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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN num: 9780425222478
ISBN number: 0425222470
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 336
Printing Date: June 03, 2008
Publishing house: Berkley
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A thrilling new sensual paranormal from the author of Hunter’s Salvation.
Lee Ross always knew she was not entirely human. But when the man who has plagued her dreams her entire life appears in the flesh, can she give up everything she knows to follow him to another realm?
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Lee Ross has been terrified to awake from sleep for as long as she can remember; for each morning she is covered with horrific bruises that cannot be explained. Her battle scarred dreams and a gorgeous mystery man, haunt her even when her eyes are open. Then one morning Lee is inexplicably sucked directly into her nightmares.
Kalen has loved Lee all his life. Yet he also holds a burning resentment for her as well. Each night Lee comes to aid Kalen in the resistance against the Warlords of Anqar, otherworld beings that raid Ishtan, stealing their magic possessed woman and brutality torturing their men to death. Yet when the sun begins to rise, Lee strangely disappears and leaves Kalen to deal with the death and devastation of his people alone. Kalen knows where Lee goes, yet he has no idea how she can move between the present modern world of Earth and the parallel world of Ishtan. Nor does he know how she came to reside there. All he does know is that Lee is somehow paramount to ending the war with Anqar and he will torment her waking thoughts until she is able to acknowledge the fact that her place is beside him in Ishtan.
Suddenly, in the light of day, Lee appears in Ishtan wearing her pajamas and feeling quite disoriented. She believes herself to be crazy and this very real dream has convinced her that she needs to seek professional help the moment she awakes. Unfortunately this dreams turns into dire reality.
I thought Lee was a very intriguing and emotionally realistic character. Other reviewers seemed irritated with Lee and grew tiresome of her seemingly constant references to herself as being crazy and her complete denial that her dreams had been real, but I'm in total disagreement. Lee would only go into a state of disbelief after a near death experience, which happened quite a few times. When I placed myself in her shoes, I'd imagine myself to react pretty similar. Here you are in foreign but somehow familiar world, and you've nearly died - countless times. Meanwhile you're trying to come to grips with your newly acquired magical abilities and dealing emotionally with a man who turns your body and mind into mush. So yeah, I'd think I was crazy too. In fact, I thought Lee was incredibly rational throughout the entire book. She was courageous, smart, and above all she was selfless.
I really enjoyed Kalen as well. I could sympathize with his resentment toward Lee. She was there for Ishtan and the resistance but he needed her on such a deeper more emotional level. Yet he also knew that Lee was in the midst of discovering who she was and dealing with major internal issues. The fact that he could remain patient and be there for Lee in every possible way without demanding that his own needs be met made him a truly honorable character.
`Through the Veil' is mainly about Lee's journey of self discovery. The world building was phenomenal and you found yourself believing there really is a veil dividing worlds. Also as a bonus the villains were three dimensional with real problems and suffering which made the reader sympathize with their reasons for raiding Ishtan, well almost sympathize anyway. All in all, an awesome read and experience.
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From the beginning of the story it seemed really choppy and disconnected like I'd somehow missed the very first book in the series instead of this one being the very first book. I kept waiting for an entire chapter to be devoted to a back story that would clear up my confusion. The two central characters are Lee born in Anqar but shuttled through to our world, somehow; Kalen leader of the resistance in Ishtan(the world Anqar raids on a regular basis releasing demons and other baddies)The story is really really hard to follow, None of the characters are beefed out to a point that you feel any connection or caring for. Kalen and Lee have a romance going but there isn't a single spark in my opinion, theres a couple of gratutious sex scenes planted throughout but I seriously skipped right over them. The only character that was slightly interesting was Morne, oh and a witch named Elina who had a total of maybe one paragraph that she is mentioned in and I was more interested in her than how Kalen and Lee would end. I'm a huge Shiloh Walker fan but this book wasn't worth the full price I paid for it, so I probably won't be so quick to buy her subsequent one, I'll wait until it hits the used book stores. Don't judge all her books by this one.
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Shiloh Walker can sure write some actioned pack stories with great sex scenes. Through the Veil should appeal to her fans even though I found some of the action and characters a bit flat.
