Incarnate- Blog Tour

 

Author: Ramsey Campbell 

Publisher: Flame Tree Press

Publishing Date: February 2026

Many thanks to the publishing team and Random Things Tours for my copy of the book and spot on the tour

Blurb 

Five people take part in a study of precognitive dreaming, but the future they all dream of is a nightmare. Eleven years later, the dream creature they released creeps into all their lives in shapes they don’t realise are dreams. If it brings the five together again, far worse will be loosed on the world. Can Molly Wolfe, one of the dreamers, track down everyone involved in time to stop it, or is her search doomed to help it achieve its inhuman aim? Is she too unaware of the way the dream creature has insinuated itself into her life?

My Thoughts

The blurb was enough to entice me into reading this book, and I’m glad I had the opportunity to do so.

From what I can gather, this is a reworking of a previous version, and the author has written many books in between. This was my first time reading anything by them, and it was a good introduction.

From the very start, the plot carries a persistent creepy and eerie atmosphere that you just can’t shake off — almost like waking from a disturbed sleep back into reality. We follow the five main characters, along with the doctor, researchers, and others, each with their own point of view. This gives good insight into what they are doing, thinking, and feeling, although I did occasionally find myself getting a bit lost with the number of POVs.

I felt the story started off slowly, but it really picked up around the final third. The author does a great job describing scenes and settings, as well as blurring the lines between what is real and what isn’t, which creates a strong sense of unease. As the plot develops, we learn more about the characters, and this builds a growing sense of dissociation and madness within them.

This felt like a very different kind of book from what I usually read, and I appreciated that uniqueness. I would definitely recommend it.