What
if you had the ability to read another persons mind when you touched
them? Would that be a gift or a curse? Would you be able to harness
it and use it for good, or would it take over and become evil? That
is part of the dilemma that is faced by Willet Dura in The Shock
of Night by Patrick W. Carr.
Willet
Dura is the head reeve of the king and has been called upon to
investigate the attack of a priest. As he begins to question the
dying man, the priest pulls Willet close and screams something Willet
doesn't understand. And after that everything changes. He sees into
the mind of any person he touches. Willet soon learns he has been
passed the rarest gift of all. Now he not only needs to track down a
murder but he also has to come to grips with the reality of his new
life as a gifted person.
Having
read and enjoyed Patrick W. Carr's The Sword and the Staff
trilogy, I was excited to see what he had in store for us next. I
began to read this book and while I liked it, I kept feeling like I
was missing something. I had heard there was a free e-book prequel
called By Divine Right
to this series, so I stopped and read that first. What a difference
that made! Everything in The Shock of Night
made so much more sense and I devoured the book as quickly as
possible. I love the world he created and people in it. I enjoyed the
mystery of trying to learn the truth of book who the killer was and
also what really happened in Willet's past. Once I got into it, I
could not put this book down. A great read, but make sure you read By
Divine Right first.
Book
has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin
Communications, Inc.
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