Armitage

De: Atlas Creed

Narrado por: Aaron Smith, Aure Nash, Brandon Francis, Elise Hoffman

From award-winning author Atlas Creed

Some memories, like scars, linger even after healing...

Haunted by her sister's mysterious disappearance, Rebekah battles grief, depression, and the unsettling presence of a Reaper invading her mind. Drawn into a realm of souls, she confronts not only her despair but the chilling truth of her sister's fate. Guided by a cunning witch and a Guardian imprisoned in her consciousness, Rebekah embarks on a desperate quest to free her sister from a terrible darkness.

Meanwhile, FBI Special Agent Niko Ortez untangles a web of cold cases, including the disappearance of Rebekah's sister, Nicole. The deeper he digs, the more sinister the trail becomes, pointing him to the foreboding Armitage Hotel. When a violent storm traps the guests inside, tensions escalate and Niko's worst fears come to life.

As Niko and Rebekah's paths collide, long-buried secrets unravel, and they are forced to confront their own demons. Together, they race against time to expose the hotel's dark past before it consumes them. Courage and resilience become their only weapons in this gripping battle against an evil that threatens to shatter reality itself.

CONTENT WARNING:
Keep in mind that some of the content warnings may indicate spoilers, proceed with this in mind. This story contains adult language and depictions of violence and sexual assault that some may find uncomfortable, including:

- Self-Harm
- Attempted Suicide
- Blood, Gore, and Violence
- Language
- Sexual Assault
- Attempted Rape
- Accidental Cannibalism

©2023 Atlas Creed (P)2024 Atlas Creed

Wonderful book

This was a fantastic listen; great pacing of the story, intriguing characters, and sitting-on-the-edge-of-your-seat suspense.

wow, great story

absolutely love the story. I’m gonna be digesting this one for a while. I hope there’s more to come.

A Must Read

The best narration that I’ve heard all year it really pulls you into the story. Highly recommend the listen.

Unique Paranormal Investigating (but not)

There a murder mystery and the paranormal is involved. It can get REALLY gruesome at points. But what brings it together are the characters and how everything comes together. So there paranormal stuff happening and investigating stuff happening too. But all for different reasons. Anyway, at the end, it was a truly enjoyable book and I look forward to more from the author stories.

I want to know more

Possible spoilers:
This book is not a light fluffy read. It is very scary, suspenseful and heavy - tackles severe mental health, grief, and trauma (has on page disturbing events as well as processing of previous trauma.) proceed with caution. But, it’s phenomenal!
It very much reminds of detective film noir, with a paranormal twist. Initially the story gave me shutter island, turn of the screw, and the shining vibes - where as the reader you are questioning if the paranormal experiences of the main character, Rebekah, are actually happening or if this is all a trauma response symptom from profound grief or depression with psychotic features. And this is very intentional by the author as there are multiple other characters questioning Rebekah’s sanity and she is sent to a therapist to try to work through some of this. Very early on in the story there is an interaction with a therapist which was so hard to read being able to see into Rebekah’s thoughts and hear the therapists invalidating responses. But I found it so realistic, as it illustrates the frustration of the therapist with Rebekah for not healing on the therapist’s timeline and Rebekah’s frustration that her therapist for not understanding her. This was so well done, because it mentions that she had been in therapy for 3 years and hasn’t made progress, and in my head I was like ‘girlfriend, how have you not recommended a different therapist to this kid at this point. Clearly the therapeutic rapport here has crumbled.’ Anyway, the story also follows Nico who is a special agent with the FBI who has his own proverbial demons, and is assigned to look into and close out the cold case of Rebekah’s sister’s disappearance. The two character’s stories intersect at the Armitage hotel, a once popular beach vacation spot, which time has not been good too. The hotel itself is kind of like a character, again, gives shining vibes, but different. This is not my typical genre, but I highly recommend this book. It was creepy, and suspenseful and made me feel very deeply for these characters in the best way.

The Shinning meets Supernatural meets Dresden Files!

Well this was certainly a ride that I wasn't expecting. It's a slow burn fantasy thriller. Niko and Rebecca's stories are both unique and intriguing with Niko being my favorite character. I enjoyed how the gods were introduced and how it all tied in to Rebecca's sister and the amulet. Definitely got some really sad and thrilling moments. Not for the faint of heart. If you like the Dresden Files, Vampire Diaries or Legacies, The Shinning and Supernatural... You will love this debut novel by an exciting and fresh new author. I highly recommend and definitely looking forward to book 2!!

The narration was great! I don't generally enjoy multiple narrators but I did this time. Looking forward to more!