Status Updates From The Ghostway

"That was the sensible sort of thing Margaret Billy Sosi could be expected to do." Darn straight. Margaret the real hero of this story.

"It occurred to Chee . . . that if things went bad here—as they seemed likely to—it was purely because of Jim Chee's stupidity." Yep. I was thinking at the time, what is he doing inviting extra complication into a delicate and dangerous situation with so many unknowns remaining? It seemed stupid, and it ended up being stupider than stupid, which is annoying. Our protagonist's senselessness is creating the problems.

Getting sad. Still that feeling of Margaret Sosi as sequel to George Bowlegs, chasing there and back, catching only a glimpse, finding only tragedy.

This is certainly the fastest I've ever gotten through one of these. Can't escape the feeling of an echo in these stories lately. Another variation on the hitman. Another chase of a kid on the run, to find before someone else does. The parallel of chasing to LA and back, and chasing to the lake of the dead and back.

Gosh darn, Margaret Sosi. I don't like where this is going, but credit where it's due, tough girl. The feel of this being a bit of a redo of PoD remains, with the killer being more fleshed out, but same ocd vibe, with father issues in place of mother issues. Scary though.