Dreamseeker's Road
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Publisher Description
Halloween is rapidly approaching. In the chill of late October, three childhood friends gather in the forest to partake in a dangerous rite: David Sullivan and Alec McLean, who once walked the world of Faerie...and young Aikin Daniels, a “Mighty Hunter” desperate to join the select brotherhood of those who have trod the Straight Tracks. In the moonlight, in separate dreams, their quests are revealed to them—enticing each into the Otherworlds with promises of glorious adventure, lost love regained...and vengeance. But All Hallows is no time for a group of inquisitive college students to be traipsing back and forth across forbidden borders. For this Samhain night is owned by a dark and hideous power older than Faerie itself—an irresistible force that combs the Tracks in search of blood and souls. Only the dawn can save those whom he pursues—an eternity for David, Alec, Aikin and their friend Liz Hughes, who find themselves at the mercy of unrestrained chaos in a perilous, uncertain place. But suddenly there is no escape—not even in their own familiar mortal realm of cars and friends and rock ’n’ roll. For the World Walls are breaking down—and can no longer restrain the terrible mad ride of the Wild Hunt.
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Deitz (Above the Lower Sky) knows how to spin a good fantasy yarn. Yet he still manages to mar this nicely paced story by tossing in too many expletives and trendy topical references-as when Aikin, one of the three boys whose use of the magical ulunsuti stone helps land them in the world of Faerie, realizes it's as unlikely that he'll escape the Wild Hunt as that ``pigs farted Frank Zappa tunes in Bob Jones University whorehouses.'' Aikin and his male friends all follow their own visions down difficult paths, seeking lost loves, dead mentors and the touch of the otherworldly. They are aided in their quests by several faerie women and one female sidekick/girlfriend, none of whom receive fully fleshed characterizations. But if Deitz gives his female cast short shrift, he doesn't stint on atmosphere or plot. This novel teems with vivid descriptions of Sidhe cruelty and strange shape-changing beasts, and it transmits a strong sense of the dread engendered by following the Crimson Road leading to, and perhaps away from, death.
