December
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Synopsis
Thirteen years ago, on a cold night in December, a rock band called The Philosopher's Stone gathered in the ancient ruins of an abbey to record their new album--the evening ended in bloodshed and death. Now, the tapes have been released as "The Black Album", and the scattered band members know that it's time for a reunion. Time to return to that dark December night--for one final performance.
Publishers Weekly
In December 1980, a rock band whose members are all psychics, records an album amidst the ancient ruins of an abbey in Wales. The result is tragic; but 14 tormented years later, the band members are lured to a reunion by inescapable forces. Together, they try to stem the evil emanating from the abbey. Though long, this novel rarely drags. But neither does it terrify. A surfeit of plot may be the explanation; it's hard to work up a good scare when moving so quickly and shifting focus so often. The idea of an all-psychic banda real stretchsuffers here from overkill: the talents of these four men and women include precognition, teleportation and much more. And the novel's whirlwind ending, however entertaining, does not sufficiently resolve all of the preceding conflicts. December remains a good editing's distance away from the caliber of Rickman's (Curfew) best. Less would have been more. (July)
Thirteen years ago, on a cold night in December, a rock band called The Philosopher's Stone gathered in the ancient ruins of an abbey to record their new album--the evening ended in bloodshed and death. Now, the tapes have been released as "The Black Album", and the scattered band members know that it's time for a reunion. Time to return to that dark December night--for one final performance.
Publishers Weekly
In December 1980, a rock band whose members are all psychics, records an album amidst the ancient ruins of an abbey in Wales. The result is tragic; but 14 tormented years later, the band members are lured to a reunion by inescapable forces. Together, they try to stem the evil emanating from the abbey. Though long, this novel rarely drags. But neither does it terrify. A surfeit of plot may be the explanation; it's hard to work up a good scare when moving so quickly and shifting focus so often. The idea of an all-psychic banda real stretchsuffers here from overkill: the talents of these four men and women include precognition, teleportation and much more. And the novel's whirlwind ending, however entertaining, does not sufficiently resolve all of the preceding conflicts. December remains a good editing's distance away from the caliber of Rickman's (Curfew) best. Less would have been more. (July)
Released 15 yrs ago (1/12/2009 UTC) at
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Being released to MaryZee to be distributed at the Carroll County Book Fair and as part of the Rescue Those Book Challenge 2009.
Delivery Confirmation Number: 0307 1790 0000 3719 5086
Being released to MaryZee to be distributed at the Carroll County Book Fair and as part of the Rescue Those Book Challenge 2009.
Delivery Confirmation Number: 0307 1790 0000 3719 5086
Books received the other day. Thanks for sending these for the book fair in March.
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This book is being released at the Random House book fair, held in the Great Hall of the Community College on March 7th, from 9-4. There will be lots of BC books available that day. Come say Hi to our BookCrossers group.
To the finder of this book:
Hello and congratulations! You have not only found yourself a good book, but a whole community of booklovers dedicated to sharing books with each other and the world at large. I hope you'll stick around a bit and get to know BookCrossing -- maybe even make a journal entry on this book. You may choose to remain anonymous or to join (it's free!) Feel free to read and keep this book, or to pass it on to a friend or even set it out "in the wild" for someone else to find like you did. If you do choose to join and journal, then you can watch the book as it travels - You'll be alerted by email each time someone makes another journal entry. It's all confidential (you're known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), free, and spam-free. Happy reading!
From the leftovers at the end of the Book Fair, to be used in my Books by the Month challenge.
Journal Entry 6 by ResQgeek at US Patent & Trademark Office - Madison Building in Alexandria, Virginia USA on Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (12/8/2009 UTC) at US Patent & Trademark Office - Madison Building in Alexandria, Virginia USA
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On a table on the concourse level of the atrium, near the Innovative Grounds coffee stand.
On a table on the concourse level of the atrium, near the Innovative Grounds coffee stand.
I caught this book on a bench outside of a Publix Supermarket in Gainesville Florida. I plan to read it and release it back into the wild, where? I'm not sure, but somewhere special.
Left this book in Gainesville, FL after reading. Looks like someone else "caught" it already!
CAUGHT IN ALEXANDRIA VA USA
CAUGHT IN ALEXANDRIA VA USA
Found at the USPTO. Left the book in Gainesville, FL. Glad to see it was caught again! (Sorry for the double entry - the spam catcher reset the form fields.)
CAUGHT IN ALEXANDRIA VA USA
CAUGHT IN ALEXANDRIA VA USA