Dead Witch Walking

Dead Witch Walking

by Kim Harrison

This is the first volume in the increasingly popular Rachel Morgan series. This series has a contemporary setting, but in an alternate history in which a man-made genetics disaster has wiped out over 10% of the human population. In order to allow humanity to continue to survive, the Interlanders -- the creatures of nightmare and fantasy (vampires, werewolves, witches, fairies, pixies, etc.) have revealed themselves publicly and tried to integrate into the human world. Rachel Morgan is a white witch, specializing in capturing the Interlander bad-guys for the equivilant of the Interlander cops. This novel features Rachel leaving her job and partnering (reluctantly) with a vampire friend to set up their own "bounty hunter" agency. Rachel has to deal with the fact that she has a "contract hit" on her, as she investigates a powerful industrial figure who may be producing and distributing illegal biodrugs. Rachel is an interesting character, and her scenes with her Pixie sidekick as hilarious. Harrison has created an interesting world here...my only complaint is that there's not a real sense of any kind of closure at the end of this book. It really feels like simply an introductory volume to Rachel's later, more interesting, adventures. Still...an entertaining read, and I'll definitely sample further novels in the Rachel Morgan series. -- recommended by Scott C. - Bennett Martin Public Library

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