Rituals

Rating:
Summary: Good start, Bad middle and end.
Review: From the dawn of time, the human race was split into two sub-species. One is the Normals while the other is the minority Witches, who have extra sensory powers involving telekinesis, telepathy, healing, and mind control. The Witches did whatever was necessary to hide their powers from the Normals, but as evidenced by the Inquisition, the Salem witch trials and other purging events, they were not always successful.

The refugees who escaped the Salem witch trials moved to the remote and conservative town of Hastings Corner. Following them were the witch hunters, who also settle there in order to kill witches when one surfaces. This mission passed down from father to son and in the present their target is Greer Caine, the daughter of a woman they killed. Dr. Abby Stewart, who lost her own child to the witch hunters, and Greer's father vow to keep the child safe no matter how many come after her.

Ed Gorman has written an exciting paranormal thriller that illustrates the effects of blind prejudice on a group of people with uncommon characteristics. The Witches must hide, not because they are evil and want to harm the rest of the humanity, but because history has shown man kills when he fails to understand. Rituals is Mr. Gorman at his spectacular best.

Harriet Klausner

Rating:
Summary: exciting paranormal thriller
Review: From the dawn of time, the human race was split into two sub-species. One is the Normals while the other is the minority Witches, who have extra sensory powers involving telekinesis, telepathy, healing, and mind control. The Witches did whatever was necessary to hide their powers from the Normals, but as evidenced by the Inquisition, the Salem witch trials and other purging events, they were not always successful.

The refugees who escaped the Salem witch trials moved to the remote and conservative town of Hastings Corner. Following them were the witch hunters, who also settle there in order to kill witches when one surfaces. This mission passed down from father to son and in the present their target is Greer Caine, the daughter of a woman they killed. Dr. Abby Stewart, who lost her own child to the witch hunters, and Greer's father vow to keep the child safe no matter how many come after her.

Ed Gorman has written an exciting paranormal thriller that illustrates the effects of blind prejudice on a group of people with uncommon characteristics. The Witches must hide, not because they are evil and want to harm the rest of the humanity, but because history has shown man kills when he fails to understand. Rituals is Mr. Gorman at his spectacular best.

Harriet Klausner

Rating:
Summary: Good start, Bad middle and end.
Review: The author got off to a nice start, creating some mystery and a potential war between good and evil witches. This we find out is in fact NOT the story line. Instead it is (Spoilers ahead) about evil powerless humans versus mostly powerless good witches.

Then the characters ALL start acting incredibly stupid. At no point am I convinced that ANYONE, good, bad, or simply nuetral has enough brains to pull off any of the lies they supposedly are telling. They ALL do the stupidest possible things. The good guys take no weapons, magic, or even some muscle to confront the bad guys. The bad guys, like the old Batman tv show, try to trap and/or hold their opponents for riduclously long amounts of time instead of killing them out right.

The characters all fail Bad-guys 101.
The good-guys know they have allies in the rest of the world but make zero attempt to contact them.

Buy this book ONLY if when your daughter is kidnapped because she was a witch you would NOT go to the police and say:
"My Daughter was kidnapped by a group of fanatic Christians because someone found out she went to a wicca meeting. I demand that you rescue her before they burn her for religous reasons."

Rating:
Summary: another winner from Gorman.....
Review: This is just another great book from Ed Gorman, a different
witch thriller and fast ride, well worth the time. Gorman
still has the goods and takes the time to get it right.

Rating:
Summary: another winner from Gorman.....
Review: This is just another great book from Ed Gorman, a different
witch thriller and fast ride, well worth the time. Gorman
still has the goods and takes the time to get it right.