The foul speaking, ass kicking heroine, Miriam Black, cursed
with the ability to peel back the curtain of the future to witness the death of
anyone she has physical skin-to-skin contact with, returns for a third and very
gratifying instalment in THE CORMORANT.
After a violent encounter by which she tries to save a man
from a street kid’s gun, Miriam’s hired by a mystery man from an ad on
Craigslist. Miriam is naturally guarded and is sceptical of the man’s ad – 5K
to know how he dies – but is in need of cash and a place to crash so she makes
way to Florida Keys for what could be an easy injection of wealth. It’s not.
Author Chuck Wendig employs and interesting approach to
telling Miriam’s tale of murder, vengeance, and, to a degree, heroism by
alternating chapters between present day and past events. It aids in forming a
well articulated and multi dimensional look at Miriam’s life, her trials, and
tribulations.
The traumatic events of the previous books still haunt
Miriam, only this time round; they try to kill her too. Additionally, her
growing arsenal of abilities are further expanded upon and put to good use
within the context of the story. THE CORMORANT relates more to Miriam’s journey
as a person, as it does the progression of identifying and nullifying her
curse.
With THE CORMORANT readers get pretty much what they can
expect – simply put; more of the good stuff.
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