Five nightly creatures have been hunting human prey for centuries. They appear in the form of crows, but when their time comes they transform into dark clad, greedy figures. This time they choose a small Pennsylvanian town, Brinkley Springs, to feed. Electricity dies throughout the town; even the familiar sounds and noises of a night fade. Something evil surrounds Brinkley Springs. The five strangers indulge in blood and terrible ways of slaughter - I absolutely love it, but I warn the more squeamish readers that A Gathering of Crows is not a vanilla horror. Trapped, terrified residents seek for help, and fortunately for them, magician Levi Stoltzfus (a charismatic former Amish magus from a previous Brian Keene novel Ghost Walk) happens to spend the night in Brinkley Springs.
To be honest, I still do prefer Chet Williamson's Crow descending... but Keene's creatures are fine enough to make a chilling, stomach-turning, blood-soaked horror story.
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