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Summary: Plumbing the Depths of Human Motivations
Review: Waking The Ancients is a novel crammed with suspense. The highly original plot crafted with a skillful use of words explores the darkest and the most sublime in human motivational behavior.
With vivid description and vibrant characters, Gail Holstein has engineered a powerful story. I could see the cliffs of the Mogollon Rim aflame with the glow of a setting sun. I could feel the chill of November in her description of snow patches lurking in the shadows of rocks. Gail's characters come alive with the naturalness of their dialogue and the intensity of their emotions.
From the opening paragraph till the last page, I could not have put the book down if my house were on fire. When I finished reading, my senses were so filled with the powerful imagery and the conflicting emotions of the characters that I felt as if I had just emerged from a movie theater. And for days afterward, I went about my life feeling like Leah and Branson and Alissa and Geoffrey were my intimate friends, the family next door that I would encounter any time I walked out my door.
With a mastery of words that is almost magical, Gail involves the reader's emotions in the compelling dramas of her story,
Rating:
Summary: Plumbing the Depths of Human Motivations
Review: Waking The Ancients is a novel crammed with suspense. The highly original plot crafted with a skillful use of words explores the darkest and the most sublime in human motivational behavior.
With vivid description and vibrant characters, Gail Holstein has engineered a powerful story. I could see the cliffs of the Mogollon Rim aflame with the glow of a setting sun. I could feel the chill of November in her description of snow patches lurking in the shadows of rocks. Gail's characters come alive with the naturalness of their dialogue and the intensity of their emotions.
From the opening paragraph till the last page, I could not have put the book down if my house were on fire. When I finished reading, my senses were so filled with the powerful imagery and the conflicting emotions of the characters that I felt as if I had just emerged from a movie theater. And for days afterward, I went about my life feeling like Leah and Branson and Alissa and Geoffrey were my intimate friends, the family next door that I would encounter any time I walked out my door.
With a mastery of words that is almost magical, Gail involves the reader's emotions in the compelling dramas of her story,
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Summary: Pot-Boiler over an Open Fire
Review: When you start this book, make sure your schedule is open for a non-stop read. Magic setting, feral villain, flawed heroine, doomed victims, spooky overall: this comes together the way good novels are supposed to.When you walk amoung the ruins of Those-Who-Disappeared in the Southwest, you often get that uneasy sensation that someone is watching you, so you turn around but no one is there. Gail captures the essence of that eerie presence.
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Summary: Pot-Boiler over an Open Fire
Review: When you start this book, make sure your schedule is open for a non-stop read. Magic setting, feral villain, flawed heroine, doomed victims, spooky overall: this comes together the way good novels are supposed to. When you walk amoung the ruins of Those-Who-Disappeared in the Southwest, you often get that uneasy sensation that someone is watching you, so you turn around but no one is there. Gail captures the essence of that eerie presence.
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Summary: A tale of love and intrigue deep within the Mogollon Rim
Review: Who hasn't fantasised about giving up the fast lane and opting for something more basic? Branson Ellis, heir to a fortune, takes that fantasy to extremes when he moves his family to Phoenix and teams up with a shadey character known as Howlin' Jim. Branson's wife, Leah, anxious to keep the family together, supports him, until she is taken with a group selected by Jim to a remote enclave within the Mogollon Rim to live "like the ancients." What ensues will creep up your shoulders like a spider and afterwards leave you wondering whether Leah really did hear those ancient drum beats. Or was she just imagining them?
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