The Memory of Trees

by F.G. Cottam

A spine-chilling tale of supernatural suspense from the acclaimed author of DARK ECHOES

Billionaire Saul Abercrombie owns a vast tract of land on the Pembrokeshire coast. By restoring the original forest that covered the area before medieval times, he believes he will rekindle the spirits of ancient folklore. But the re-planting of the forest will revive an altogether darker and more dangerous entity - and young arboreal expert Tom Curtis will find himself engaging in an epic, ancient battle between good and evil. A battle in which there can be only one survivor.

• ISBN10: 0727883151
• ISBN13: 9780727883155
• Publish Date: 28 June 2013
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 10 May 2021
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
• Imprint: Severn House
• Edition: Main
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 256
• Language: English

Reviews

[HekArtemis]

Great premise, I really liked the idea of the story - replant an ancient forest and then be attacked by an ancient evil that gains power with the rise of that forest. How fantastic!

Sadly the execution leaves much to be desired, for me. I was mostly bored, didn't feel any real dread or anything similar, not even really suspense. And honestly it was, imo, sexist which I found annoying and distracting and detracting. Every woman is gorgeous, of course, and every character is seemingly on the hunt for sex with each of the other characters. The women all hate each other, or at the least dislike each other and are jealous of each other and think catty and bitchy things about each other. Because of course. We women do all hate each other don't we? Ugh. Even the antagonist is female, although of course being not quite human her gender isn't really real - but still she is a woman, just like all other notable evil creatures like Eve and Medusa. The infidelity of the main male character isn't his fault and his ex is just a bitch keeping his daughter away from him for no reason and how dare she do that, but isn't that what all women do to the poor innocent men?

Yeah, no, just no.

The premise was so good too, I would love to read a good version of this idea.