Kit Burgoyne is Ned Beauman writing under a pseudonym, although no one seems to be making any secret of this, so I’m not 100% sure what the point is. The (excellent) NB books are at least genre adjacent, so a move into outright horror isn’t a complete swerve. This is schlockier than those, to be fair, but that’s also a big part of the enjoyment. And it is very enjoyable, and fast moving enough that at no point do you stop and go “hang on…”, which is some achievement in a book that mixes revolutionary anti-capitalism with The Omen. It’s a hugely fun romp (as long as your definition of “fun romp” includes devil worship, mass death, and human sacrifice, which I’m afraid mine does), with a healthy political / satirical edge (guys, what if capitalism actually was the devil?). Makes me wish Dennis Wheatley had turned out to be a pen-name of George Orwell’s.

I read an eARC of this book on NetGalley so thank you to the author and the publisher.

This was a gripping, compelling novel that was hard to put down. I raced through this.

This novel is so fast paced. We see the pregnant daughter of a wealthy, powerful family abducted by kidnappers. However she’s been desperate to escape the family. When she gives birth in custody, the kidnappers see strange things happening and the dark and supernatural connections of the family start to come to the fore.

I would happily recommend this book, it was surprising. There were a few things I suspected that came to pass, but often I couldn’t predict what characters would do next. This book is violent, suspenseful and written with intensity. I really enjoyed this. The supernatural parts were really interesting whilst being juxtaposed with corporate greed and the evils of man.