"You will not fear the terror of the night." --Psalm 91A monstrous waking nightmare is pursuing graduate student Hailey Maniates across San Francisco to Golden Gate Park where she is rescued by a towering homeless man. She seems able to read her rescuer's mind, but is it just a delusion? Doctors diagnose her as a paranoid schizophrenic and attempt to prescribe away her alleged hallucinations. But too many questions remain around Hailey and the man who saved her. He appears to suffer from her same mental condition and is convinced that some type of Gypsy vampire is trying to kill them both.Against reason, Hailey finds herself more and more attracted to this strange man. But what if he is a fantasy? What if "he "is the monster?Endorsements: "From its stunning first scene to its heartwarming last, "Shade "is a striking tale of mystery and danger that kept me hooked. This is Olson's finest work yet, and reading it, one gets the feeling he's just getting warmed up." Robin Parrish, author of "Relentless" and "Merciless ""Unseen enemies. Questioned sanity. The weighing of reality. All the things I like in a book The shadows are not silent. I lost sleep over this book. I got goose bumps from this book. The kind of scary that you crave and cringe at, Shade offers up a monster made more frightening by its originality. Thanks a lot, John Olson--because of you, I will not walk alone at night for a long time to come." Tosca Lee, author of "Demon: A Memoir" and "Havah: The Story of Eve ""John B. Olson is a seasoned storyteller, and "Shade" is quite a story As the heat turns up, and as menacing tones and brooding characters abound, the theme of God's grace boils to the surface. A few years back, Olson gave us a new twist on Jekyll and Hyde; now he puts his own fast-paced spin on the Dracula story. I can only hope there's a sequel in the works " Eric Wilson, author of "Field of Blood" and "A Shred of Truth ""Shade is a smart, gripping thriller. John B. Olson whips you along in a breakneck odyssey through a hellish paradise lost--and keeps you up all night doing it."Melanie Wells, author of "My Soul to Keep" and "When the Day of Evil Comes""Things that go bump in the night are not all figments of overwrought imaginations or evidence of mental illness. As our heroine discovers, evil personified preys on the ignorance of its victims. Lock your doors and windows, leave the lights on, and hunker down for a splendid, spine-chilling read."Donita K. Paul, author of the DragonKeeper Chronicles
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读完这本书后,我的心情久久不能平复,感觉像是刚从一场绚烂的梦境中醒来。作者的笔触极为细腻,对环境的描绘简直达到了诗意的境界。那些关于光与影的哲学探讨,看似深奥,却被作者巧妙地融入到日常的对话和情节推进中,让人在不知不觉中被引导去思考更深层次的问题。我尤其欣赏作者在处理冲突时的手法,没有简单地将角色划分为绝对的好与坏,而是展现了灰色地带的复杂性,使得故事更具张力和真实感。这本书的结构也设计得非常巧妙,多线叙事交织并行,每一个转折都出乎意料却又在情理之中,展现了作者高超的叙事技巧。这是一部需要细细品味的佳作,每一页都蕴含着值得推敲的细节。
评分说实话,一开始我有些担心这本小说的深度会让人望而却步,但阅读过程中的体验完全打消了我的疑虑。作者的语言风格非常独特,既有古老的史诗感,又不失现代的活力。我被那种独有的“氛围感”深深吸引,仿佛真的能触摸到那些流动的光线,感受到阴影带来的寒意。情节发展跌宕起伏,高潮迭起,尤其是在接近尾声时,那种宏大的揭示感让人屏住呼吸。更难能可贵的是,尽管故事背景设定在一个架空的世界,但其中蕴含的情感却是普世的——关于失去、寻找与自我救赎。这本书成功地将华丽的想象与真挚的情感完美融合,是一次酣畅淋漓的阅读体验。
评分这是一本令人眼前一亮的奇幻小说,作者的想象力简直是天马行空。故事的开篇就将我带入了一个光怪陆离的世界,充斥着各种光影交织的奇景,让人不禁赞叹。叙事节奏把握得恰到好处,在紧张刺激的冒险中穿插着细腻的情感描写,让读者能够完全沉浸其中。我特别喜欢作者对角色塑造的用心,每一个人物都有着鲜明的个性和复杂的内心世界,他们的成长和挣扎让人感同身受。特别是主角在面对困境时所展现出的坚韧与智慧,更是激励人心。这本书不仅仅是一个关于探险的故事,更是一部探讨人性、光影与存在意义的深刻寓言。书中的世界观构建得宏大而又严谨,各种设定既新颖又合乎逻辑,让人在阅读过程中不断产生“原来如此”的惊喜感。强烈推荐给所有热爱深度奇幻故事的读者,它绝对能带给你一场难忘的精神之旅。
评分这本书对我来说,是一次视觉与智力的双重盛宴。作者对于“光”与“暗”概念的运用,已经超越了单纯的物理现象,上升到了形而上的层面。我花了很长时间去回味那些关于“界限模糊”的描写,作者似乎在暗示我们,很多我们固守的认知其实都是可以被挑战和颠覆的。这本书的阅读门槛可能稍高,需要读者保持一定的专注力去跟进那些复杂的设定和不断变化的视角,但一旦进入状态,那种被智慧和美感包围的感觉是无与伦比的。配角的刻画也极其出彩,他们的选择和牺牲为整个故事增添了厚重的悲剧色彩,让人唏嘘不已。
评分我通常对这种风格的奇幻作品持保留态度,但《Shade》彻底颠覆了我的看法。它没有陷入传统奇幻的俗套,而是创造了一种极其原创的美学体系。我特别喜欢作者在描述某些场景时使用的长句和排比,读起来有一种音乐般的韵律感,将那些抽象的光影变幻描绘得栩栩如生。这本书的魅力在于它的留白,作者没有把所有的事情都解释得一清二楚,而是留给读者足够的空间去想象和解读那些未言明的深意。这使得每一次重读都可能带来新的发现。这是一部需要被反复品味的作品,它不仅娱乐了我的想象力,更丰富了我的内心世界,绝对是我近几年读到过的最令人振奋的奇幻小说之一。
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