Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden review - why I stole every handbag in New Eden

Seven years ago, a darkness fell upon the lands of New Eden. Nestled away near Boston in the New World, the town was struck with famine, disease, pestilence, its people plagued with nightmares the moment they closed their eyes. With bodies piling up and no livestock left to tend to, the people of New Eden called upon a banisher to shine a light on the darkness. Little did they know that in doing so, they’d invited a second, more sinister darkness into their town. In my journeys through New Eden, I met many people of different sorts. Some were leaders, trying their best to shepherd their flock through tragedy. Others were mere townspeople, too tired, sick, or downtrodden to pack up their lives and move on. All of these people were interesting, if a little on the wordy side, but even intriguing characters can’t rescue a story insistent on wasting them. I followed two banishers through the lands of New Eden, Red mac Raith and Antea Duarte, though the latter unfortunately departed from the earthly realm quite ea