Krampus: The Yule Lord, by Brom – 5 stars – Highly Recommended!

     “Santa Claus, my dear old friend, you are a thief, a traitor, a slanderer, a murder, a liar, but worst of all you are a mockery of everything for which I stood. You have sung your last ho, ho, ho, for I am coming to take your head. I am coming to take back what is mine, to take back Yuletide…” — Krampus

This is a fantasy story in a modern setting. A young man, down on his lucky and verging on suicidal, crosses paths with an ancient pagan god, getting sucked into the battle between Krampus and the man who betrayed him: Santa Claus. We get the very human story of Jessie in parallel with the history and ongoing tale of Krampus, his belsnickels, and their goal to return yuletide to it’s old glory.