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基本信息·出版社：Tor Books
·页码：368 页
·出版日期：2008年02月
·ISBN：0765318105
·International Standard Book Number：0765318105
·条形码：9780765318107
·EAN：9780765318107
·版本：1st
·装帧：精装
·正文语种：英语
内容简介 Waking Brigid is a darkly evocative novel set in haunting Savannah, Georgia. Though the city was physically spared during the Civil War, its citizens did not come through unscathed. Into this dark and battered culture comes young Brigid Rourke, a beautiful Irish nun. Driven by the ravages of the famine, Brigid's family chose to give the girl up to the service of the Church to ensure her survival. But in order to do that she had to reject her people's pagan ways. The Church is all she has known and she seeks to do her duty…all the while fighting the lure of her people’s legacy.
Brigid's resolve is tested when a prominent Savannah citizen is cruelly murdered behind a locked and bolted door in an insane asylum. The last words of the man chilled the blood of all who heard him, and the fact that he was murdered while he was alone in the cell defies all logical reason. What follows is nothing less than an amazing clash between the forces of good and evil—dedicated white magicians versus the entrenched devil worshippers--for the soul of a city.
作者简介 Waking Brigid is
Francis Clark's first novel. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he joined the Navy after graduating college, and served in the submarine force. Following a career in advertising and magazines, Clark devoted himself to full-time writing. Unfortunately, he passed away unexpectedly in the Spring of 2007.
媒体推荐 Praise for
Waking Brigid: “Clark uses language superbly and draws the characters expertly; they and the setting linger with the reader. Although the plot is a stock one, Clark increases the tension as the team members struggle among themselves and against the enemy all the way to a thundering climax.” — (starred review)
Booklist“This debut novel by a Savannah native depicts a richly detailed city peopled with colorful characters overlaid with a touch of the supernatural.” — Library Journal
"Imagine a Coven of killer evil worshippers in post-Civil War Savannah, a strong voodoo cult, and a band of doomed Catholic exorcists who depend for their safety on an Irish born nun with extraordinary gifts.
Waking Brigid is a fast-paced nail biting fantasy tale of the perennial battle between good and evil--and good of course speaks with a brogue!"--Father Andrew Greeley "It's refreshing to read a novel that's so plainly stated, so succinct and yet so vivid. Here from a writer who is well worth watching, is a locked room mystery that is more than worth unlocking!"--Brian Lumley, author of
Necroscope "This book is a nightmare--in a good way. Actually, in a great way."--Susan Sizemore,
USA Today bestselling author
专业书评 From Publishers WeeklyAn intriguing premise—a group of magicians working secretly within the Catholic Church to combat evil occult forces—gets tepid treatment in Clark's sluggish dark fantasy debut. In 1874, a blueblood's spectacularly gruesome death shocks Savannah, Ga. The local clergy soon recognize it as the handiwork of Satanists who have for the past century been ritually sacrificing women around the town to the demon Belial. The stage is set for a showdown between the demon worshippers and a clandestine order of priests and nuns who still respect the beliefs of their pagan forebears and strive to suppress eruptions of ancient evil into the world. While Clark focuses on the experiences of Brigid Rourke, a nun initiated into the magic circle, the book is dominated by the backstories of the clergy and talky discussions of comparative magic that grow increasingly repetitive. In the end, the Satanist cult and its champion demon are too easily vanquished for this tale to thrill with any sense of supernatural horror.
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