Geist by Philippa Ballantine
294 pages, Mass Market Paperback
- Published October 26, 2010 by Ace
- ISBN 9780441019618 (ISBN10: 0441019617)
- Language English
My rating: 4 stars
Blurb: Between the living and the dead is the Order of
the Deacons, protectors of the Empire, guardians against possession,
sentinels enlisted to ward off the malevolent haunting of the geists... Among
the most powerful of the Order is Sorcha, now thrust into partnership
with the novice Deacon, Merrick Chambers. They have been dispatched to
the isolated village of Ulrich to aide the Priory with a surge of
violent geist activity. With them is Raed Rossin, Pretender to the
throne that Sorcha is sworn to protect, and bearer of a terrible curse. But
what greets them in the strange settlement is something far more
predatory and more horrifying than any mere haunting. And as she
uncovers a tradition of twisted rituals passed down through the dark
reaches of history, Sorcha will be forced to reconsider everything she
thinks she knows.And if she makes it out of Ulrich alive, what in Hell is she returning to?
Este libro estaba en mi TBR desde 2011, uno de esos empezados y dejado de lado al par de páginas, pero siempre esperaba leerlo un día, tal vez para algún reto. Ahora pude seguir la historia, una buena idea, con interesantes personajes, pero debo coincidir que la ejecución falló , en especial la escritura hacia el final. De algún modo, aun en medio de una batalla hay una falla en revelar emoción, casi describiendo en forma robótica los hechos. Pero , a pesar de ello, me gustó Sorcha, Raed y Merrick.
¿De qué va? Es una fantasía medieval, con una Orden de Diáconos que combaten seres de Otherland, o sea clérigos combatiendo seres que desean entrar a este mundo en un sentido bastante Lovecraftiano.
Los Diáconos forman equipos en pares de activos que pelean con guantes con runas, y sensitivos que le dan el poder de 'ver' contra lo que están peleando , dando acceso al otro mundo, lo cual es un arma de doble filo. Los sensitivos son bastante herméticos en cuanto a sus poderes y lo que realmente pueden hacer.
Mortals, when touched at the moment of death by the Otherside, usually passed through into it. But some, those touched by the unliving, became shades. The darkling was a form of shade, one created specifically from Sensitives. If they were killed while their Center was away from their body, it would shatter and the pieces could become darklings
