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Beginning in a small suburban street where an empty house is haunted by a malevolent, sentient darkness, the scope of the story expands as the darkness escapes and begins to engulf the city. The main character is Chris Bishop, a paranormal investigator called in initially to investigate claims that the house is haunted.
A dark-adapted eye is one that has adjusted to darkness so that it is able to discern objects. [6] In the context of the novel, the title refers to Faith's ability, after many years, to examine and analyse her family's history and its tragedy.
Salmon Creek was built by St. Cloud Corporation, the owners of the town and surrounding park. It was built for their employees. Maya, the main character, is the adopted daughter of the park ranger. The events actually start a year before with the death of Maya's friend, Serena. She and Maya were swimming in a lake.
Eliot Schrefer (born November 25, 1978) is an American and British [3] author of both adult and young adult fiction, and a two-time finalist for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Schrefer's first novel Glamorous Disasters was published by Simon & Schuster in 2006.
The series consists of three books: Lady Midnight, Lord of Shadows and Queen of Air and Darkness, in that particular order. Centered around the protagonist, Emma Carstairs, the series follows her journey as a Shadowhunter at the Los Angeles Institute, and her life with her best-friend and parabatai, Julian Blackthorn, and his family.
People of Darkness is a crime novel by American writer Tony Hillerman, the fourth in the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series, first published in 1980. It is the first novel in the series to feature Officer Jim Chee. The AMC television series Dark Winds adapted the novel in its second season.
Darkness, Take My Hand received starred reviews from Booklist [2] and Publishers Weekly. [3] Publishers Weekly called the novel "outstanding", noting that "the story is densely peopled with multidimensional characters; there are no forgettable, walk-on roles on Lehane's stage". They further stated, "Lehane's voice, original, haunting and ...
Somewhere in the Darkness was first published in 1992 through Scholastic. [2] An audiobook adaptation was released in 1999, also via Scholastic. [3] The novel has gone through several subsequent reprints, including an e-book release. [4]