The air of the chamber whispered behind me and an accustomed power touched mine. Anger rose against her as I felt my jaw tighten on its own in response to her arrival. The last time I’d seen her she’d betrayed me. I didn’t get up, didn’t even look at her as Fate waited for my attention.
“Zoe,” I said, voice rough. “I was wondering when you’d show up.”
Syd’s back home and it’s business as usual as she, her son and the drach leader do their best to track down the rest of Creator’s statue before it’s too late. But, when Max reveals to Syd doing so might not be in the Universe’s best interest after all, she’s confronted with a continue on or become the Doombringer everyone believes she is. The only problem? In order to proceed with her task she must finally face the terror that haunts her—Dark Brother and his powerful army.
I write a lot of paranormal books for someone who is afraid of the dark. And I wonder why I have to sleep with the lights on. Sometimes life is a teenaged B horror movie and I'm the one who investigates when the scary music is playing. But the voices are calling and resistance is… Yes. I am a Star Trek geek, too. And a fan of RPG’s. With a slight coolness factor since I've been told I'm allowed to join the pops.
Things are heating up in this book and we get our first good look at the real enemy. Syd is finally maturing, pain having forged her to a finer version of herself. Once again what I love about these books is that the characters are so real, so rawly human, that often you see yourself reflected there.
I am always entertained when reading Syd's stories as there is never a dull moment and it is great to be back with familiar characters though some have changed a lot since I first started this series. Plenty of magic and mayhem to keep me turning the pages as there is never a dull moment.