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Date of Release: June 2003 |
Publisher: Hodder Headline |
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History has extracted a fierce and bloody price upon the island of Sanctuary. Its first settlers were massacred by one of their own and this has left a malevolent imprint in the very earth. Repopulated after hundreds of years, its guardian, Officer Melancholy Joe Dupree knows the guts of the island, past and present. He senses that something has changed; something has re-awakened. The big heart, in the giant body, is deeply troubled. And flushed with the first glimmer of hope. A newcomer, Marianne, has sought Sanctuary as her new home. But the shadow behind her eyes gives Joe pause. As do the strange events that begin to occur. Something has re-awoken and it’s on its way. And Joe may be all that stands in its way.
The tremendous descriptive quality of Connolly's work, the approachability of his protagonists and the spiritual/psychological morass that are his antagonists firmly establish his ability as a master storyteller. This is a departure from Connolly's norm., but it's damn fine reading.
