- Paperback: 1 pages
- Publisher: Bloomsbury US; Reprint edition (Feb 1 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1582344736
- ISBN-13: 978-1582344737
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 14 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 544 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,526,786 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Hecht takes another step toward his grand goal of setting a supernatural mystery in every U.S. state with this second in the Cree Black series. City of Masks, the well-received first installment, featured a haunted mansion in New Orleans; here, Hecht crafts a novel of possession set in Tony Hillerman territory, the sun-baked high desert mesas of western New Mexico. Fifteen-year-old Tommy Keeday, a student at a boarding school for gifted American Indians, has bizarre seizures with no physical explanation. The local Navajos think the boy is possessed by a chindi, an ancestral spirit bent on seizing control of his tormented body. Parapsychologist and natural empath Lucretia "Cree" Black, one of a three-person team of high-tech ghost hunters, is called in to solve the mystery of the boy's supernatural illness. Cree explains a ghost as "fragments of a once-living human personality that somehow keep manifesting in the absence of a physical body." If she can puzzle out what the ghost wants, she reasons, then it can be banished. Hecht's novel has an extensive cast of characters, each burdened with a painful past or dark secret that eventually appears in the complex fabric of the plot. This multitude of stories plus the exhaustive evocations of local history and geography sometimes obscure the plight of poor tortured Tommy, but determined readers will find sufficient goose-bump material to make up for the overly detailed justifications.
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From Booklist
At a New Mexico boarding school for gifted Navajo children, a 15-year-old boy endures a series of violent, agonizing seizures. The boy's convulsions are all the more troubling because extensive medical tests have ruled out a physical cause--and because the boys surrounding him during his seizures seem to become paralyzed by the same force. Parapsychologist Cree Black (who made an impressive debut in City of Masks, 2003) is almost forcibly brought in on the case by her mentor and is soon convinced that the boarding school is facing a bout with demonic possession. As with the first Cree Black novel, Hecht balances paranormal phenomena with everyday concerns (the endangered status of the school should tales of possession creep out). The isolation of the sagebrush desert surrounding the school is especially effective here, as are the ties with the Navajo legends of malevolent ghosts and skinwalkers. Creepy and convincing. Connie Fletcher
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
2nd in paranomal mystery,
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This review is from: Land Of Echoes (Hardcover)
wonderful story, ghosts, empaths - complicated native americans and local folk. complicated pasts - nicely woven together. Complete with a satisfying ending. An author for me to watch for - on the new books list!!! What a delightful find!!!!! Read it or listen with audible.com -
4.0 out of 5 stars
cree strikes again! :-),
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This review is from: Land Of Echoes (Hardcover)
this second book in the cree black psychological ghost-hunting series is an excellent read. set in the desert mesas of new mexico, its atmosphere is every bit as engaging and visceral as the new orleans of the first cree book, city of masks. one part horror story, one part whodunnit, one part psychological drama, land of echoes will keep you engaged on many levels (and spooked enough to keep the nightlight on). if you liked city of masks, you'll like land of echoes ... and look forward, like i do, to a long succession of cree books over the years to come. one critique: i've read four novels by hecht: the two crees, skull, and babel. except for the first cree (city of masks), i've found all his beginnings and endings very engaging, but his middles (from, say, 2/5 to 4/5 of the way through the book) to bog down, lose some of their luster. so if you feel things starting to go a bit ho-hum halfway through land of echoes, keep at it! the last 1/5 or so is very compelling, and you'll be glad you stuck it out. rick scott
5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely 5 stars!!!,
By Jessica Pope (Queens, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Land Of Echoes (Hardcover)
As a long time Daniel Hecht fan, I could not wait for this next installment of the Cree Black series, and "Land of Echoes" does not disappoint. Hecht adds several new characters to his already stellar cast (Cree, Edgar, Joyce) and they are excellently rendered. Tommy's plight is fascinating and creepy and heartbreaking. The descriptions of Navajo country and people are beautiful, and easy to imagine, and they provide the loveliness and mystery which defines this book. It is a rich and exciting read. I highly recommend "Land of Echoes"!!!
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