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Cargando... Shade (2008)por John B. Olson
  
Ninguno Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.  tweezle | Nov 22, 2009 |   UCSF graduate student Hailey Maniates' quiet life is suddenly interrupted by a powerful force she can't understand. Running away from a 'monster', Hailey is attacked. She is saved by a homeless man named Melchi who delivers her to a hospital where she is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. The only way Hailey can prove her sanity is to find her knight in shining armor. With the help of her friend Boggs, Hailey is reunited with Melchi. He explains that Hailey is a child of The Standing, while he is a child of the prophecy. His job is to fight the Mulo, evil gypsy vampire-like creatures who have the ability to move into different bodies to achieve immortality. Hailey finds herself torn between Melchi and a magnetic stranger, Sabazios Vladu. At the same time, Hailey must convince the world that she is not insane. She must learn to rely on her own beliefs and faith to overcome many challenges and help fulfill Melchi's prophecy. This is a classic good vs. evil story. The Bottom Line: Recommended for teens and adults who enjoy Christian suspense with supernatural and romantic undertones. The themes of faith and redemption are also featured. (  ) aya.herron | Nov 22, 2009 | OK, so I still gave it 4 stars - I'm not opposed to Christian Fiction, I just prefer to know when I'm reading it. I thoroughly enjoyed the psychological conflict Hailey is experiencing trying to decide if Melchi is a lunatic or telling the truth - if she really saw and felt what she remembers or if it was all illusion. Some of this got very confusing at times, though - perhaps partly because of Olson's word choice at times. In the end, though, all the people I assumed were good, were....and those I thought were evil, were. So the suspense sort of fell through toward the end. And, it kind of tied up in a nice little package too well, so I'm curious to take a look at his next book (which I'm getting as an Early Reviewer). I'm not totally sure if it's a sequel...I will read it anxiously, but if it is more of the same as the end of this book, I expect to tire quickly of it. Here's hoping it's more like the middle of Shade and not the end. Still worth a read, if you like a mix of Christian Fiction and fantasy...Peretti fans should give it a try. ( ) horomnizon | Nov 13, 2009 | I picked this up to read before I receive the sequel from Early Reviewers. It's solid Christian suspense fiction, dominated by pace, and definitely worthy of the comparisons to Ted Dekker. Though the events are unbelievable after stepping back from the book, during the reading it's a scary adrenaline rush that had me reading it straight through all afternoon. (  ) bell7 | Nov 12, 2009 |  Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing. ) polarmath | Jul 12, 2009 | sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"You will not fear the terror of the night." --Psalm 91 A monstrous waking nightmare is pursuing graduate student Hailey Maniates across San Francisco to Golden Gate Park where she is rescued by a towering homeless man. She seems able to read her rescuer's mind, but is it just a delusion? Doctors diagnose her as a paranoid schizophrenic and attempt to prescribe away her alleged hallucinations. But too many questions remain around Hailey and the man who saved her. He appears to suffer from her same mental condition and is convinced that some type of Gypsy vampire is trying to kill them both. Against reason, Hailey finds herself more and more attracted to this strange man. But what if he is a fantasy? What if he is the monster? Endorsements: "From its stunning first scene to its heartwarming last, Shade is a striking tale of mystery and danger that kept me hooked. This is Olson's finest work yet, and reading it, one gets the feeling he's just getting warmed up." Robin Parrish , author of Relentless and Merciless " Unseen enemies. Questioned sanity. The weighing of reality. All the things I like in a book! The shadows are not silent. I lost sleep over this book. I got goose bumps from this book. The kind of scary that you crave and cringe at, Shade offers up a monster made more frightening by its originality. Thanks a lot, John Olson--because of you, I will not walk alone at night for a long time to come." Tosca Lee , author of Demon: A Memoir and Havah: The Story of Eve " John B. Olson is a seasoned storyteller, and Shade is quite a story! As the heat turns up, and as menacing tones and brooding characters abound, the theme of God's grace boils to the surface. A few years back, Olson gave us a new twist on Jekyll & Hyde; now he puts his own fast-paced spin on the Dracula story. I can only hope there's a sequel in the works!" Eric Wilson , author of Field of Blood and A Shred of Truth " Shade is a smart, gripping thriller. John B. Olson whips you along in a breakneck odyssey through a hellish paradise lost--and keeps you up all night doing it." Melanie Wells , author of My Soul to Keep and When the Day of Evil Comes "Things that go bump in the night are not all figments of overwrought imaginations or evidence of mental illness. As our heroine discovers, evil personified preys on the ignorance of its victims. Lock your doors and windows, leave the lights on, and hunker down for a splendid, spine-chilling read." Donita K. Paul , author of the DragonKeeper Chronicles No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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I had read the second book of this series, "Powers", first, and was a little concerned that I may have ruined this first book. Not at all!! From the beginning, "Shade" pulled me in. Masterfully written, it's full of mystery and intrigue and heart-stopping, spine-tingling terror. Olson wrote a fantastic page-turner that scared the pants off me! His characters have depth and memorable qualities that I won't easily forget, nor will I be comfortable being alone in the dark for a long time to come!! (