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Doctor Orient #3
Lady Sativa
You Will Never Guess the Truth About...
LADY SATIVA
And You Will Never Be Able To Forget It
The media dubbed her “the Moon Lady” for her unique psychic powers that rise with the phases of the full moon. But Lady Lilith Sativa is searching for the dark secret of eternal youth…
When Doctor Owen Orient encounters the incredibly lovely aristocrat, he begins as her protector--but finds himself her prey–trapped in a decadent web of murder, forbidden sexual rites, and his own raging lust for blood…
Infected by the curse of the werewolf he is in a desperate race with eternity.
On the next full moon he will lose his soul to…
LADY SATIVA
LADY SATIVA
And You Will Never Be Able To Forget It
The media dubbed her “the Moon Lady” for her unique psychic powers that rise with the phases of the full moon. But Lady Lilith Sativa is searching for the dark secret of eternal youth…
When Doctor Owen Orient encounters the incredibly lovely aristocrat, he begins as her protector--but finds himself her prey–trapped in a decadent web of murder, forbidden sexual rites, and his own raging lust for blood…
Infected by the curse of the werewolf he is in a desperate race with eternity.
On the next full moon he will lose his soul to…
LADY SATIVA
- GenresHorrorOccult Detective
234 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 12, 1979
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June 18, 2024
More traditional structure for this third entry in the Dr. Orient series. Off to Sweden to apply for a grant, Owen is sucked into a horrific series of murders. The novel explores the uncomfortable nexus when one's emotions are tainted by uncontrollable rage and one's reason is distorted by paranoia.
I'm very interested in the obvious cross-pollinations between shows like Dark Shadows, comic books like Dr. Strange, and the Dr. Orient series. Whether those cross-fertilizations were overt or just a reflection of the shared milieu, these works have a remarkably consistent feel, with plenty of shared motifs, themes, and plot devices. The counter-culture, the new openness to Eastern esoteric philosophies, New Age tropes, and a fascination with the occult, produced some fascinating fiction. I'm having a lot of fun exploring.
A note on the text: The version I read was re-issued in 2014 and someone threw in some modern touches, updating the original 1973 text. There are references to laptops, CD's, as well as the anti-fur coat movement. If this was Lauria's choice, that is his right, though I find it aggravating. One of my reasons for reading this is to re-immerse myself in the original time period (I hated it when Charteris did the same thing with the Saint series.) That was a relatively minor issue. On the other hand, whoever used OCR to put this into Kindle-friendly form, didn't bother to check it; the text is cluttered with OCR misreads, such as "rum" for "him," etc. As more and more literature is transferred into digital form, this degradation needs to be vigorously addressed. A thorough human proofreading before digital publication should be expected from publishers as a matter of professional pride.
I'm very interested in the obvious cross-pollinations between shows like Dark Shadows, comic books like Dr. Strange, and the Dr. Orient series. Whether those cross-fertilizations were overt or just a reflection of the shared milieu, these works have a remarkably consistent feel, with plenty of shared motifs, themes, and plot devices. The counter-culture, the new openness to Eastern esoteric philosophies, New Age tropes, and a fascination with the occult, produced some fascinating fiction. I'm having a lot of fun exploring.
A note on the text: The version I read was re-issued in 2014 and someone threw in some modern touches, updating the original 1973 text. There are references to laptops, CD's, as well as the anti-fur coat movement. If this was Lauria's choice, that is his right, though I find it aggravating. One of my reasons for reading this is to re-immerse myself in the original time period (I hated it when Charteris did the same thing with the Saint series.) That was a relatively minor issue. On the other hand, whoever used OCR to put this into Kindle-friendly form, didn't bother to check it; the text is cluttered with OCR misreads, such as "rum" for "him," etc. As more and more literature is transferred into digital form, this degradation needs to be vigorously addressed. A thorough human proofreading before digital publication should be expected from publishers as a matter of professional pride.
August 22, 2023
Really fun book. The psychic and supernatural aspects made the mystery so much more interesting
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