In this sixth of the series, the plot unfolds as usual - Asher is worried that an enemy government is going to persuade or conscript vampires into helping them, and he heads out - this time without Lydia knowing anything about it until she gets news of his injuries in France. You'd think by now he might leave some clue for her, locked in a safe or something, so she knows what happened to him...it's not like this is the first time he's disappeared. At any rate, off she goes to find him and enlists Don Simon of course. Then the action shifts between her trying to find out what happened, and Asher's dreams as he lies helpless in the hospital. I do like how Hambly handled this part. It's already been established that a vampire can enter a human's dreams, and make them dream what he wants. Now we see that humans can experience the vampire's own memories in dreams, which gives interesting way for Hambly to show us some past events from Don Simon's life. The German attack on France and their ever-closer approach to Paris lends a sense of urgency to the action.
Frankly if I'd been Lydia I'd have bundled Asher in a wheelchair (I know there were such things in 1914), hired a couple nurses, and scarpered for home. The trip can't have been that long...but oh well. A good entry in the series and leaves us with some guesses on what's to come.
Frankly if I'd been Lydia I'd have bundled Asher in a wheelchair (I know there were such things in 1914), hired a couple nurses, and scarpered for home. The trip can't have been that long...but oh well. A good entry in the series and leaves us with some guesses on what's to come.
