Castle of Sorrows

Written by Jonathan Janz

Narrated by Nathan Osgood

A year ago composer Ben Shadeland traveled to the Sorrows, a reportedly haunted island off the California coast, to find inspiration for a horror movie music score. Instead, he found madness, murder, and an ancient evil. His family barely survived the nightmare, and Ben swore he'd never return to the island or its accursed castle.

Now Ben's infant daughter has been kidnapped and Ben is convinced that the malevolent creature that lives in the catacombs beneath Castle Blackwood is responsible. Ben joins three federal agents, a sultry medium, and others in an attempt to save his daughter. But what awaits them is far worse than they ever imagined. The creature — an ancient god named Gabriel — has grown more powerful than ever. It has summoned unspeakable monsters to the island — both human and supernatural. And Gabriel won't rest until he has his revenge.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
• Release date: Jul 25, 2019
• ISBN: 9781787582538

Jonathan Janz

Jonathan Janz is the author of more that fifteen novels and numerous shorter works. Since debuting in 2012, Jonathan’s work has been lauded by Booklist, Publishers Weekly, The Library Journal, and many others. He lives in West Lafayette, Indiana. Jonathan Janz grew up between a dark forest and a graveyard, which explains everything. Brian Keene named his debut novel The Sorrows “the best horror novel of 2012.”

Reviews for Castle of Sorrows

[KIMBERLY MOORE · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

This book is totally dumb!!! Iy is about gangsters, a spirit or a monster?! Confusing and ridiculous….waste of time and energy.

[carol420 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a sequel to The Sorrows, the first book. It really should be read first to better understand the castle, but this one has enough info that the reader will "get it". The story begins a bit slow but quickly picks up when all the characters arrive on the island. I found that this on is more brutal, bloody and gory than the first book so if you are squeamish at all you might want to skip both of these books, but if you love a good scary roller-coaster ride...these two books are right up your ally.