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Seeing that Su Yi could actually understand the beast language, the three Robust Vicious Hunting Pigs were once again astounded as humans usually could not understand the beast language. Su Yi responded with a faint voice and a sharp expression. If, he was a human, then he would not be able to understand the beast language. Please let us know so that we can notify Emperor Blazing Dragon!" A Robust Vicious Hunting Pig finally said towards Su Yi in beast language as it was also trying to probe. "I wonder which Demon Emperor has come over. The three Robust Vicious Hunting Pigs were skeptical while they were hesitant. Such a young Demon Emperor had seemingly never appeared before and judging from his aura, it certainly did not appear like a beast. However, afterward, within the astounded gazes of the three Robust Vicious Hunting Pigs, suspicious gazes were also revealed. With strength as a principle, whenever they met with a Demon Emperor, they had to submit to it based on their ranks. His world is one of raw life: violence, sex, love, grief all rolled into complex characters.A series of gazes abruptly landed onto Su Yi that even the three Robust Vicious Hunting Pigs also fiercely stared, while revealing shocked expressions.Īmong the beasts, high levels and ranks were awe-inspiring while their statuses were distinct. It threatens every so often to spill over into excess but Brown manages to keep control, much like his main characters controls the big Ford. The novel itself seems to pulse with the life of the mountains and Taylor Brown uses rich prose to describe people and places. The scenes of the church have a surreal quality as we move into the crowd with Rory, mesmerized by the chanting and dancing. One night, he stumbles upon a group of frenzied Pentecostals worshipping in an old garage, speaking in tongues and handling snakes. He is a somewhat reluctant participant but it is the work available to him. Rory, her grandson, home from the Korean War minus a leg, works in the moonshine trade, dodging the revenuers and locals in his big Ford. Plus, she isn’t above a bit of malicious fun when it comes to those who judge her. But while she does seem to be everyone’s granny, offering mountain remedies for ailments and tending to her grandson and his friend, she also wields a shotgun with ease and has her own past to contend with.

The opening scenes of the novel offer a view of what might seem a stereotypical mountain grandmother, rocking and smoking on the porch of her cabin. Set in the 1950s in North Carolina’s Appalachian Mountains, the novel focuses on Granny May and her grandson Rory as they struggle to come to terms with a traumatic past that has left Rory’s mother and her daughter locked up in an insane asylum. I received an advance reader’s copy of Gods of Howl Mountain through NetGalley.