Devil’s
Shadows returns Chrístõ to Derbyshire and the caverns where Humphrey’s
Earth relatives live, as seen in the story “Devil’s Cavern’
a little while before. This time, people are dying in Castleton.
The idea that an image can be seen on the retinas of a
dead person is nonsense, of course. That is the one weak part of this
story. But then again, it is a story about a man from another planet who
is hunting darkness entities that kill with negative emotions. It isn’t
much of a stretch of credulity.
It has been remarked that this story is a bit similar to
the previous story involving the caverns and the boggarts. And that is
true to some extent. Mainly because the readers ASKED for a return story,
set in the present day. So I gave them what they wanted.
The difference, of course, is that the villain of the peace
IS another ‘boggart’, one who kills with negative emotions.
And, while last time, it was Freddie who was the hero, this time, it was
Sammie who came up trumps. The only way to kill a boggart is with bright
light. And Sammie, with his armoury, could do that. A flashbang, NFDD
(Noise and Flash Diversionary Device) or stun grenade, emitting a loud
noise and an actinic white light intended to stun terrorists while not
injuring their hostages, would kill the creature. As long as he could
stand his ground and not be scared to death. But Sammie was SAS. They
don’t scare easily.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_bang#Stun_grenades
