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EVENING ECHO
- reviewed by
Shauna Murphy |
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IN THE explosive
fourth book of
the
Demonata
series,
horror writer
Darren Shan
throws us
back to
the time of crannogs,
druids and
murderous
demons.
Bec, a young
trainee
priestess,
was discovered
as a new-born
baby
'struggling
feebly'
in the arms of
her
newly deceased,
mysterious
mother by Goll,
an old
warrior, who
took
pity on her and
took her to his
home — a ringed,
wooden fort.
For many years,
Bec lived there,
playing and
working as well
as training to
be a fully
fledged
priestess with
Banba, her
mentor and
fellow
priestess.
Although she
never truly
fitted in, Bec
was content to
plod along in
her normal,
gener�ally
eventless, life.
Until the demons
came.
This
edge-of-your-seat
story follows
Bec as she
sets out with a
small group of
warriors to
destroy the
source of the
demons — Lord
Loss
and his
miserable kind.
But the journey
is not to be a
straightforward
one — pain, loss
and unthinkable
sacrifices are
in store for the
cursed heroes
and Bec, her
magic
weak and
untrained, can
do nothing but
get over
the horrendous
deaths of her
friends and
continue on her
heart-wrenching
journey.
What will happen
to Bec? Will she
live and
succeed — or
perish and fail? |
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