Darklings

"Are you safe in your house? Look around you. Is your world familiar? Comfortable? Does it seem the same today as it was yesterday? It isn't." This chilling premise launches Ray Garton's *Darklings* into a maelstrom of visceral horror. Something insidious has infiltrated the familiar world, born of pure evil and unleashed to wreak havoc. These creatures, the Darklings, possess and corrupt, turning ordinary people into monstrous engines of depravity, driven to unthinkable acts of violence and perversion. An aging surgeon, a pregnant mother, a captured fugitive – no one is immune to their touch, and the fabric of society begins to unravel as the possessed succumb to grotesque impulses. *Darklings* earns its place among Ray Garton's best for its unrelenting brutality and exploration of the darkest corners of human nature. Garton doesn't shy away from graphic depictions of the Darklings' influence, creating a truly disturbing and unforgettable reading experience. The story transcends mere shock value, however, probing the fragility of sanity and the corrupting power of evil. While the question of whether these horrors can be stopped hangs in the balance, the novel offers a harrowing glimpse into a world where the familiar is twisted into the nightmarish, and where the battle against darkness is fought by a desperate few on the brink of utter annihilation.