Lee Ross has horrible nightmares where she wakes up bruised and beaten. She dreams of war and death and... him. "Him" happens to be Kalen who is a warrior in another dimension where Lee really belongs. It seems when Lee was a little girl; she was able to break through the Veil, which is a barrier between the world she was born in and the world she lives in now, which is present day Earth. This other dimension is called Ishtan (I kept wanting to say Ishtar). For hundreds of years, the Warlords of Anqar, who are the enemy of the Ishtanians, have kidnapped their females to make them Warlord slaves and try to impregnate them. Kalen has been leading this resistance against the Warlords for fifteen years. The Warlords have all types of magic and really nasty creatures at their disposal to defeat Kalen and his ragtag army. Kalen is about to have a breakdown because he no longer knows what to do to keep the fight going. The only answer he may have to save his people is Lee.
For some reason, whenever Lee dreams, she is able to go through the Veil and fight alongside Kalen. Kalen needs Lee to stay in Ishtan and have her fight alongside him forever. Kalen and Lee have quite a history together because she has popped in and out of his life since she was a girl. Because Kalen feels she is the preverbal light at the end of the tunnel, he has major feelings for her. Lee is also at her wits end, but for another reason all together. She thinks she is hallucinating because she now sees things outside her dreams. She decides to open her mind and is taken back to Ishtan. Lee is very much like Dorothy who goes to Oz. And can you guess who is waiting for her there? I expected Kalen to jump and down like a giddy little boy when her finally has Lee in front of him. Instead, he kisses the life out of her, which was a very sweet and hot moment. This gives you a good idea of what is to come between these two.
As Kalen shows Lee the destruction and mayhem the Warlords have placed on the poor people of Ishtan, Lee really wants to go home. Her main complaint is that they don't have coffee and real bathrooms! Plus, Lee is suppose to train and reach inside herself where she has an extra special power that can possibly save everyone. Lee is not really down with this; after all she is a bit of a girly girl. But Kalen knows that there is something about Lee because anytime he was in trouble, she would appear and help him. Plus, the lack of women tends to make a man like Kalen horny, so Lee is perfect in so many other ways. Even though these two have only interacted a hand full of times in the past, there is just something about Kalen that makes her want to jump him. The same goes for Kalen. Hey, they both could be dead tomorrow so whenever they have a free moment, Kalen and Lee try to find some peace and tenderness in each other's arms. As the war rages on, Lee comes to some conclusions and that means sacrificing her own life. See, Lee's daddy wants her on his side and it is definitely not the side Kalen is on.
Shiloh has written a gritty, dark tale that is a cross between fantasy and science fiction. One minute I felt like I was reading a medieval fantasy where two countries are at a bloody war with each other, but then the subsequent I was thrown into a sci-fi urban fantasy. Along with the magic used by the warlords and fantasy creatures, Kalen's army uses high tech guns and ammunition that seems a bit out of place. It may just be me, but I would have preferred one over the other. You either pick the magic or stick with bombs and plasma ray guns.
Kalen is portrayed as a wonderful hero. He is strong, intelligent and so very sexy. This is a man who has a perfect tan even though the sun never shines and it is always cloudy and rainy. As for Lee, I found her to be a bit too one-dimensional. If I were Lee, I would have probably acted the same way she did, being thrown into a situation of constant pain and suffering. But after awhile I really couldn't see how Lee was so very important to the cause. She may have magic that no one else has, but her moaning and groaning tended to grate on my nerves. I almost felt as if Kalen was trying to trick himself into believing that Lee is the savior he was looking for. He tried his hardest to make everyone feel the same way he did. But, the way he treats Lee, is very sweet and endearing as if he was without such loveliness for so long and only Lee can fill that place in his cold heart.
Through the Veil should appeal to fans of fantasy romance, along with a touch of that urban fantasy feel. Most will probably agree that Shiloh can grab a reader and doesn't let up on the action till the very last page. Perhaps because of this non-stop action, there wasn't ... Read More
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_Through the Veil_ is a unique paranormal romance, and though not without flaws, it's worth reading if you're into that genre. Fantasy readers may also enjoy _Through the Veil_, though despite its complex world-building, it leans heavily toward the romance end of the romance-fantasy spectrum.
The plot focuses on Lee, a young woman in the world we know, who has been dreaming all her life of a strange parallel world filled with horrors, and of a handsome man with whom she battles these monsters. It turns out the world is real, the man is real, and Lee's life is about to get a lot more weird.
