Sunday, 21 September 2025

Review: A Soul A Day

When Jacob Floyd of Nightmare Press put out a call for reviewers interested in reading the proof version of a vampire novel, I decided to stick my neck out, so to speak. After all, I hadn't lapped up a vampire tale in quite some time. He told me it wasn't your run-of-the-mill novel of the Nosferatu; that Todd Sullivan had sent him a manuscript that was more original than the average tale of bloodsucking corpses.

This is true. In terms of genre, I would classify A Soul A Day as noir more than any other. Is "supernatural Korean noir" a genre? Well, I guess it is now. Todd, who is an experienced English teacher familiar with South Korea, has given us an action-packed supernatural thriller which is rich thanks to his vivid characters and the settings.

Min Jae is on a mission to take out human "prospects" marked for employment by the secret vampire organisation, the Gwanlyo. It's a dangerous job that has him walking the line between two worlds, that of humans and that of vampires. Todd Sullivan exploits this scenario fully and offers the reader a novel that is by turns brutal and sassy, and always thrilling and dramatic. 

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