Shadow People
In Shadow People, national bestselling author James Swain’s brilliant follow-up to Dark Magic, magician Peter Warlock has a dark secret. A psychic who peers into the future, he is able to use the information to alert the authorities to pending trouble.During a séance Peter is confronted by a...
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In Shadow People, national bestselling author James Swain’s brilliant follow-up to Dark Magic, magician Peter Warlock has a dark secret. A psychic who peers into the future, he is able to use the information to alert the authorities to pending trouble.During a séance Peter is confronted by a group of evil spirits called shadow people, beings who have the power to kidnap a person’s soul. Peter is taken to another plane, where he confronts a serial killer about to claim his next victim. It’s a harrowing encounter that Peter only barely manages to survive. Peter soon realizes that the shadow people are connected to the serial killer, and that he is a member of the Order of Astrum, a group of evil psychics who murdered his parents years ago. He must find the serial killer in real time before he claims his next victim. To save many lives, Peter may have to tap into a legacy that he has always dreaded…and a power that may consume him.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780765329950 (0765329956)
ASIN: 765329956
Publish date: June 11th 2013
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Series: Peter Warlock (#2)
Hmm. I don't think I'm the right audience for this one. The basic idea--a psychic who is dragged by the spirits into different times so that he can solve nascent crimes--is right up my alley. But the worldbuilding made me wince. Swain's world is neatly divided into Light (definition: the side of can...
Just some random thoughts. I want to like these books more than I do, but I just can't make the connection with any of the characters. Maybe it's picky, but one thing that annoys me, as it does in every book that uses it, is the witch who is "descended from the original Salem witches," which I just ...