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Touch Me Not (eBook)
| Touch Me Not | |
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 Touch Me Not eBook Cover, written by Emery Thorne | |
| Author(s) | Emery Thorne |
| Series | Threshold Chronicles |
| Publisher | Emery Thorne LLC |
| Publication date | March 19, 2025 |
| Media type | eBook |
| Length | 47 Pages |
| ASIN | B0F22DQ59X |
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Touch Me Not is an eBook written by Emery Thorne. It is the first work in the Threshold Chronicles series by this author. In this work the character Lilienne can be described as a kind of Succubus.
Overview
- Title: Touch Me Not
- Author: Emery Thorne
- Published By: Emery Thorne LLC
- Length: 47 Pages
- Format: eBook
- ASIN: B0F22DQ59X
- Publishing Date: March 19, 2025
Plot Summary
Malcolm "Mac" Reiker lost his faith in the dust of Afghanistan, where prayers went unanswered and children died despite his best efforts. Now working night security at the Harmon Museum of Antiquities, he self-medicates with whiskey and tactical precision, fighting nightmares that never fade.
Until she arrives.
Lilienne appears in his apartment at 3:17 AM—a predator feeding on his essence through intimate encounters that leave him drained and marked with strange symbols. But behind her hunger lies an unexpected truth: she's as much prisoner as predator, bound for centuries to a secret order within the Church.
As Mac investigates the mysterious Ordo Noctis, he uncovers a conspiracy spanning millennia. The museum's curator, the enigmatic Dr. Weston, safeguards artifacts that aren't merely religious relics—they're tools for controlling supernatural entities. And Mac has been chosen as the focal point for a ritual that will permanently bind all otherworldly forces under the Ordo's control.
With unlikely allies—a controversial academic, homeless veterans whose "delusions" are actually supernatural awareness, and the very entity sent to weaken him—Mac must disrupt the ritual before the upcoming celestial alignment. But true liberation may require a sacrifice beyond anything he imagined: the final boundaries between human and supernatural.
Book Review
The following review was originally published by Tera on her Blog, A Succubi's Tale on November 23, 2025
The universe is a mysterious thing with its own rules and purpose. Sometimes it takes one soul to confront the purpose, to find itself, and resolve a choice. Sometimes that choice has been haunting them seemingly forever.
The work is a mixture of fantasy, supernatural, military and action with a bit of mythology and legends tucked in as well. It’s very complicated, the characters, especially the main one, have a lot of issues within themselves and it’s something of a struggle through the story for things to, if not be resolved, than to come to an understanding.
The narrative is very odd, at times falling to a very military theme before turning towards something scientific and then onto the supernatural. As such the story reads a bit scattered and lost at times, the meaning gets lost along the way. There is a plot that runs through it all, but to get to that requires a lot of side paths and other distractions to be dealt with.
The character Lilienne can be described as a kind of succubus, mostly in her sexuality and a bit in her personality as well. But she’s more of a guide, a signpost for the main character and that is interesting to see where that takes them both. It’s a rather surprising turn of events by the end of the story.
Two and a half out of five pitchforks.
A very odd story told in an even odder way. The narrative is odd, the characters are odd, the plot is odd as well. There are just so many threads and concepts being thrown at the characters that it becomes confusing and at times very difficult to follow. A bit of an editing pass would help, if for no other reason than to make the narrative read better and get the points the story is trying to make become clearer and distinct.