The rook

a novel

English language

Published Nov. 11, 2012 by Little, Brown and Co..

ISBN:
978-0-316-09879-3
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4 stars

MI5 meets X-men meets X-Files! This is the story of a person gifted with extraordinary skills, but partially out of preference, and partly out of having a bit of a weak stomach, prefers not to do fieldwork. So instead she does administration work in the MI5-like agency that takes care of threats from people and creatures that are also beyond normal. Until she finds herself in a field surrounded by dead bodies with no recollection of her past, how she got there, and what just happened. Good thing she left herself a memo in case this ever happened.

This was an extremely fun read. The writing style is great, the alternate reality (...or is it??!!!) is well developed, and the main character is likeable (though I still have questions about her after finishing this book...). The last 100 pages or so were read in one sitting because I wanted to …

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Subjects

  • Secret societies
  • Supernatural
  • Fiction