The Dominant One

By: Michelle Ian

Narrated by: Benjamin Powell

You find out your childhood friend might just be a serial killer. What would you do? Try to kill him? Or report him to the police that you know won't be able to contain him? Gabriel Connolly struggles with what’s right. Then, when he’s faced with pure evil, and realizes he has no choice, he tries to drown his soul-less friend in a river. But evil doesn't die.

And that’s just the start of Gabriel's new nightmare. You can’t cheat death, that’s the catch. Even worse, Gabriel realizes he may have passed on supernatural gifts to a heartless killer.

As fiendish plans and unspeakable atrocities are set in motion, Gabriel learns that he alone may hold the key to a series of terrifying events: a secret cabin in the woods, a hidden tomb housing a trail of dismembered corpses, the young killer who lingers in a coma intent on cheating death. And at last, a depraved madman hellbent on saving his only son’s life. Can Gabriel take back the gifts given and triumph over the wicked? And most importantly, will death lay claim in the end?

The Dominant One is a sinister standalone suspense. If you like conflicted heroes, violent plots, and supercharged villains, then you’ll love Michelle Ian’s eerie genre bending suspense horror.

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Conflicted heroes, violent plots, and righteous villains…

The narrator has a great gravelly voice and great diction. There were one or two moments where the mood didn’t quite align with the story's emotion, but that’s just a personal preference. I still found it an enjoyable listen overall.