LES
VISIBLE
Les
Visible is a writer and recording artist. He has had a lifelong
love affair
with the Hermetic Sciences and the Martial Arts. He is a seasoned traveler
in psychedelic realms and prefers the Devic Kingdom over the suffocating
confinements of the Sub-Matrix. Along the way he has matriculated from
the military to prisons and the maximum security wards for the criminally
insane. He lives somewhere in Europe with his wife Susanne and his memories. A
collection of his works in various media can be found at www.lesvisible.com |
THE DARK SPLENDOR
(New Edition)
ISBN
1869928695
Publisher:
Mandrake of Oxford
470pp
/ Price: £9.99/$18
Format:
Paperback Original
Category:
Occult Fiction / Crime Fiction
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Les
Visible, who according to the back of the book “lives somewhere in Europe
with his wife Susanne and his memories”, has written a book that is part crime
novel and part occult thriller about higher powers, black magicians, astral
journeys, reincarnation, drugs, sex, serial killers, and true friendship.
I usually hate crime novels with a passion – I have nor the time nor the interest
in reading about a hardboiled cop who never rests until the villains are behind
bars or six feet under – but The Dark Splendor
really did fascinate me, and I really, REALLY, like reading it.
Not
only is Les Visible a very skilled author, who masters the art of creating
interesting characters, he also knows how to make a supernatural story
sound
very convincing, and even though it takes quite a while before you have a
clue of what’s really going on it still never feels like a dull and uninteresting
read. It might not be very exciting all the time, but it still never becomes
boring, and the frustration you might feel from not understanding it works
strangely enough as a spark of inspiration for you to keep reading. Les Visible
knows his occultism, and there’s no shortage of religious/occult discussions
and theories throughout the 288 pages of the book.
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By Stefan Isaksson UFO-Sweden
(the largest paranormal research group in Sweden)
‘Billy Joe thought of himself as beyond the restrictions of the common herd.
He was free to do his own will as no other was, above limits and laws, past
apprehension, un-reachable, untouchable, an entity unto himself alone. This
is what he thought. But this is not what he was. Everything he did served the
will and the interests of a force far older and deeper than he would ever reach.
In comparison, he was like a child playing with blocks. He served a master who
was loyal to no one, just as he was loyal to no one . There were many men like
Billy Joe in the world, less accomplished in their evil, but moving deliberately
down that ancient staircase into the Dark Splendor.’
One
part crime novel and one part occult thriller, The
Dark Splendor takes us behind the veil of appearances into a world
where nothing is what it seems. Set against the backdrop of the island of Maui,
the pacing grips us from the first page and sends us at a gallop on a white-knuckled
ride featuring serial killers, drug dealers, horrific murder, martial artists,
reincarnation, ceremonial magic, a black magician and an immortal Tibetan Master.
For pure enjoyment and surprise this book is guaranteed to remain in your thoughts
long after you have finished reading.
