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    Reckoning

    By Thomas E. Sniegoski

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    The time has come for Aaron Corbet, the eighteen-year-old son of an angel and a mortal, to face his worst enemy. Verchiel, the fallen leader of the Powers, is determined to defeat the prophecy that foretold Aaron's power over all the Fallen. And to do this, he intends to kill Aaron, hoping that the removal of such a ""blight"" will restore Verchiel in the eyes of the Creator. Aaron has been training for this showdown, working to understand and control the awesome force that resides deep within himself. He knows he will win. After all, Verchiel has taken away everything and everyone who ever meant anything to Aaron. He has nothing to lose...until Verchiel introduces Aaron to his long-lost father.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster UK
    Release dateDec 11, 2012
    ISBN9781471105012
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    Thomas E. Sniegoski

    Thomas E. Sniegoski is the author of more than two dozen novels for adults, teens, and children. His books for teens include Legacy, Sleeper Code, Sleeper Agenda, and Force Majeure, as well as the series The Brimstone Network. As a comic book writer, Sniegoski’s work includes Stupid, Stupid Rat Tails, a prequel miniseries to international hit, Bone. Sniegoski collaborated with Bone creator Jeff Smith on the project, making him the only writer Smith has ever asked to work on those characters. He was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his wife LeeAnne and their French Bulldog, Kirby. Visit him on the web at Sniegoski.com.

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    • 1/5
      Parts were OK, but there was just too much sluggishness in between to keep up a sharp pace, e.g., descriptions of ruins and jungle foliage. I stopped about 1/4 from the end.
    • 3/5
      Ambiguity can often be a fun and tantalizing element to a novel. Unfortunately too much ambiguity leads to confusion and lack of cohesion. That’s exactly what happens to this novel. Having read a few of other of Long’s novels (Year Zero, The Descent and Deeper), I was familiar with the kind of story he weaves; one of deep mystery and unanswered questions. Fortunately in those works we got enough of an explanation for things to keep the story moving and plausible inside the bounds of fiction. No such adequate explanation for the supernatural events in The Reckoning is given and we’re left to draw our own conclusions based on very scanty ideas or facts and it works poorly. Overall it is well written enough and Molly doesn’t stray too far into caricature. Sure, she’s tough, but she’s not so single-minded as some heroines, neither does she carry a huge chip on her shoulder as so often portrayed. She’s grateful for the help she receives and isn’t above giving a little back. The men around her act within their assigned spheres well enough, too. No sexual entanglements to shift the story and make it an unbearable soap opera. Long’s characteristic creepy bits keep things juicy and delicious. This combination isn't enough to boost it up a couple of rungs from adequate into a very good book though.
    • 4/5
      First of all, I recommend this book to any reader of horror that wants something beyond what you can find at the grocery store. There aren't a whole lot of answers here, but this one of of the creepiest ghost stories I've ever read. It is a very cerebral type of horror novel rather -- not like most of what is on the horror shelves these days. And now it is being developed as a movie -- yay! This will translate well to the screen if they don't screw it up.In the acknowledgments section of his book, the author begins by saying "The Reckoning takes history for its haunted house." And indeed it does. The story begins as Molly Drake, a young photojournalist who has made it into the big leagues and is working for the NY Times, arrives in Cambodia to do a story about a group of US military personnel who are trying to find any remains of a pilot shot down during the war with Vietnam. Among the group is a veteran, John Kleat, looking for his dead brother; an archaeologist, Duncan O'Brian; Samnang, hired by the American recovery team to run the dig, and who also went around collecting indigenous folk songs when he wasn't digging; and a person they call the Gypsy Man, who hides out in the shadows watching the group dig. Molly is there to take pictures, however, when she discovers a flight helmet buried under the bones of victims of the Killing Fields, the military takes her and all civilians off of the excavation. Just when Molly is ready to admit her mission is over before it starts, and just before returning home to New York, she is met in a restaurant along with John Kleat and Duncan by the Gypsy Man, whose name turns out to be Lucas Yale. He tells them of a mysterious place he can take them where they will find remains of US soldiers, and offers proof in the form of several dog tags. As it turns out, the dog tags are from the unit that Kleat's brother was in during the war, so they along with Samnang and three brothers take off to the jungles of Cambodia. There they find a hidden city where they find more than they bargained for.I can't reveal much more without giving away the show - suffice it to say that it will hold your interest and keep you reading for a few hours.Recommended