Trick of the Light
View our feature on Rob Thurman’s Trick of the Light. When Trixa learns of a powerful artifact known as the Light of Life, she knows she’s hit the jackpot. Both sides—angel and demon—would give anything for it. But first she has to find it. And as Heaven and Hell ready for an apocalyptic...
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View our feature on Rob Thurman’s Trick of the Light. When Trixa learns of a powerful artifact known as the Light of Life, she knows she’s hit the jackpot. Both sides—angel and demon—would give anything for it. But first she has to find it. And as Heaven and Hell ready for an apocalyptic throwdown, Trixa must decide where her true loyalty lies, and what she’s ready to fight for. Because in her world, if you line up on the wrong side, you pay with more than your life…
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780451462886 (0451462882)
ASIN: 451462882
Publish date: September 1st 2009
Publisher: Roc
Pages no: 339
Edition language: English
Series: Trickster (#1)
Trick of the Light takes Rob Thurman's urban fantasy storytelling in a different direction. She is known for her male POV characters, but in this book, the lead is Trixa, a female. While I am a huge fan of Cal and Nik Leandros, it was nice to see a different set of characters, although there is a s...
I am not as happy about this book as I hoped to be. There are so many similarities between this and her other two series (Cal Leandros and The Chimera) that I have to wonder how much is based on real life experiences. All her books involve siblings (in this case foster siblings), one of whom either...
Trick of Light introduces us to Trixa Iktomi, a "bar owner, informant, occasional demon killer, and various other things best not spread around". She's hunting for the demon that killed her little brother. The one thing that can help her is 'the Light of Life' ... "an impenetrable shield that coul...
I listened to this on audio which is why it took awhile to get through. I admit, I loved the narrator's voice. I think she caught the tough chick tone just right. She has one of those voices that in a romance novel would be described as "honey over gravel." She can do rough, tough but also a dar...
Synopsis: Trixa Iktomi, Las Vegas bar owner, information broker and down-to-earth grad of the school of hard knocks, sasses her way into and out of trouble while avenging her brother's death in Thurman's supernatural series launch. Angels and associates of Eden House, an earthly company that employs...
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