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Vortex: The Veins Cycle, Vol. 3
The final hour has come. Rocks burn. Floods rage. Serpents fly. A storm of fire threatens the world. Amid the chaos, a man lies in a shuttered bedroom. He has the power to save the earth, but first he must retrieve an artifact of dream . . . a horror he has spent a lifetime trying to forget. With a single ally standing guard, his spirit searches his past, following clues that may unlock a second chance for the human race. All he needs is time. Enter Samuelle-a woman whose touch can raise the dead, kill the living. Her find the dreamer, deliver the death touch, unleash the final storm. Fasten your seat belts for the concluding arc of the Veins Cycle, where cosmic forces play out on a human scale, and where the mind may yet be the strongest spirit of all.
282 pages, Paperback
Published November 4, 2014
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June 11, 2015
Vortex is a high-speed adventure laced with an intricate web of Native American, biblical, and supernatural elements. Connolly paints vivid imagery as he weaves a poetic, magical, and at times shockingly brutal tale of discord and rhyme; but what best reveals his deft ability for clever storytelling is the cyclical nature of the plot. Sam, Axle, Bird, and the other characters of Vortex are part of a non-traditional trilogy which not only allows the reader to experience the three books in any order, but reflects the profound encounters Connolly’s characters are having with the chaotic world around them...whether they are within their control or not.
Despite the fantastical components, a great deal of the conflict Connolly creates for his characters is rooted in realism, as they are quite authentically experiencing events relative to their own consciousness and projecting that onto the enigmatic, diabolical, and arcane designs his “spiritual” forces display. Some of these scenes were absolutely terrifying, by the way—Connolly does not hold back when it comes to wielding horror like a finely-tuned instrument.
It would be difficult not to read the other two books in the Veins Cycle now, and Connolly has certainly earned a new fan of his writing in me—it’s intelligent, hypnotic, lyrical, dreamlike, and slightly unpredictable. Wherever he’s taking us next, I’m in for the ride...but I’m definitely wearing a seat belt. Maybe two.
Despite the fantastical components, a great deal of the conflict Connolly creates for his characters is rooted in realism, as they are quite authentically experiencing events relative to their own consciousness and projecting that onto the enigmatic, diabolical, and arcane designs his “spiritual” forces display. Some of these scenes were absolutely terrifying, by the way—Connolly does not hold back when it comes to wielding horror like a finely-tuned instrument.
It would be difficult not to read the other two books in the Veins Cycle now, and Connolly has certainly earned a new fan of his writing in me—it’s intelligent, hypnotic, lyrical, dreamlike, and slightly unpredictable. Wherever he’s taking us next, I’m in for the ride...but I’m definitely wearing a seat belt. Maybe two.
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