Julianne Lee
Auteur de Knight Tenebrae
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Œuvres de Julianne Lee
A Question of Guilt: A Novel of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Death of Henry Darnley (2008) 86 exemplaires
Battle Ready 2 exemplaires
Culture Control 1 exemplaire
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- Nom légal
- Lee, Julianne Ardian
- Autres noms
- Lee, J. Ardian
Gardner, Laurien (shared pseudonym) - Date de naissance
- 1956
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Point Mugu, California, USA
- Professions
- actor
writer - Organisations
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
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Discussions
(M87'12) Interloper at Glencoe, Julianne Lee à World Reading Circle (Décembre 2012)
Kindred Spirits, Julianne Lee (M31'12) à World Reading Circle (Juin 2012)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 13
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 776
- Popularité
- #32,780
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 126
- ISBN
- 37
- Langues
- 1
- Favoris
- 1
Overall, I found the story to be well written and enteraining. There are shades of the Outlander series here, to be sure. The plot is a bit confusing, as it centers around time travel, so the narrative jumps back and forth from present day London to fourteenth century Scotland. A navy pilot who wooed and won his beautiful wife in the first book of the series, has found himself transported back from a series of adventures in 14th century Scotland (which included being knighted and getting married). When he and Lindsay, his squire aka wife, discovered she was pregnant, at his wife's urging they found help from one of the "wee folk", Nemed, to return to present day London for the birth of their child. Alex returned to his duties as a Navy Pilot. Before long he received word that his wife has given birth to a son. Alex takes a leave of absence from the military to visit his wife and child, but when he arrives in London he is shocked to find their apartment empty with signs of a hasty departure by Lindsay. In the apartment he sees a photo of his newborn son and is shocked to see he has pointed ears--a dead giveaway that the child is not entirely human. Alex immediately suspects Lindsay of having been unfaithful to him. He discovers from a neighbor that their son was kidnapped and Lindsay fled quickly in pursuit of the kidnappers. Fled back in time and to another land. Alex knew he had to do the same, and quickly.
Alex managed to travel back to the general area of his castle as a laird in Scotland and the general time of his lairdship, the 14th century, through the machinations of the "wee folk". However, he arrived naked and very, very ill. He managed to regain his health after a long recuperation during which a grown young man showed up. A young man unmistakably of his lineage who turns out to be his twenty-seven year old son, Trefor; who was not only kidnapped as an infant by the fae, but has now been back in time by a beautiful version of this species, Morag. Trefor is indeed of magical lineage himself, on his mother's side, it turns out. Trefor believes his parents are responsible for abandoning him as an infant and bears a marked hatred of his father, in particular. Alex accepts that he is his son, but feels only antipathy towards him. They begin a quest in search of Alex's wife, Trefor's mother together.
In the meantime, Lindsay has gone back to previous ways of passing as a man to join a militant group of raiders, plundering and wreaking havoc and death upon villages in the far northern reaches of England. A dashing masculine version of the fae named An Reubair is the leader of this group and he is determined to call Lindsay his own and have sons by her. Between trying to keep An Reubair at bay and dealing with the aftermath of a brutal rape (which along with the fatal aftermath is described in graphic detail), Lindsay has her work cut out for her in her quest to search for her lost infant son.
When the "family" finally meets up with one another, they return to the castle of his lairdship Alex MacNeil (who has now been proclaimed an Earl). All is not well, though and this is about as dysfunctional a family as you will find. Trefor is longing for his mother who rejects him outright and refuses even to talk to him. Alex sides with his wife to protect her. Between the two of them, they display an inexplicable cruelty to this albeit unpleasant young man, who is their son and who survived a childhood full of neglect, abuse and cruelty in foster homes. His hatred towards his father is festering and is bound to end up leading to no good. His parents are only fanning the flames. This relationship is the least enjoyable part of the book because such coldness displayed by parents is so unnatural and feels wrong. The other really maddening part of the book is Alex's power displays over his wife in 14th century Scotland, when both of them being from modern London, know that this behaviour is unacceptable.
The story ends on a cliffhanger that will probably leave you wanting to read the third and final book in the trilogy.… (plus d'informations)