*may contain spoilers*
I loved it. I really did. It was a great story. Jeremiah Hunt is a grieving father who, in his madness and desperation after his daughter's abduction, turns to the black arts in order to "see what cannot be seen." The ritual he performs, however, has the unfortunate (side) effect of taking away his eyesight, which, in turn, allows him to see the dead. During the search to find out what happened to his daughter, he ends up chasing a serial killer with some very interesting friends -- Denise, the hedge witch, and Dmitri, the beserker who can turn himself into a polar bear at will.
It's a great story. There are a few little errors that should have been caught by the editor or publisher but weren't -- misspellings and wrong words mostly -- but they don't really detract from the overall plot of the story. Also, there are a couple of times when Hunt does things that a blind man really shouldn't be able to do and the author covers it up by having him 'draw on the eyesight' of someone else near him. I understand it, but at times it seems a bit forced.
However, those things really didn't take away from the overall experience for me. I just really, really loved the book. It was very interesting and quite entertaining. I can't wait to read the next book in the series.
I loved it. I really did. It was a great story. Jeremiah Hunt is a grieving father who, in his madness and desperation after his daughter's abduction, turns to the black arts in order to "see what cannot be seen." The ritual he performs, however, has the unfortunate (side) effect of taking away his eyesight, which, in turn, allows him to see the dead. During the search to find out what happened to his daughter, he ends up chasing a serial killer with some very interesting friends -- Denise, the hedge witch, and Dmitri, the beserker who can turn himself into a polar bear at will.
It's a great story. There are a few little errors that should have been caught by the editor or publisher but weren't -- misspellings and wrong words mostly -- but they don't really detract from the overall plot of the story. Also, there are a couple of times when Hunt does things that a blind man really shouldn't be able to do and the author covers it up by having him 'draw on the eyesight' of someone else near him. I understand it, but at times it seems a bit forced.
However, those things really didn't take away from the overall experience for me. I just really, really loved the book. It was very interesting and quite entertaining. I can't wait to read the next book in the series.
