Unique is a novel in the occult / fantasy genre by Seth Quillet, which may be part of a series already, since one is planned at the time of writing this review.
Lindsey is a normal college girl from Toledo on her way to enjoy herself in her car when the book opens, but she suffers a car accident and a probable Near-Death Experience, in which ‘someone’ offers to save her life, if she agrees to his terms. She feels that she is on a shot to nothing and therefore does so.
Little does she realise what she has done at first, but she gradually becomes aware that she is sharing her body with a ghoulish entity called Anzu, who refers to himself as a ‘Fallen Angel’ with demon powers.
However, Anzu requires food from time to time and human food, in the normal sense of the expression, will not cut it for him. He needs the real McCoy. When Anzu suggests eating Lindsey’s flatmate and best friend, she takes him out hunting.
Lindsey soon realises that there are a lot of people who have abused their right to life and so she feeds the ghoulish Anzu with them, thus reducing the crime rate of Toledo dramatically. Until one day, she stumbles across a heinous crime gang that stretches from the top of society to the bottom and across the waters too and the scene is set for the main theme of the book
I really liked Unique, which is written in the first person singular; and the cover and title are appropriate to the story. The editing is well done and time has been spent on the main characters.
I recommend Unique and am sure that you will be as surprised and pleased by the story as I was. Full marks.
Owen Jones, Amazon Best-Selling Author from Barry, Wales, has lived in several countries and travelled in many more. While studying Russian in the USSR in the '70's, he hobnobbed with spies on a regular basis; in Suriname, he got caught up in the 1982 coup; and while a company director, he joined the crew of four as the galley slave to sail from Barry to Gibraltar a home-made concrete yacht, which was almost rammed by a Russian oil tanker and an American aircraft carrier.
“I am a Celt, and we are romantic”, he said when asked about his writing style, “and I firmly believe in reincarnation, Karma and Fate, so, sayings like 'Do unto another...', and 'What goes round comes around' are central to my life and reflected in my work. I write about what I see, or think I see, or dream... and, in the end it is all the same really”. He speaks seven languages and is learning Thai, since he lives in Thailand with his Thai wife of fifteen years.
His first novel, Daddy's Hobby is from the seven-part series 'Behind The Smile: The Story of Lek, a Bar Girl in Pattaya', but his largest collection is 'The Megan Series', twenty-three novelettes on the psychic development of a teenage girl, the subtitle of which, 'A Spirit Guide, A Ghost Tiger and One Scary Mother!' sums them up nicely. He has written fifty novels and novelettes, including: Dead Centre; Andropov's Cuckoo; Fate Twister; The Disallowed (a philosophical comedy); Tiger Lily of Bangkok; and A Night in Annwn (Annwn being the ancient Welsh word for Heaven). Many have been translated into foreign languages and narrated into audio books.
Owen Jones writes stories set in Wales, Spain and Thailand, where he now lives. He is a life-long Spiritualist, and this belief is interwoven, in a very realistic way, into many of his books and storylines. If you like a touch of the 'supernatural', try his books
He sums his life up thus: “Born in the Land of Song, Living in the Land of Smiles”.
