Booklist Reviews How It Happened

“Award-winning and best-selling master of suspense Koryta introduces a bold and determined character in his thirteenth novel (after Rise the Dark, 2016). Rob Barrett, an FBI interrogation specialist, offers to take on a case in a sleepy coastal town in Maine...

Best of 2016 Lists

What a year 2016 has been for Rise the Dark! Here are a few of the “best of” lists that feature this electrifying read: The New York Times In Koryta’s latest nightmare, a self-anointed messiah capable of calling up a homegrown army of “more than 200...

Huffington Post: Koryta’s Talent is No Fluke

Koryta’s RISE THE DARK Proves His Talent Is No Fluke BY Jackie K. Cooper, August 20, 2016 Last year I stumbled across the novel LAST WORDS by Michael Koryta. I really enjoyed the story and enjoyed the author’s talent. However I thought possibly this one novel was a...

The New York Times Finds Eerie Thrills in Rise the Dark

The Latest and Best in Crime Fiction By MARILYN STASIO, August 19, 2016 Welcome to Michael Koryta’s latest nightmare. In RISE THE DARK, Eli Pate, a self-anointed messiah capable of calling up a homegrown army of “more than 200 heavily armed and deeply paranoid white...

AP: Rise the Dark is “Filled with Suspense”

In the Associated Press’ review of Rise the Dark, they say “Koryta has a gift for terrific suspense that immerses the reader while also delivering prose that almost reads like poetry.” Here’s the full review by the AP from the Star Tribune :...

Rise the Dark Reviews Keep Coming

The kind words about Rise the Dark keep coming:   “Koryta’s last three novels represent the high water mark for modern thriller writing and whatever he writes next I will be reading.” —CrimeFictionLover’s review    Book Reporter...