Peak, L.C. Barlow
Peak, L.C. Barlow
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Peak

Author: L.C. Barlow

Narrator: Emma Galvin

Unabridged: 11 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/12/2021

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

First, she was an acolyte. Then, a rogue. Finally, a catalyst.Now she’s declaring war on Hell itself.Jack Harper can raise the dead, and those she resurrects she also controls. She belongs to an ancient race of magical beings called “ferrics,” though she is the first of her kind with this power. Having just escaped Jonathon Roth and his kill-for-hire organization, her new target is the demonic Builder, architect of damnation. She must act fast, too, because the ferrics’ last countermeasure―a plasmatic weapon―is dwindling away. Meanwhile, her closest confidante, the ferric Lutin, has come under attack, all while her brother Alex joins forces with the Builder to unleash a malevolent new power.Dying of poison and scrambling for help, Jack turns to an unlikely ally, her charismatic and drug-addled friend, Patrick. She must ask him to help with the impossible: kill the Builder. Whether or not they succeed may not matter because a new threat has joined the battle, an evil ferric bathed in blood, brimstone, and mystery.Jack will never quit, no matter the odds, but deep down she worries: what if the cure is worse than the disease?

About L.C. Barlow

L.C. Barlow is a writer and professor working primarily in the field of speculative fiction. She has an MA in English and MFA in Creative Writing. Her work has been published in various journals, and her fiction has reached over sixty-five thousand readers and garnered multiple awards and praise. Barlow lives in Dallas, TX with her two cats, Smaug and Dusty.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Robert on May 23, 2021

Book 3 of the Jack Harper trilogy, may not have been the best one. I'm really rating this book at 3.5 stars, which technically pushes it up to 4, but only just. My main issue was the characters that we have followed through the series. It's not giving away a spoiler that Jack can control anyone that......more

Goodreads review by Dee on September 10, 2021

Sometimes, the sales blurb of a book is so good that I am drawn to reading it, neglecting some of the important information I should pay attention to, as is the case with “Peak.” I did not notice this was the third in a trilogy, and once I was over the initial surprise, I hoped it would not be too m......more

Goodreads review by Dollie on April 11, 2021

I would like to thank California Coldblood Books and Rare Bird Books and NetGalley for allowing me to read this ARC for free for an honest review. Jack and Patrick team up together to find a cure for the disease Alex let loose on the world and also to destroy the Builder. They have to kill it if the......more

Goodreads review by Josh on August 05, 2021

*ARC received from NetGalley* Nothing about this series went the way I expected it to, and that is not a criticism. After facing off with cult leaders and mercenaries, balanced on a knife's edge of cooperation with the race of immortal beings she is now a part of--Jack sets her sights on a final kill,......more


Quotes

Barlow ends the Jack Harper trilogy with more of what hooked fans from the start—inventive plotting, consistently high stakes, and emotional realism." Kirkus