Skeletons: Part Two: The Bald Man

Andrew Reeves continues his horror narrative with this second installment, focusing on James as he confronts the sociopath known as the Bald Man. The story follows James after Phoebe, a winged skeleton, wakes him in Rosita hospital, prompting his cross-country journey. He meets grieving companions Bob and Lauren before their capture by the Campground Killer. This leads to imprisonment within Sister Angelica’s First Church of Radiance in San Francisco, an all-female cult dedicated to resurrecting the Medicine Man and his Black Mountain Army from Hell through sacrifice. Reeves structures the plot around James’s internal transformation. He must abandon his virgin soul and embrace a cursed existence while studying the Fire. This arcane knowledge becomes crucial for rescuing his friends and family from the consequences of the previous volume, Part One: Laredo. The narrative balances external threats from cultists with internal struggles against Phoebe’s revenge. Readers who enjoy supernatural fiction involving religious horror and road trip tropes will find this engaging. Those preferring grounded realism may find the mythological elements excessive.