Atheists versus the Devil

Father of Lies - Sarah E. England

 

Father of Lies is a good story. It’s exciting and dark. We learn about a strange and remote village full of Satanic practitioners and their violent resistance to outsiders. The story centres around a group of mental health workers who are treating two adults who lived in this village. After an attempt at hypnotherapy things start to go badly wrong and those who believe insanity can be treated medically lose their grasp on what is real and what is not.

 

There are a couple of issues with the book. The characters are not as well developed as I would have liked and some of them feel interchangeable at times. It is the first book in a trilogy and the story is not resolved at the end of part one, yet I am not sure the questions remaining are compelling enough to drive me to buy the next instalment. That said it is a good read. It reminds me of 70’s and 80’s Satanic Panic films. I am certainly considering trying one of England’s stand alone supernatural thrillers.