Customer Reviews

- anne brooke (author) - 19/08/2010 08:55:31
this is a powerful and gripping book, and i simply couldnt put it down. its probably the best novel ive read so far this year and im not sure much can beat it. humane and fascinating, we follow the story of will, his friends and his enemies, through a series of encounters, both with themselves and with the supernatural world around them. its good stuff. i intend to review this exceptional fantasy novel for vulpes libris, so these are only short comments, but i can only encourage you to buy it. and not only if youre fans of fantasy, but also if youre not. very readable indeed.

- katie riggs - 19/08/2010 08:57:16
it took me a while to read this book, but it’s the kind of book that no matter how long it takes you to read you will remember the story so you can just pick up where you left off. after finally getting to the end i am so eager to read the next one; but i have to wait as mr frankham-allen has only just started writing it (sob sob!).from the moment i started reading, the characters gripped me (which is rare; it usually takes a few chapters for that to happen) and by the end of the book i was egging then on. i have read a lot of books by unknown authors and very few have had such an impact on me that i actually want more from them.i won’t write any details as i don’t want to spoil it, but this is a defo must read for people who want to get lost in a world of fantasy, love, aggression, secrets, lies an so much more! a great book from a great author. you heard it here first - this guy is gonna be huge if he carries on writing this way!

- betty medeiros - 19/08/2010 08:58:11
what kind of a book is seeker? part mystery, part horror, part thriller, seeker is hard to define and very hard to put down. at 450 pages, seeker is not your ordinary, quick read with beautiful, exquisite characters and little else. this novel will draw you in teasingly at first and then grab you in the gut with a storyline that twists and turns like a medieval maze. sadness, pain, fleeting moments of happiness, all designed to invite the reader into a complex world that is only beginning to unfold for the major character of will townsend. no doubt about it, seeker is an ambitious novel and the author, andy frankham-allen, has given new life to a genre that nowadays might be seen as almost too trendy. seeker is for mature readers who want imaginative, dark novels that challenge by what they have to say

Seeker - John Prescott - 08/09/2010 08:38:27
Seeker is a wonderful and ambitious breakout novel by Andy Frankham. Filled with real characters and a plot that twists like an unbridled stallion. This is one book that you will want to put on your must read list this year. I look forward to book two and hope it comes quickly.I was captivated at the get-go and was not let down in any of the 400+ pages. The combination of many genres gave this book strength, and I can't wait to see what he does with book II!

Seeker - The Last Willem Testament - MrDandyryan - 17/05/2011 15:19:24
Seeker is the latest book from Welsh author Andy Frankham-Allen, and the first in his new The Garden series. Frankham-Allen has managed to create a well-executed cross-genre novel, taking the best bits of fantasy, alternative history, thriller and romance, and mingling them together without sacrificing the novel’s overall semblance of unity. The contrast between the ‘vampires’ presented here and the vampires that we have come to know is the book’s defining feature. However, to think of Seeker as a Vampire Novel in the same way as Twilight, or even The Vampire Chronicles, would be to do it a huge disservice. Strangely enough, for the first hundred or so pages you would not think that Seeker is a book about vampires at all. Elements of conflict are slowly exposed – is the online love interest Charlie real? Who is the real Jake? Is Stephen really just the perfect employee? But Seeker excels because it does not forget that underneath external appearances or pretences, humans and upyrs are driven by the same emotional and sexual urges. Homosexuality, and sexuality in general, plays a big part in the novel, driving the relationships between a number of the characters and acting as a catalyst for some of the major plot events. Some of the characters, such as Jake and Frederick, undergo very open transformations, and Frankham-Allen is at his best when exploring and describing these intricacies of personal and public desire. Unabridged review here: http://tinyurl.com/5t87z6t