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  • Father of Lies

  • A Darkly Disturbing Occult Horror Trilogy Series, Book 1
  • By: S. E. England
  • Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
  • Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (35 ratings)

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Father of Lies

By: S. E. England
Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
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Publisher's Summary

Ruby is the most violently disturbed patient ever admitted to Drummersgate Asylum, high on the bleak moors of northern England. With no improvement after two years, Dr. Jack McGowan finally decides to take a risk and hypnotizes her - with terrifying consequences.

A horrific dark force is now unleashed on the entire medical team, as each in turn attempts to unlock Ruby's shocking and sinister past. Who is this girl? And how did she manage to survive such unimaginable evil? Set in a desolate ex-mining village, where secrets are tightly kept and intruders hounded out, their questions soon lead to a haunted mill, the heart of darkness, and the father of lies.

©2015 Sarah England (P)2016 Tantor

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Wow!!

Simply amazing and the build up was perfect. It took a while though to get used to the author's writing style. It was a bit hard to follow in the start, switching back and forth between present, a year ago, two years ago, many many years ago. But it was all worth it.

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fantastic narrator

the story is certainly elevated by the brilliant narrator. I was hooked after a few chapters and listed to the whole set.

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Excellent!

I really enjoyed this book and have ensured I have the next one ready to go when I get to the end. Great story, enthralling read!

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A winner from the plus catalogue!

I've had limited success with titles from the audible members catalogue, but this was great. An intriguing story, well written and performed. Definitely recommend to any fan of supernatural horror. Be mindful there are some themes of horrific child abuse but it's handled reasonably skilfully without gratuitous descriptions.

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Loved it!

It's been awhile since something - book, movie, tv show - kept me awake like this. Not only in the sense that it was spooky and I expected shadows and dark figures to populate my house at night, but the story was so engaging that I finished it within a day.
I have favourite authors in different genres, but hadn't yet found a favourite horror author. I think Sarah England might just be my favourite horror writer. Can't wait to get into her other stories!
Added to the great writing, the narration by Henrietta Meire was spot on - different voices and subtly different accents, and suuuper creeepy when necessary. Her demon voice had me on edge.

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Hooked

Such juicy listening! Loving this narrator who perfects her storytelling! The plot is so well planned.

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Wow awesomeness

Loved it! Going to get the next book with next credit (if I can wait lol)

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Absolutely loved it!!!

As I often start review with, I have been reading horror for about 40 years now, and these days it's predominantly hardcore & splatter punk. Love it! ;p
I was trawling through Audible for my next ghoulish delight, came across this as a freebie, and thought, what the hell! BEST CHOICE EVER!!! Not only did I tear through this book at an unrelenting pace, but did the same with Tanners Dell and Magda! I took a one-book break between Owlmen and then went there also. Soooooo good.
Where to even start? What a clever tale of demonic possession, bad-ass Satanic cults and what happens to those that try and intervene! Massive shout-out to Henrietta for her incredible narration, she nailed the different characters (male and female) all-so-well, I was absolutely hooked!!!
I cannot recommend this serios enough; start with Father of Lies and I'm sure you'll be reaching for the others in no time.

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Intriguing but so confusing

Darkly disturbing is right. Good ideas but the plot was hard to follow, even though the narrator did a good job with the various characters.

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Doesn't seem to work well as an audiobook

The story is disturbing and I really wanted to enjoy it however found it difficult to follow the plot as an audiobook.
The narrator spoke too fast and I found her "scary" voice comical and probably best suited to a childrens books. Audible need to improve their casting.
Overall a great story and I'm keen to read the book for a better experience.

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