A great part of my Chelsea Quinn Yarbro books and some others as well!
dinsdag 27 augustus 2013
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"Night Pilgrims" review
Night Pilgrims by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
http://us.macmillan.com/nightpilgrims/ChelseaYarbro
After the 5th
crusade a group of pilgrims is going on a pilgrimage to the underground
churches of Lalibela. Forced by circumstances,
Saint-Germain, now called Sidi Sandjer’min, accepts to travel with them as a
translator, guide and physician. He is accompanied by Ruthier, his faithful
manservant and long time friend!
And so Sidi
Sandjer’min has to content himself with the blood of horses and asses to
survive! Thanks to Ruthier’s cleverness, he can take what he needs in plain
sight!
Some
dreadful accidents do happen, and the pilgrimage is coming to an end. They
never reach their destination. The pilgrims are going their own way and Sidi Sandjer’min
decides to escort Margrethe back home, or so he intends to!
The counts vampirism has little influence to the story, only for himself and for us, readers, because we know, no matter how harrowing the events are that happen to him, he will get over it!
Ruthier has
a more prominent role in this novel. He is most concerned about the count and
he is always present when he is needed!
And the
count, yes, the count… He is the reason I love these books so much! The count’s
loneliness is a constant feeling in this series, even more so in this book, and
because of that he is more accessible than in some of the previous books!
Living in so close a company, he cannot hide from them, nor withdrew to his
library or work in his laboratory. He is
just a member of the group, doing his utmost for the welfare of the pilgrims.
These
pilgrims don’t seem to care for each other, only their own goals are important.
It would
not be a real Saint-Germain novel without a harrowing ending with the return of
the crocodiles and the count almost becoming the ravenous monster he hates so
much! But the final letters are making up for it.
There is
almost a happy ending for Margrethe and Lagaia, and perhaps sorer Imogen did
find some peace in her cell!
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