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Title: Black Oak: When the Cold Wind Blows by Charles Grant ISBN: 0-451-45811-7 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 06 March, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Grant is a master at dark fantasy/horror
Comment: I love these characters! Grant continues to show his strengths in narrative and character development. This Black Oak series is dark, spooky, and captivating with characters that are complex, kooky, and unforgettable.
Ethan Proctor is on another case in this latest Black Oak installment. His late father's friend, Garber Kranz, leaves him a cryptic message hinting at a wolfman and at the sighting of a friend of the missing Celeste Blaine. Proctor can't possibly pass this up, and he and Taz hop a plane to track this mystery down in northern Georgia. The story has sinister, suspicious locals, a swamp, strange creatures, and intrigue galore. There are also more hints about the mysterious group that is out to destroy Proctor.
If you've been following this series, you must read this one. If you haven't, what are you waiting for? Pick up the first, Genesis, and start reading. Although each novel can stand on its own, you'll get a much better appreciation for the characters and the complex plot running behind each of the installments if you read the entire series. These books are all short (about 250 pages at most), and they are easy, quick reads. Grant is a master storyteller, and his writing style flows smoothly. He has a knack for weaving sinister events in the most mundane settings. Take nothing for granted in his novels! I can't wait to read the next installment in the series (what will Taz find out, anyway?). The Millenium Quartet is also another set of Grant's books that is well worth the read.
Rating: 2
Summary: Ethan Proctor is no Dupin!
Comment: You know, for a whiz detective Ethan Proctor does NOTHING!
Every Black Oak installment is identical--Proctor sits around while his cronies sleuth to uncover some dimwitted half-truth.
There's no Bernie Rhodanbarr-esque intrigue, no Tim Underhill ratiocination, no deadpan brilliance. In fact, there is NOTHING about Proctor that's admirable. Book after book, he sits around as murky events unfold (note to author--do you purposely muddle your stories to make them sound cool?). Then, when there's no one left to kill, Proctor lights out for the anatagonist--whom is unguessable owing to Grant's lousy style--and deftly deals out death.
Forget this noise! I used to think John Saul told the same story over and over, but Grant is just as deserving of the "DRIVEL" award.
Rating: 5
Summary: Another spooky mystery for Proctor and the Gang.
Comment: Just as Black Oak is rehired to again continue the thirteen year old search for mulit-millionare Taylor Blaine's missing daughter Celeste and her two friends, Ethan Proctor recieves a message from an old friend of his father's in Georgia. It seems that the retired teacher found a resemblance between Maude Tackett (one of the missing trio) and a local retailing New Age Witch named Maudie Batts, who also happens to have gone missing recently, an apparent victim of what looks to be a serial killer who enjoyings acting like a werewolf. Or is it a real werewolf? Too bad Proctor's father's teacher friend is missing as well, another apparent victim of the werewolf.
Charles Grant delivers another exceptional episode (#5) of Black Oak in When the Cold Wind Blows. The series, after a few slightly clumsy footed introductions to the cast and the seemingly interlinked conspiracies, has really hit its stride. The novel is a well tuned engine that hums right through the intricate knots of its mysteries, dropping hints and clues that will keep the reader whipping through the pages until the rousing finale. The entire series is required reading for Dark Fantasy fans.
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Title: Riders in the Sky by Charles Grant ISBN: 0812562860 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: In the Mood by Charles Grant ISBN: 0812562844 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Black Oak: Hunting Ground by Charles Grant ISBN: 0451457870 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 12 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Black Oak: Winter Knight by Charles Grant ISBN: 0451457625 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Hush of Dark Wings by Charles Grant ISBN: 0451457331 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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