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Night Child (Ace Fantasy Book)

by Jes Battis

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ISBN13: 9780441016020
ISBN10: 0441016022
Condition: Standard
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FIRST IN A NEW SERIES.

Enter the night world of the OSI... OCCULT SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR

Tess Corday, Occult Special Investigator for Vancouver's Mystical Crime Lab, is used to seeing dead vampires. But there's nothing ordinary about this case. Not the lab results on the cause of death. Not the teenage girl living at the address found in the vamp's pocket, who may well be in thrall to a demon. And certainly not Lucian Agrado, the necromancer who is liaison to the vampire community. Agrado is supposed to be part of the solution, but Tess suspects he might be part of the problem.

Soon she finds herself in the middle of a paranormal conspiracy that will change her life foreverand possibly end it.

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This first novel in a new urban fantasy series introduces Tess Corday, Occult Special Investigator for Vancouver's Mystical Crime Lab. Tess soon finds herself in the middle of a paranormal conspiracy that will change her life forever--and possibly end it. Original.
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Julie Anderson, July 1, 2008 (view all comments by Julie Anderson)
Well, it's not very often I feel like an intellectual midget but this book managed to do just that. I'm actually disappointed cause the premise really grabbed my attention - I thought it would be something like a cross between CSI and Moonlight. Instead, I got lost in the "geekspeak".

Tess is a mage. She investigates paranormal crimes with her partner, a telepath. They become caught up in a confusing case involving vampires, demons, and necromancers. Tess also has flashbacks to the death of a childhood friend who died in a fire. Since one of Tess' skills is spark, I think this was supposed to be significant, but I never really got it...other than guilt that a 12 yr old kid couldn't save another 12 yr old kid.

Here are some of the reasons I got lost: arachnoid, Calabi-Yau space, string theory, SIM, spectrograph, beautiful single helix, ekphrasis, thrombocytes, leukocytes, erythrocytes, papillae, Jim Stark, macrophages, hemolysis, autolysis, penumbra, and ouroboros. Some of these words are also used while describing an aborted love scene that occurs after two characters exchange blows. I don't mind scientific terms, but just not quite so many of them! They were impossible to ignore and kept breaking my concentration on the story. Oh well, if you're a CSI, science major, doctor, etc. you will likely not find this as much an issue. Unfortunately, I don't think your average reader can claim intimate knowledge of most of the science speak in this book.

The rest of the story was interesting and complex. The setting in Canada was gritty and well-drawn. My suggestion to the author/editor would be to lose or 'dumb down' much of the science-speak and I'd possibly be willing to try this author again.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780441016020
Author:
Battis, Jes
Publisher:
Ace Books
Subject:
Fantasy - Contemporary
Subject:
Vampires
Subject:
Criminal investigation
Subject:
Fantasy fiction
Series:
Ace Fantasy Book
Publication Date:
June 2008
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
292
Dimensions:
6.80x5.04x.84 in. .33 lbs.
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