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Sir Adam Sinclair, the mystic historian known as the Adept, has emerged victorious from his encounters against the forces of darkness. But now he faces the most unthinkable crime imaginable against his kind: murder.Tags
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Not bad, not wonderful. It's somewhat amusing how I don't feel I missed anything (much) by not reading books 3 and 4 before this one. The only thing that really makes a difference is John Graham - I remember him from previous readings of the series, but he was introduced and explained in one of the books I missed this time through. Here he's presented as an established ally - of course, so were most of the Hunters in the first book. Several aspects here - semi-mundanely, Adam and Ximena's romance comes to a head, with her father's death playing a part, and there's a good deal about various Christmas (and Hogmany - Scottish New Year) celebrations. Raeburn is once again the active enemy (we, the readers, know this long before Adam and the show more Hunt do). The latest plot is even more convoluted than usual, though the titular death doesn't take place until the climax (and it's not the one you expect). More helicopters, guns, and Masonic assistance; a new Hunter, coming into his powers much as Peregrine did in the first couple books, and a very scary buildup to the climactic battle. Overall, a decent contribution to the series without being anything spectacular in itself. I'll probably reread it the next time I read the whole series - no reason to read it otherwise, though. And on rereading - since I remembered, at least vaguely, the climactic sequence, it wasn't scary at all - it felt like they were carefully working to manipulate my emotions to _make_ it scary, though. Which is really annoying. Same thing with the tearjerker first sequence, with Ximena's father. I did cry, but I was annoyed at the same time. I really don't think this one is worth rereading again. show less
competent and dull, with a hint of stuffy.
Maybe not quite as good as the first two, but still very good.
I was sorry to see this series end.
Sir Adam Sinclair, the Master of the Hunt - a group of magicians and telented people organized to stop evil magic, continues to fight.
battle between good and evil lodges in contemporary England
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Katherine Kurtz was born in Coral Gables, Florida on October 18, 1944. She received a four-year science scholarship to the University of Miami where she graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry. She completed an M.A. in medieval English history at UCLA while writing her first two novels, and working as an instructional designer for the Los Angeles show more Police Academy. She is also a professionally trained hypnotist, a student of comparative religion, and somewhat of an authority on heraldry and chivalry She has also joined with Deborah Turner Harris, and together they have written five books in an adept series of occult detective thrillers set in modern Scotland. Her first editing foray, Tales of The Knights Templar, appeared from Warner Books in 1995, which wa followed by a second volume, On Crusade: More Tales of The Knights Templar. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Death of an Adept
- Original publication date
- 1996-12
- People/Characters
- Sir Adam Sinclair; Peregrine Lovat; Noel McLeod; Francis Raeburn; Julia Barrett Lovat; Philippa Sinclair (show all 13); Ximena Lockhart; Christopher Houston; Julian Brodie; Victoria Houston; Harry Nimmo; Angela Fitzgerald; Sir John "Gray" Graham
- Important places
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; San Francisco, California, USA; Callanish, Lewis, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland, UK; Hermitage Castle, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Dedication
- To David and Ursala Winder, Just because . . .
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
Once again, we are indebted to a number of people for their valuable technical advice and assistance, among them:
Dr. David P. Winder, MD, ChB, FRCA, Consultant Anaesthetist, Hull Royal Infirmary, who g... (show all)raciously allowed himself to be drafted as consultant anaesthetist for this project, and who was not the model for the slimy Dr. Mallory;
Inspector Ian MacPherson, Highlands and Islands Police, Stornoway, for guidance on policing procedures on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, who hardly batted an eye when informed that we were bringing crime to his island;
First Officer Bob McLellan, Loganair, for allowing us to pick his brain about island-hopping and civil aviation procedures at Stornoway Aerodrome;
Sgt. Frank Urban, Strathclyde Police, Motherwell, for telling us where the bodies go;
Margaret Carter, for sleuthing out the corridors of UCSF-Mount Zion Medical Center in San Francisco;
Peter Morwood, for again providing technical background on helicopters and the SAS.
To these and all the others who assisted our development of the background for this story, our most sincere thanks. - First words
- Somewhat unusually for mid-December, Paisley-town lay under a dusting of winter-white.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The driver was a man with a lean, wiry build. The passenger was a woman with heavily bandaged hands, whose painted lips curled in studied malice as the Bentley slipped away into traffic.
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