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Heartlight

por Marion Zimmer Bradley

Series: Witchlight (4), Occult Tales (7)

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Heartlightis the story of Bradley's greatest champion of good, Colin MacLaren, as he carries the banner of Light through the second half of the twentieth century. Ghostbuster, exorcist, student and teacher of the mystic arts, Colin meets Claire Moffat, who becomes his dearest friend, when he rescues her from a cult bent on human sacrifice. The leader of that cult, Toller Hasloch, becomes one of Colin's greatest enemies. Working behind the scenes for the next thirty years, Hasloch subtly manipulates politics and the economy to turn America away from the Light. Colin, busy saving lives and teaching the next generation of psychic warriors, realizes almost too late how Hasloch has warped America's promise. Now, Colin MacLaren is the only one who can face Hasloch and the hellhounds the younger man has unleashed. He must fight on, while the fate of America, and perhaps all mankind, hangs in the balance.… (más)
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The last in Bradley's 'Light' series; although it was published the year before Bradley died (1999), I don't think that Bradley wrote this book at all. Rosemary Edghill may have collaborated on some of the other books in this series, but I think that this one is completely her work. The feel of the writing is completely different from the others in the series. This is also a completely unnecessary book. It contributes nearly nothing new to the series; rather, it goes through all of the events already told in the previous books in the series, linking them through the character of Colin MacLaren, White Adept, and also trying to give them a sense of 'history' by going on endlessly and pedantically about historical events that happened in each time. It also frames all of these events in the context of Colin's fight against the resurgence of evil Nazi-linked occultism.
While the earlier books in this series had an authentic 'feel' of time & place, (mostly the 70's), this book does not feel authentic. All the historical details contribute to a sense of 'trying too hard'. The Nazi theme is cheesy. It's also a very long, slow-moving book; not a good thing in 'light' fiction such as this. As well, there are continuity problems; things in this book that contradict the 'facts' of earlier books in the series. Overall, I'd recommend the 'Light' series for any fans of occult/paranormal fiction, but give this book a miss. ( )
  AltheaAnn | Feb 9, 2016 |
This was a pretty good close to the "Light" books. It covers all of the events from The Inheritor throught Witchlight in self-contained sections which could easily be short stories, then follows with a final section in which the main character, Colin McLaren, confronts an old enemy while looking for his student and heir. It's interesting to read the events of the previous books from a different perspective, and Bradley does a good job with continuity. It would be possible if rather spoiler-rich for a reader to pick this book up first and then decide to read the rest of the books. ( )
  Jammies | Mar 31, 2013 |
Heartlight is a peculiar book. It's almost a meta-book - a collection of backstory for the other three *light books. It doesn't really have a plot of its own, and it meanders from decade to decade more like a high-school history paper than a novel. There are some decent sub-plots here and there, but on the whole it's pretty flat and charmless.

(It is worth noting that this book, and the rest of the series, were published years after MZB's death, and are in fact copyrighted to Rosemary Edghill, who is a consistent if second-rate purveyor of what I fondly call "mall-elf fiction." I strongly suspect that Bradley herself had minimal involvement with this series. I'm not entirely thrilled by the deception.) ( )
  JeremyPreacher | Mar 30, 2013 |
'War die Organisation, der Toller Hasloch angehörte, größer, als er vermutet hatte?' Das muss sich Colin MacLaren fragen, als er nach den Schüssen von Dallas 1963 erste Rückschlüsse über die Hintergründe des Mordes an John F. Kennedy zieht.
MacLarens Hoffnung auf eine Zeit der Ruhe jedenfalls hatte Hasloch gründlich zerstört. Auf die hatte der Adept des 'Pfades zur rechten Hand' nach seiner Rückkehr aus Europa gehofft. Doch knapp nach seinem Amtsantritt als Universitätsdozent im Kalifornien des Jahres 1960 muss MacLaren erkennen, dass sich an der Lehranstalt finstere Gestalten herumtreiben. Ihr Anführer Hasloch entpuppt sich bald als spiritueller Gegner im Kampf zwischen Gut und Böse. MacLaren kann zwar eine erste Schlacht für sich entscheiden, doch er weiß, dass die Auseinandersetzung noch lange nicht zu Ende ist. Es gilt, Haslochs Pläne für eine Machtübernahme in den USA zu vereiteln. Diesen Kampf trägt MacLaren über eine Spanne von vierzig Jahre hinweg aus und gleichzeitig muss er zudem versuchen, einen Nachfolger heranzuziehen, denn seine magischen Kräfte verleihen ihm keine Unsterblichkeit.

Mit Magier der Nacht hat Zimmer Bradley Colin MacLaren, einem Nebencharakter aus Dämonenlicht, gleich ein ganzes Buch gewidmet. Doch trotz dieses geschickten Kniffes hinterlässt ihr Roman von der klassischen mythischen Auseinandersetzung zwiespältige Gefühle: Einerseits nutzt sie geschickt das Zeitkolorit der Phase zwischen 1960 und dem Jahrhundertausklang als Teil dieses Konfliktes, andererseits wäre hier stellenweise weniger etwas mehr gewesen, aber das wird Fans der 1999 verstorbenen Fantasy-Lady sicherlich nicht davon abhalten, das Buch zu genießen. --Joachim Hohwieler -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
  Prueni | May 16, 2009 |
One of my favorite works of contemporary fiction. Definitely the best of the "Light" series.
  heinous-eli | Feb 28, 2008 |
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Thus, this single most inflammatory and crucial document of the Third Reich had its origins in that strange twilight world were occultism and espionage meet, a world we will visit again and again in the course off this study.
-- Peter Levenda, Unholy Alliance
Move along these shades
in gentleness of heart;
with gentle hand
Touch -
William Wordsworth
Enough of science and of art;
Close up these barren leaves.
Come forth, and bring with you a heart
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I would like to thank Rosemary Edghill, who has been instrumental in preparing this manuscript (as well as those of the three previous books in this series) for publication.
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Heartlightis the story of Bradley's greatest champion of good, Colin MacLaren, as he carries the banner of Light through the second half of the twentieth century. Ghostbuster, exorcist, student and teacher of the mystic arts, Colin meets Claire Moffat, who becomes his dearest friend, when he rescues her from a cult bent on human sacrifice. The leader of that cult, Toller Hasloch, becomes one of Colin's greatest enemies. Working behind the scenes for the next thirty years, Hasloch subtly manipulates politics and the economy to turn America away from the Light. Colin, busy saving lives and teaching the next generation of psychic warriors, realizes almost too late how Hasloch has warped America's promise. Now, Colin MacLaren is the only one who can face Hasloch and the hellhounds the younger man has unleashed. He must fight on, while the fate of America, and perhaps all mankind, hangs in the balance.

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