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The Singer Enigma
Deadly Desire
Her name was Lyra. She was beautiful, unimaginably beautiful.
She was dangerous, unspeakably dangerous.
At her touch, Tarhn felt himself becoming the perfect man he had always dreamed of being. At the sound of her voice, Tarhn heard a message of doom for himself and all mankind.
He passionately loved this creature from the bottom of his heart. He viciously hated her from the darkest depths of his soul.
For Lyra was a Singer -- a member of the outcast race that alone held for good or evil the elusive answer to -- THE SINGER ENIGMA
Her name was Lyra. She was beautiful, unimaginably beautiful.
She was dangerous, unspeakably dangerous.
At her touch, Tarhn felt himself becoming the perfect man he had always dreamed of being. At the sound of her voice, Tarhn heard a message of doom for himself and all mankind.
He passionately loved this creature from the bottom of his heart. He viciously hated her from the darkest depths of his soul.
For Lyra was a Singer -- a member of the outcast race that alone held for good or evil the elusive answer to -- THE SINGER ENIGMA
189 pages, paperback
First published January 1, 1976
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About the author
Ann Maxwell
38 books71 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.
(1)romance author
aka Lowell Charters, Elizabeth Lowell, A.E. Maxwell individually and with co-author/husband Evan Maxwell and Annalise Sun.
Ann Maxwell has written over 60 novels and one non-fiction book. There are 30 million copies of these books in print, as well as reprints in 30 foreign languages. The novels range from science fiction to historical fiction, from romance to mystery to suspense.
Writing as Ann Maxwell, she began her career in 1975 with a science fiction novel, Change. Since then, seven of her nine science fiction novels have been recommended for the Science Fiction Writers of America Nebula Award; A Dead God Dancing was nominated for what was then called TABA (The American Book Award).
In 1976 Ann and Evan (as A. E. Maxwell) collaborated with a Norwegian hunter and photographer, Ivar Ruud, on The Year-Long Day, a nonfiction work that was condensed in Reader's Digest and published in four foreign editions and three book club editions. In 1985, the first A. E. Maxwell crime novel featuring a couple called Fiddler and Fiora was published by Doubleday. The Frog and the Scorpion, received a creative writing award from the University of California. The fourth book in the series, Just Enough Light to Kill, was named by Time magazine as one of the best crime novels of 1988.
Ann and Evan (writing as Ann Maxwell) have published four suspense novels, the most recent of which is Shadows and Silk. These novels appeared on nation-wide bestseller lists.
In 1982, Ann began publishing romances as Elizabeth Lowell. Under that name she has received numerous professional awards in the romance field, including a Lifetime Achievement award from the Romance Writers of America (1994). Since July of 1992, she has had 30 novels on the New York Times list. Her most recent book is BLUE SMOKE AND MURDER.
(1)romance author
aka Lowell Charters, Elizabeth Lowell, A.E. Maxwell individually and with co-author/husband Evan Maxwell and Annalise Sun.
Ann Maxwell has written over 60 novels and one non-fiction book. There are 30 million copies of these books in print, as well as reprints in 30 foreign languages. The novels range from science fiction to historical fiction, from romance to mystery to suspense.
Writing as Ann Maxwell, she began her career in 1975 with a science fiction novel, Change. Since then, seven of her nine science fiction novels have been recommended for the Science Fiction Writers of America Nebula Award; A Dead God Dancing was nominated for what was then called TABA (The American Book Award).
In 1976 Ann and Evan (as A. E. Maxwell) collaborated with a Norwegian hunter and photographer, Ivar Ruud, on The Year-Long Day, a nonfiction work that was condensed in Reader's Digest and published in four foreign editions and three book club editions. In 1985, the first A. E. Maxwell crime novel featuring a couple called Fiddler and Fiora was published by Doubleday. The Frog and the Scorpion, received a creative writing award from the University of California. The fourth book in the series, Just Enough Light to Kill, was named by Time magazine as one of the best crime novels of 1988.
Ann and Evan (writing as Ann Maxwell) have published four suspense novels, the most recent of which is Shadows and Silk. These novels appeared on nation-wide bestseller lists.
In 1982, Ann began publishing romances as Elizabeth Lowell. Under that name she has received numerous professional awards in the romance field, including a Lifetime Achievement award from the Romance Writers of America (1994). Since July of 1992, she has had 30 novels on the New York Times list. Her most recent book is BLUE SMOKE AND MURDER.
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February 18, 2012
I picked this up for a quick read because I enjoyed the last trilogy I read by this author, and while I wasn't disappointed, I won't be reading the other two books of this series. The author has a beautiful writing style and her characters are interesting, culturally, but not very deep individually and the whole plot was a bit flimsy, being based on the main character's mental hangups and resolved at the end by his "complement" who he'd known all of a week or so. The flowery language actually made it hard to tell what was going on at some points; especially since the author has a tendency to not actually state details. "Oh, that person died? When did that happen?" In addition, dealing with psychics and mind sharing and stream of consciousness... It wasn't bad, but I'm not enamored enough to keep going, either.
June 1, 2015
2.5 stars, the ending was a bit flaky.
March 1, 2015
1976 grade D-
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