River Road
Sentinels of New Orleans 2
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- 3,99 €
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- 3,99 €
Description de l’éditeur
The hurricane may have passed, but in New Orleans the storm rages on.
With the borders between the city and the Otherworld destroyed, new and dangerous species have swarmed into the waterways. There is talk of war between rival clans in the darkest depths of Louisiana's swamps and it falls to wizard sentinel Drusilla Jaco and her partner, Alex Warin, to keep the peace.
When wizards start dying and it become apparent that the waters of the mighty Mississippi itself have been poisoned, DJ will have to really focus if she is to find out who - or what - is responsible. And with an undead suitor, the amorous pirate Jean Lafitte, on her back, that isn't going to be easy...
It's anything but smooth sailing on the bayou as the Sentinels of New Orleans series continues.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Johnson makes the leap to hardcover with the second adventure in the Sentinels of New Orleans urban fantasy series, following her well-received debut, Royal Street. Three years after Hurricane Katrina damaged mystical as well as physical barriers in the New Orleans area, half-elf Green Congress wizard DJ Jaco and her weredog enforcer partner, Alex Warin, venture into greater Southeast Louisiana at the behest of hunky undead pirate Jean Lafitte. Their goal is to investigate the local merpeople's complaint of contaminated water in their hunting grounds, but wizards hate water and merfolk hate wizards, dating back to a preternatural war in the 1970s, so when the corpses of two wizards turn up in the wetlands, things get ugly fast. The counterpoint is DJ's charmingly na ve romantic attraction to Alex, Jean, and anyone else cute who crosses her path, along with her continued exploration of the ramifications of her elven heritage. Solid plotting and a well-described, consistent setting make this a strong and intriguing addition to the genre.
