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In the aftermath of World War II, Father Lancaster Merrin
finds himself in the remote Turkana region of Kenya. Haunted
by memories of the war, he has taken a sabbatical from the
priesthood. He has come to lead the archaeological excavation
of a mysterious Bzyantine church. Directly beneath the church
Merrin finds a much more ancient crypt - and finds himself
face-to-face with unspeakable Evil. Madness descends on the
nearby villagers and on the British soldiers sent to guard
the site. Merrin watches helplessly as the atrocities of war
are re-enacted against the innocent villagers - atrocities
he had hoped he would never witness again. But the horror
has only just begun...
Oh
dear, oh dear. What on earth was going through the minds of
those who thought that this would be a good idea? Take one
cult movie, and do a Muppet Babies on it - take an
established character and show him in his younger days. While
this worked for Indiana Jones, it certainly doesn't work for
Father Merrin.
The
worst thing about this book is that it is so slow going. While
cinematically this may work as the movie gathers momentum,
as reading material it just sends you to sleep.
The
characters are very one dimensional and to be honest I was
routing for the forces of darkness by the end... er... which
was certainly not the desired reaction from the reader.
Avoid
unless you want to punish yourself.
Nick
Smithson
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