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Book Review of Waking the Moon

Waking the Moon
Waking the Moon
Author: Elizabeth Hand
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Horror
Book Type: Paperback
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A gothic fantasy? An espionage thriller? A techno thriller? A romance? A religious intolerance polemic? There's no way to categorize this book, but I highly recommend it!
Like all new students, Katherine Sweeny moves with caution at Washington D.C.'s University of St. John the Divine. It is a strange place of brooding shrines and gleaming towers, guarded by androgynous stone angels. For Kate, college is a time to experiment with sex, to explore new friendships; a time of freedom and discovery--until she makes the wrong discovery.
She learns that the university is controlled by a clandestine order which secretly manipulates governments, countries, and churches all over the world and has done so for centuries.
But there's an even darker secret behind that secret society and it's coming to light . . .