Simantov
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Women disappear from streets, clubs, and rooftops leaving the police dazed and confused. The mystical Soothsayer Task Force must use their special skills to divine the truth and solve the mystery.
When detective Mazzy Simantov is called up to investigate the case of a missing girl, little does she know it is linked to a series of other mysterious disappearances of women. She is forced to partner with Yariv, her one-time lover and sometimes-colleague, but as the investigation continues, otherworldly clues begin to appear at the crime scenes, including a black feather unlike that of any bird...
As the clues mount, it becomes clear that an apocalypse is looming, as Heaven's secret orders threaten to collide in a head-on war that imperils everyone on Earth. Can Mazzy and Yariv come together to save the world from being torn apart?
This is the English translation from the original Hebrew text, translated by Marganit Weinberger-Rotman.
File Under: Fantasy [ Bad Omens | Angels & Humans | Apocalypse Now | Big Guns ]
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A keen eye for complex relationships deepens Ashery's solid debut, which recasts a traditional battle of the sexes narrative into a modern-day war between human women and angry Nephilim. On the first night of Passover, a judge's preteen daughter disappears, leaving behind one black feather. Israeli Chief Insp. Yariv Biton and his ex-lover Mazzy Simantov, the head of the derided Soothsayer Unit of police diviners, take the case. Unknown to both, the kidnappers are Nephilim: exiled angels rebelling against the cultic Daughters of Lilith. In order to return home to heaven, the Nephilim must sacrifice seven of Lilith's descendants, among them the judge's daughter. As more kidnappings plague the city, Mazzy, Yariv, and the Daughters of Lilith race to discover the Nephilim's names, which will grant them power over the fallen angels, before the Nephilim can open the Gates of Heaven and in so doing restore absolute patriarchy on Earth. This moody, intricately constructed procedural's exploration of gendered power struggles operates on levels both mythic and intimate, from the misogynist angels to Mazzy's fights with her husband about the division of domestic labor. The accessible prose and nuanced characterization are sure to please urban fantasy readers.
