A DARKER PLACE **SIGNED COPY**
King, Laurie R.
Librería: MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, Estados Unidos de America
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1st edition, February 19998, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover.SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page. "King, author of the Kate Martinelli crime novels (With Child) and Mary Russell detective series (The Moor), applies her talents to a suspenseful tale in which a woman penetrates the treacherous realm of religious cults in order to save its victims. Anne Waverly, a professor of religious studies at a small Oregon university, is an erstwhile FBI operative whose traumatic past has shaped her skills for infiltrating fringe religious groups: 18 years before, her departure from a Texas commune precipitated a Jonestown-like mass suicide that claimed her husband and young daughter. Haunted by their memory, she agrees to investigate Change, a Northern California commune dedicated to rehabilitating troubled youths. But once inside, under the alias Ana Wakefield, Anne discovers that Change's leaders are modern-day alchemists, who believe that, with the right combination of elements, a spiritual transformation is possible; the innocence of children and a sexual union of yin and yang will detonate the compound with the desired apocalyptic explosion. King presents Change's leaders as neither simplistic opportunists nor frenzied maniacs, but rather as methodical true believers who inhabit an ambiguous and dangerous middle ground. Anne is equally hard to pigeonhole, a feisty, independent woman whose guilt about her family tragedy leads to a misplaced sense of responsibility toward two of the commune's young wards. Anne's self-destructive tendencies are deftly juxtaposed with her fierce survivor's strength, and her frank sexuality and emotional needs are refreshingly rendered. She is a complicated and enigmatic heroine who perfectly fits the task of illuminating the shadowy world of religious cults." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. N° de ref. del artículo 018107
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Título: A DARKER PLACE **SIGNED COPY**
Editorial: Bantam, NY
Año de publicación: 1999
Encuadernación: Hard Cover
Condición: Fine
Condición de la sobrecubierta: Fine
Ejemplar firmado: Signed by Author
Edición: First Edition.
Tipo de libro: Book
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