19th Century London...a savage killer flees from a mob and plunges into the Thames, where he drowns. His soul departs his body, but even Hell rejects him - he is a Pariah, bound forever by curses in the place he died...Unless someone sheds blood in his name...21st Century London...an innocent boy flees from a mob, and escapes into the undiscovered underground tunnels beneath his tower-block home. Down in the darkness, a voice calls to him. The voice is mesmerizing, hypnotic, and urges the boy to spill blood in his name...And a fabled killer is unleashed again. But this time he's stronger and far more terrifying than when he coated the East End in blood in the 1880s, and gained the name Jack the Ripper...

My Thoughts:

I have met Thomas Emson at an author event/vampire night and he really is a nice guy. I have also read his werewolf novels which were brilliant. This book I felt had not quite got that same edge. I had high expectations with this book and felt let down.

It features the crimes of Jack the Ripper but with a supernatural element. Anybody who is a ‘Ripper’ fan will be dissapointed. The story actually turns out to be a battle between angels and demons, not the Dan Brown type but more like Sam and Dean Winchester in an episode from Supernatural. I mean this in a positive way.

The book has plenty of gore and lots of bad language including plenty use of the ‘C’ word so be warned if you don’t like very course language.

Don’t be put of though as the book is a good horror read and Thomas Emson is a brilliant writer I just felt that this book was not his best. ( )