There is this hit man that meets an angel, changes his mind about his life, and is sent back to the middle ages to solve somebody else’s problems. If I had read that in some quick blurb I probably would not have read this book and a great loss it would have been.
The most compelling part of this story is the depth of character. The angel in this story knows more about the people involved than the people themselves. In this case Ms. Rice makes us believe that statement true. Not only are we presented with people who have complex and difficult lives but we are drawn into the depths of their fears, joys, wishes and dreams. From the first few pages as we hear the assassin’s love of beauty and sense of place we are so drawn in that we have to know where he will go and what will happen to him. The power to stop reading is gone almost with the first sentence.
Along with these wonderfully drawn and compelling people we are given a story that hurtles along, surprises with the unexpected and makes us care. That Ms. Rice also has something important to say makes this a great read by a great writer.
Zombies! I was a little apprehensive when Agent Pendergast, was going to chase a Zombie. But with his New Orleans childhood and strange family, I just had to keep reading. Of course I was well rewarded.
Few do it better than Mr Preston and Mr. Child. As always I was gripped by the action and story, by the complexity of the characters, their real world situations and personalities. They write from a deep well of dark imagination that is certainly all their own. And they write a darn good story.
They have a unique talent for making some of the most bizarre creatures, events and characters real and terrifying. They just might be around the next corner or down the hall. This talent is used well when they enter a macabre section of New York City that just has to be impossible and yet is presented so well that it can be nothing less than real.
Make sure you have some time to spare when you pick this up. It is very hard to put down.
Zombies! I was a little apprehensive when Agent Pendergast, was going to chase a Zombie. But with his New Orleans childhood and strange family, I just had to keep reading. Of course I was well rewarded.