shopping cart
Powell's 2010 Puddly Awards
Call us: 800-878-7323 HELP
McAfee SECURE helps keep you safe from identity theft, credit card fraud, spyware, spam, viruses and online scams.
Guests | December 7, 2009

Theodore Gray: IMG The Cornucopia of Home Science

1 comment By Theodore Gray

Reading old books of science experiments for children, it's easy to become nostalgic for the days when you could buy jugs of sulfur and mercury at... Continue »
Ships free on qualified orders.
Add to Cart
$7.75
List price: $19.99
Used Hardcover
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
Qty Store Section
1 Local Warehouse Christianity- Christian Fiction

More copies of this ISBN:

This title in other formats:

The Dead Whisper on

by T L Hines

The Dead Whisper on Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Would You Run Into a Burning Building? Candace Canada Mac MacHugh lives a ghost of her former life. Once a proud Butte, Montana, miner who daily risked her life setting explosives, she's now a garbage collector in her dying hometown. Her beloved father is dead and she doesn't speak with her mom. Canada Mac is alone. Longing for the past. Dreaming of making a difference. Until one night when her father's voice speaks to her from the shadows. The dead, it seems, have messages they hunger to share with the world--warnings of impending disasters and grave danger. Of cities doomed to burn. But they need Canada's help.

Review:

"A miner-turned-garbage collector is the refreshingly different protagonist of this sophomore horror outing by Hines (Waking Lazarus). Chubby redhead Candace 'Canada Mac' MacHugh drives a '72 Dodge Charger, lives in a hand-me-down trailer full of junk in Butte, Montana, and hears the voice of her father who died 11 years ago. It turns out her dad wants her to join him and some mysterious shadows of the presumed dead in what seem to be do-good missions. As Canada begins her first mission working with the shadows, Hines uses multiple points of view to show a town where people are spontaneously combusting and discerning good from evil is surprisingly difficult. Hines writes with wry humor and imagination, although the plot elements don't always transition smoothly. Some of the scenes are creative and metaphorical (a dream about Old Faithful); others are less successful, as when Canada reunites a little girl with her father in the aftermath of a tornado. The spiritual themes are more of the 'good vs. evil' variety than overtly Christian. As the story ends, the symbolic nature of the malady striking the inhabitants of Butte might have been more powerful if not so clearly explained. Although the novel frays a bit at the edges, in his best moments, Hines brings to mind W. G. Griffiths (Driven)." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

Synopsis:

Mystery and suspense in a creepy novel calling readers to recognize the miraculous around us and the darkness that tries to blind us to it.
back to top

What Our Readers Are Saying

Add a comment for a chance to win!
Average customer rating based on 1 comment:
Cheri Clay, December 7, 2007 (view all comments by Cheri Clay)
It’s been eleven years since Candace MacHugh’s father died. Living in Butte, Montana with nothing but her memories, Canada feels alone, she misses her father so much and has no contact with her mother since she blames her mother for kicking her father out. Then one night she hears her father speak to her from the shadows wanting her to join him and the work the dead are doing attempting to make contact about dire warnings and great dangers. The dead want her to become an “operative”, one of the contacts between the living and dead but to do so she must become “dead” to the world. Canada is so happy to hear her father’s voice and gets caught up in the excitement of at least working with him and talking to him that she says yes without really thinking. And she is whisked away to her first assignment. But Canada doesn’t seem to be fitting in at least to the “operatives” thinking. Her “death” is staged, her car flies off the road and flies into the Berkley pit the biggest Superfund site in the United States.

Her father and the operatives tell her to watch out for Keros the golem who is out to get her but no one can tell her why. But the shadows and the operatives are afraid of him. Than Keros finally catches up with her and makes her realize he is not the bad guy and is not out to kill her which makes Canada begin to question as to what is really happening with the shadows or Nothingness as Keros calls them and the operatives. Keros tells her “The heart is deceitful above all things” and “What you see isn’t always what’s real. Often isn’t, in fact.”

Meanwhile people in Butte are disappearing, actually turning to ash and burning up. And Canada questions why the shadows and the operatives don’t want her in Butte, for that is where the truth lies. Once Canada gets it all figured out that the shadowy figure is not her father and that the shadows are living underground in the mines in Butte waiting for their time to take over. Canada knows they must be stopped but how? Can she trust Doug, the computer geek operative who has figured out the truth, too but even if she can’t she knows she needs his help.

The author T.L. Hines will leave you spellbound in this awesome page turner that will have you on the edge of your seat. A must read for anyone who likes suspense for this one will leave you guessing as to what will happen next. And the author admits that Butte is his favorite city in Montana, and it shows as Hines goes into great detail describing the town. It really makes you feel you are there as you go to the Columbia Gardens; see the Our Lady of the Rockies and to the Berkley Pit. And go on the run with Canada first trying to get away from Keros and later the operatives for you will feel you are there. As a Christian suspense it may leave some questioning about someone speaking to the dead but trust this reviewer there is a bigger story here. “The Dead Whisper On” is T.L. Hines second book the first being “Waking Lazarus” and on the surface both seem to be about the dead but as the author states “They’re about living, and specifically living the life God has called you to”. So whether you are a Christian or not this is a must read for all suspense lovers.
Was this comment helpful? | Yes | No
(3 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)
report this comment
back to top

Product Details

ISBN:
9780764202056
Author:
Hines, T L
Publisher:
Bethany House Publishers
Author:
Hines, T. L.
Subject:
Religious - General
Subject:
Suspense
Subject:
Refuse collectors
Publication Date:
July 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
314
Dimensions:
9.42x6.16x1.09 in. 1.26 lbs.
back to top

Related Aisles

  • back to top

Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.