The Night Battles Reviews

Bloxam, in a highly original debut novel, slowly and skillfully deploys a violent alternate reality. And she renders the eerie happenings in such careful and elegant prose that the novel’s style becomes as much of an enticement as its substance. —Booklist

Bloxam delivers fine literary horror in the vein of Tom Piccirilli and Sara Gran . . . . her ornate prose is the perfect complement to her complex heroine and the creepy goings-on in this eerie and satisfying debut novel. —Publishers’ Weekly

With the finesse and timing of a skilled athlete, M.F. Bloxam unravels the rigid defenses of an American archivist by placing her in a Sicilian village where medieval spirits—allied with the townspeople—engage in epic battles between good and evil. Reminiscent of Daphne du Maurier’s Don’t Look Now, Bloxam’s masterful blending of psychological undercurrents with compelling narrative results in a beautifully balanced work which will haunt the reader long after the last page is turned. —Blackstone Audiobooks