Today I finished Ghostlight by Marion Zimmer Bradley, probably my last read for 2007.
Ghostlight is the first part in aseries about Truth Blackburn. In this part Truth starts to look into the past of her father. In the late Sixties her father was a sort of prophet, who gathered around himself a cult of people (including Truths mother). This cult tried to perform some sort of ritual which was meant to open the gates to the other world (that of the Gods and the Sidhe). Unfortunately things didn''t work out as planned and Truths mother was killed and her father dissapeared. Truth, who has spent her whole life hating her father for the loss of her mother finds herself at the estate of her father, where she meets a whole new group of people, that are preparing the same rituals that killed her mother. The big question is will she join them or stop them.
I have mixed feelings about this books. At times I would find it fascinating, while at times I had no clue what the writer wanted with this story. I wanted to explore the Fantasy genre, and having read Marion Zimmer Bradleys Beyond the Mist of Avalon and The Firebrand in the past, I thougt this was a safe choice to begin this new genre. I do intend to read the other parts of this series as well in the near future.
But right now I have returned to my favorite genre, the thriller, and started reading The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen.