The All-Soul's Faire: North Mountain Series Book 1

By Kristy Tallman

A goat's head staring back at Detective Cole Bryant from within the bowels of his latest victim sets forth a string of unnatural deaths among the teenagers that live in the shadow of the cursed North... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0984226621
• ISBN13: 9780984226627
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Ash Phoenix Books
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

So look out Steven King & Dean Koontz. There is a new author to the horror genre and her name is K

Do you want some more? You will when you read the All Souls Faire, by Kristy Tallman. Kristy Tallman, is going to take you on a road trip to the small town of Covington, Va. Where she is going to bring to life the characters in this small country town. You will feel the fear of Detective Cole Bryant as he is confronted with the mysteries of North mountain. You will fall in love Ms. Ryder, who knows all the stories of the area and of the evil that exists on North Mountain. Then you will feel the hopelessness of Cecil as he tries to full fill his pact with the devil. Kristy Tallman is an up and coming Psychological Thriller and Horror author. Her work will keep you spellbound and turning the pages. After reading the novel you will want some more. If Ms. Tallman continues to bring us more of this type of work, she is well on her way to becoming a best selling author. So look out Steven King & Dean Koontz. There is a new author to the horror genre and her name is Kristy Tallman

"We all have some inner sins we contend with."

The All-Soul's Faire by Kristy Tallman, reads like a wickedly wonderful ghost story that keeps you enthralled to the very end. I found the story delightfully disturbing, yet I also found myself moved by the actions of the intriguing well-written characters. Detective Cole is a seemingly innocent bystander in the sinful happenings on North Mountain. After meeting the strange backwoods Hicks Family, he finds himself with more questions than answers about the murders on the mountain. The ever sweet Ms. Ryder reminds me of my own grandmother. When she states, "We all have some inner sins we contend with," I read a bit deeper into this tale of horror and wondered if all humans didn't suppress some inner sins that only pure evil could bring out. Were we faced with our sinful secrets could we still suppress them even if they were served to us on a silver platter? Would Detective Cole's own sinful desires cause him to forget everything and succumb to the mountain's spell? Tallman's talent in writing shows in her ability to captivate the reader to the very end. I loved that the ending wasn't what I expected. It left me wanting more and hopeful of a sequel. Rowan Lore --Author of Fall On Me

AWSOME BOOK!!!!

I am a fan of mystery and horror books,this book is truly one of the best and I have read many. Kristy Tallman, is a true author in her right, her book i could not put down until i finished it. Can't wait for a sequel or another book!!!!! I encourage everyone, to buy and read this book. You will not be sorry. Heidi

Great Flow

My hat is off to the author on this one. Is it true that poets make the best novelist? I think Kristy Tallman proves the answer is yes. Because of the author's rythmic flow and great metrical harmony I found myself deeply rapped in this story. Her style gently painted images in my head that I will never forget. Watching Cole wade his way through the darkness cast by North Mountain was both exciting and and erotic. I would recomend it to anyone who likes a good fast paced thriller that is full of great imagery and greater emmotions that the author presents in a fine fashion. Nice work, and I am looking forward to reading more from Kristy.

A Powerful Seduction

Kristy Tallman's book is a delirious experience. It is a creation that breaks all the rules of the horror-novel genre, at least what that genre has become in recent decades (with floods of mindlessly gore-drenched books without vision or artistry) -- Tallman's book belongs with those of the classic writers in the field, like Arthur Machen (who, like Tallman, blended a poetic voice with a deep and disturbing look into the dark places of the soul). On the surface the narrative follows a police investigation of a series of ritualistic murders, but Tallman wisely uses this as a framework only. She is also a gifted poet, and the pages are quickly filled with lush and evocative imagery and experiences, all bringing the reader deeper and deeper into an exploration of rogue, forbidden desire. Things are not merely described in this book from the outside, they are felt with a remarkable intensity by the narrator, and through him, by us. The investigation goes off the rails as the detective himself becomes seduced by the powers at play in the hollows and slopes of the Virginia mountains, and the book reads like a feverish dream, jabbing so far into the psyche that like its characters, I was seduced myself, going over with abandon into Tallman's alluring plunge through visions of all-encompassing desire. You may feel a delicious guilt as you close the book and wish for more, but that is part of the spell here: there are ways to make the darkest passions more than can be resisted, and Kristy Tallman knows them all.