It took me a while to get into the story. I think part of the reason was that I had trouble getting a real grasp of Ishtan, the world in which the story takes place. Maps might have helped. Ishtan mirrors our own world geographically, and so it was easy to place "New Angeles", but I had trouble visualizing where the military camp, the dimensional gate, the forest, and the valley were in relation to the city. This made the characters' military maneuvers a little more confusing than I'd have liked.
Another problem: I concluded midbook that I didn't much like Kalen. His one-track mind got on my nerves when, in several scenes of crisis, he was focused like a laser beam on Lee's "assets" rather than on the problem at hand. I could have bought it if it had been along the lines of "Even in the face of blah blah grave news, Kalen couldn't take his eyes off her," but this was more along the lines of an explicit and long-winded cataloguing of her charms and of his male bits' reaction to said charms.
There are also a few moments where Kalen, IMHO, crosses the line between "alpha male" and "jerk." I was especially disturbed by a scene involving Kalen in a jealous rage. I'd have cringed much less if (a) Kalen had behaved better, or (b) Lee had told him off for being a jerk, rather than going into ecstasy over his Neanderthal behavior.
I'm also curious as to how the denizens of Ishtan manage to use solar power to fuel everything when the air is so polluted that the sun is barely visible in a dim sky. Lee muses at one point about how much she misses daylight.
The ironic part, after all these gripes, is that I did enjoy _Through the Veil_ in a lot of ways. It took me a little while to get into it, but once I did, the plot was exciting and Lee's journey interesting. Her moral choices were difficult and her slow discovery of her powers was fun to follow, even if I figured out the crucial piece of the puzzle before she did.
I also have to commend Shiloh Walker for bringing the story to a satisfactory conclusion. While she leaves the door open for a sequel (hopefully featuring a certain pair of secondary characters that I loved), Through the Veil can stand alone, which is becoming unusual in this series-mad subgenre.
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This book's cover snatched my attention one night when I went to the store, so I bought it... and was mildly disappointed when I finished the book. I found that the heroine didn't really grow, although there was a part in the middle of the book that should have inspired a rather drastic change in her personality/voice... but it did not. And after this event, certain things continued to happen, although they should not have - and there were also a few gaps in the story, wherein some areas of the worlds were left flat or not as detailed as I would have liked. The cover also hints at a more swords and sorcery type fantasy, as there's a crossbow like weapon - but there's laser type things instead in the novel itself. The writing itself has problems - sometimes it's like watching someone try to get in a car without actually opening the door, because some conditions are not met, and then the action's taking place anyway. Sometimes characters just mysteriously seem to pop in, although earlier they weren't there, or the person is doing one thing, and then later has to re-do it, or they are in the wrong place. Some phrases are also reused a lot, and it just reminds me of another author who I've actually quit reading who is infamous for reusing phrases to the point that readers make fun of her.
I found that the plot was actually quite predictable in some places - I guessed several factors that were revealed near the end of the book, and I'd guessed them about half way through.
There aren't many female characters in this novel, but that's quite understandable considering the plot. The hero of the novel was actually a little annoying. The most interesting man was not even the main character - but a side character who is also supposed to have a twist at the end, and yet I guessed that, too. I felt like the plot twists had a little too much foreshadowing/were rather transparent.
What I found good about the novel was the idea behind the world and the conflict found within the book, although I wish the author had some how explained or shown why the problems started in the very first place. With some authors, these types of details are sorted out in later books in a series, but there is no sign that this is part of a series.
Like another reviewer said, the author tries to place this novel into too many genres - there's elements of traditional romance, science fiction, fantasy and urban fantasy. For example, the term "witch" seems wrongly applied in this novel. The majority of this novel is set in a world that is technologically advanced compared to our own present but one that has had some major setbacks. The term "witch" seems strange, especially when the term "talented" is also used. I've never really heard of a science fiction heroine who was a witch... and this seems more like psychic power and power over the gates/veil... which also somewhat falls into psychic powers, in my opinion.
Despite all the problems the book had, I did enjoy reading it. I found myself jolted out of the story for the reasons I've stated above, but overall it was a good story. I really enjoyed the excerpt of another book by another author at the end... in fact, I enjoyed it just as much, if not more, than the actual book.
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