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Reviewed by Asher Syed for Readers' Favorite
Jasyn Turley’s The Samhain Terror follows Johnathon Taylor Davies after a wrongful rape conviction removes him from society in Alyeska, a post-apocalyptic nation built after the Great Calamity destroyed the old world. Instead of prison, John is sentenced to the Sentinel Service, which sends convicted men and women to settlements where they guard civilians from mutated creatures roaming reclaimed territory. His assignment takes him to Samhain, an isolated community in northern British Columbia surrounded by forest and mountains. Six months earlier, Sentinel Courtney Martinez was found mutilated near an abandoned watchtower, with no known creature matching her injuries. When another attack suggests the killer is still nearby, John joins veteran Sentinel Lloyd Mercer in trying to identify what is hunting people beyond Samhain’s borders.
In The Samhain Terror, Jasyn Turley delivers terrific post-apocalyptic creature horror. John Davies wins you over through compassion, shown perfectly when he stops to bury a zombie after noticing her faded graduation shirt. That one moment tells you exactly who this man is. Turley gives Lloyd Mercer a superb arc too, taking the hard-edged instructor toward a nurturing friendship during a night at Donner Tower, where a contraband beer gives Lloyd room to tell John to rethink how he sees himself. Samhain itself feels ominous under autumn snow, with curfew pressing over the isolated British Columbian settlement as residents shelter beneath its church. Turley uses silence beautifully during John’s winter search for the poisonous monkshood, as the birds suddenly stop seconds before the creature attacks. Each clue points toward one explanation before another detail redirects the theory. Creature-horror fans who appreciate brutal wilderness settings should put this one on their list. Very highly recommended.
