SoulBound

by Greg Pappas

Daunting and cunningly plotted, this page-turner revolves around Professor Jimmy Kassakatis, who holds within him an incredible secret... he is a soul collector! Discovering his unique 'gift' when he was a boy, Jimmy realized he was like a lighthouse for lost souls, carrying the ghosts of twelve souls inside him, interacting with them as if they were alive. No one else but he can see or hear them, but they are quite real. He gains their memories and their abilities from when they were alive, and now speaks six languages among a myriad of exceptional skills. Madly in love with a beautiful young woman, he finds himself in a tight situation. Dee, his love, is unaware of the SoulBound, a term he coined to refer to his souls and his uncanny situation with them. Jimmy decides to break the news to her, while also trying to deal with the dark mystery behind the death of his youngest soul, a six-year-old girl named Carrie Ann. Jimmy, who experienced the nightmarish memory of the child's death, learns that she was murdered by a serial killer called The Shadow That Speaks. With the help of his SoulBound, Jimmy must try hunt the demonic killer down, as the FBI cannot capture him.

SoulBound involves a full gambit of emotions, and speaks genuinely to the essence of the human condition -- life and death, and good versus evil. This fascinating read will undoubtedly mesmerize audiences while enticing them to devour this book until the very last page.

390 pages, Paperback

First published February 9, 2010

Reviews

[Jv Bagaporo · Rating 4 out of 5]

To imagine twelve souls, different in culture and personality, other than one's own stored in one body, is nothing less but extraordinary. This is exemplified by the protagonist's clear appreciation of having these souls within him. Not only do these souls grant him with their own abilities, memories and emotions, it also grants the protagonist something equally important, wisdom from experience. And this has shown all throughout the book, as the souls gather together to help the protagonist in his quest to defeat an entity, that like him is equally as incomprehensible in our reality. The book was interesting and the turn of events was surprising.