12, WG11, E11, / NG1, D1, B1, C0, Frz0, NA0

Tanya Huff, Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light

Wo ich schon einmal bei Tanya Huff bin, wollte ich auch einige frühe Werke wiederlesen. Beim zweiten Lesen gefiel mir dieser Band noch besser, obwohl vieles immer noch absehbar und vielleicht hie und da etwas idealisiert rüberkommt. Aber die Shadowlands faszinieren nach wie vor.

(Aus dem Vorwort)
So, welcome to this new e-book edition of Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light, originally published in 1989 and one of the earliest of the modern urban fantasies. Pre-Buffy, pre-cell phones, pre-twoonies, probably pre-many of you... but that's okay because Good and Evil don't change.
And there's no such thing as just a cat.
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Evan didn't care for cities; they barricaded their inhabitants away from the things that mattered. But as cities went, this one wasn't bad; there were trees and open spaces and evidence that it hadn't become more important than the people who lived in it.
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Darkness takes over a little piece at a time and we all shrug it off until it's too late.
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(Tanya Huff, Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light, 1989)