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Robert J. Wiersema has a decided taste for the fantastical, as two of his earlier novels, Bedtime Story and The World More Full of Weeping, demonstrate. His new book, Black Feathers, continues that tradition: there’s a point about halfway through when we realize we have no idea what’s real and what’s imagined. Prior to this, Wiersema lulls us into believing that what we are reading is a straightforward thriller. Awards
A gripping, genre-bending novel from a master storyteller Sixteen-year-old runaway Cassie Weathers is utterly alone, living on the streets of Victoria as winter sets in. She meets Skylark, a girl who draws her into a community of street dwellers, a rag tag group led by the charismatic Brother Paul. Cassie begins to find friendship and a tentative sense of belonging within the group, though everyone is on edge when the city is rocked by the news that a number of young prostitutes have been murdered. Cassie is haunted by dreams and the secrets that she fled from at home. What is real from her past and what exists only in her night terrors? How did the darkness of her dreams slip into her life back then, and why does it seem to be happening again? Under the spectre of a serial killer and questioning her own violent nature, Cassie spirals into complex dreamworlds where her past blurs with her present and nothing can be trusted. Reminiscent of the works of Stephen King, Charles de Lint and Neil Gaiman, Black Feathers is a mythic thriller that carries you in its grip right until its heart-stopping conclusion. No library descriptions found. |
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