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I've just added Christopher Golden to the list of authors I'd like to take to lunch. I'd love to get inside his head and wiggle around in an effort to figure out where his incredible imagination comes from.
The Myth Hunters is the first book of Golden's Veil trilogy -- and I'll admit, after turning the last page last night, I was already salivating for those final two volumes. The Myth Hunters introduces Oliver Bascombe, a priveledged, small-town Maine lawyer that wanted to be an actor, but has always made the right decisions in his life to please his distant father. On the eve of his wedding to the "right" girl, he is confronted by magic he's always believed in, and his steady, normal life is thrown into a tailspin.
Through Oliver, Golden walks readers through The Veil, a world where myths are reality and where lost civilizations of humans that slipped through the border between fantasy and reality have been lost for ages, including the Atlanteans, Aztecs, Incas and many lost ships from the Bermuda Triangle. Amelia Earheart owns a bar here, and legends like Johnny Appleseed, Pater Noel and others are in grave danger from monsters called The Myth Hunters, who are inexplicably trying to extinguish these legends from the world.
Oliver comes to the aid of Jack Frost, the spirit of winter, and becomes his traveling companion, along with a mysterious, beautiful woman that can transform into a fox and the Native American trickster, Blue Jay. The companions are trying to solve mysteries on both sides of the Veil -- to figure out who murdered Oliver's father after he slipped through the Veil and abducted his beloved sister Collette, and to discover who is trying to kill Myths from all over the world.
I loved this book. I can't say enough good things about it. It is a wonderful blend of imaginative fantasy and crime mystery, and does an amazing job of straddling the fantastic and the real worlds simultaneously.
If you are a fan of fantasy and love imaginative reading that is fresh and outside of the norm, try Christopher Golden. His words drip with color, his characters are relatable and likeable and his bad guys are especially chilling. (You'll never think of The Sandman with the same fondness again after reading this book.) I can't wait to get my hands on the next tome in the saga, The Borderkind.(
The Myth Hunters is the first book of Golden's Veil trilogy -- and I'll admit, after turning the last page last night, I was already salivating for those final two volumes. The Myth Hunters introduces Oliver Bascombe, a priveledged, small-town Maine lawyer that wanted to be an actor, but has always made the right decisions in his life to please his distant father. On the eve of his wedding to the "right" girl, he is confronted by magic he's always believed in, and his steady, normal life is thrown into a tailspin.
Through Oliver, Golden walks readers through The Veil, a world where myths are reality and where lost civilizations of humans that slipped through the border between fantasy and reality have been lost for ages, including the Atlanteans, Aztecs, Incas and many lost ships from the Bermuda Triangle. Amelia Earheart owns a bar here, and legends like Johnny Appleseed, Pater Noel and others are in grave danger from monsters called The Myth Hunters, who are inexplicably trying to extinguish these legends from the world.
Oliver comes to the aid of Jack Frost, the spirit of winter, and becomes his traveling companion, along with a mysterious, beautiful woman that can transform into a fox and the Native American trickster, Blue Jay. The companions are trying to solve mysteries on both sides of the Veil -- to figure out who murdered Oliver's father after he slipped through the Veil and abducted his beloved sister Collette, and to discover who is trying to kill Myths from all over the world.
I loved this book. I can't say enough good things about it. It is a wonderful blend of imaginative fantasy and crime mystery, and does an amazing job of straddling the fantastic and the real worlds simultaneously.
If you are a fan of fantasy and love imaginative reading that is fresh and outside of the norm, try Christopher Golden. His words drip with color, his characters are relatable and likeable and his bad guys are especially chilling. (You'll never think of The Sandman with the same fondness again after reading this book.) I can't wait to get my hands on the next tome in the saga, The Borderkind.(
