Garet James is the watchtower - the last in a long line of powerful women sworn to protect our world from evil...
She once defeated the malign sorcerer Dr Dee, but her pursuit of the man she loves - the centuries-old vampire Will Hughes - has unleashed another ages-old entity into our time - a being that threatens everything and everyone.
His name is Marduk and he is the descendant of a demonic Babylonian deity. Now abroad in Paris, he has sought out the villainous John Dee and they have hatched a plan together that will create chaos and ensure ruin.
And it will fall to Garet to confront this new threat. Around her she gathers a band of modern-day knights - a brotherhood dedicated to preserving the sanctity of the time-line. But there are others out there who would see Garet fail and who will stop at nothing to bring an end to everything she - and we - hold dear . . .
Vorwort
The final chapter in the thrillingly original, deliciously dark urban fantasy trilogy that began with Black Swan Rising.
Autorentext
LEE CARROLL is a pseudonym for the writing partnership of award-winning novelist Carol Goodman and her poet husband, Lee Slonimsky. The other two novels they have written together are the acclaimed Black Swan Rising and its sequel The Watchtower. They live in Red Hook, New York.
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Garet James is the watchtower the last in a long line of powerful women sworn to protect our world from evil...
. . . but her pursuit of the man she loves the centuries-old vampire Will Hughes has unleashed an ages-old entity into our time a being that threatens everything and everyone.
His name is Marduk and he is the descendant of a demonic Babylonian deity. He has sought out the sorcerer Dr John Dee and together they have hatched a plan that will create chaos and ensure ruin.
It is for Garet to confront this new threat. Around her she gathers a band of modern-day knights a brotherhood dedicated to preserving the sanctity of the time-line. But there are those who would see her fail. And they will stop at nothing to bring an end to everything she and we hold dear . . .