunt as a random gift through some sort of nighttime UPS. In fact, it’s a portal for a witch from 1700s who’s really into immortality. Now The Edmonds family has really stepped into it and will require the assistance of a knowledgeable Native American gentleman with time traveling skills to sort it out. And, of course, Craig’s sniper skills will help too. Because it’s/he’s just all American like that. A sniper turned sheriff turned witch slayer. Woohoo, go Craig.
And that’s basically it. A bunch of genre basics thrown in together, thoroughly stirred and cooked reasonably well. Made for a quick fun read. Appears to be primed for series’ first. This was my first read by the author and it’s a fairly decent introduction as far as those things go. Thanks Netgalley.

The book cover caught my attention straight away and once I had read the book description I knew I had to read it. A throughly enjoyable read. Recommend ⭐️⭐️⭐️

A haunted mirror horror story with Native American lore and time travel. Ahote is a “time walker” and can bring people back in his own timeline to fight fith dimensional monsters that find ways to enter the world and kill/eat people. A mirror shows up on a family’s doorstep in the middle of the night. They must have never seen a single horror movie before because they immediately adorn the mirror in their living room. Obviously the mirror is haunted and its up to Ahote and a member of the family to go back in time and kill the witch.

I loved that parts of this book were actually scary and everything came together perfectly except maybe the technology aspect but time travel is weird. The author has a great way to set up the scary parts to chill you. The ending is left open to possible continuation and I will be on the look out.

A loud pounding on the door awakens the Edmonds family at 2am and when Craig Edmonds investigates he finds a heavy, huge "gift". Merry Christmas Edmonds family! It turns out that the family has been given a large antique mirror which sits perfectly on the living room floor. Only the dog seems to be aware that the mirror is creepy and should be avoided. (worry not, the dog is not harmed). Craig should have listened to the dog.
Craig comes home one day to find that his life is turned upside down and the only way to fix it is to trust yet another mysterious visitor to his door, Ajote. Ajote informs Craig that the two of them must go back in time 25 years to save the life of his wife's ancestor by killing the witch who comes to consume her. Only then will the events that began with the 2am knock be prevents. If only it were that simple......

Legacy is a mind bending and unique spin on time travel, portals, beings from alternate dimensions and humanity. As odd as it sounds, this is a more realistic take on time-travel than other's I have read and it was fun to "go back in time" by 25 years and encounter the world of the late 90's again through Craig's eyes. At less than 200 pages this is a quick read and it keeps you interested right to the very end. Happy travels, readers!
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