Cal awakes wet and sandy on a lonely shoreline surrounded by
the bodies of huge unnatural spider things. Somehow he knows
he was the one who brought them death, and that the monster
bodies must be hidden. He knows bone-deep that monsters are
abomination, and must be killed. Beyond that, he knows
little else, not even his name. The selection of false ids
he finds hidden in his leather coat only deepens the
mystery, as do the multiple forms of death in blade and gun
form he has secreted in his clothing.
His first step is to walk into small town Nevah's Landing,
South Carolina to find
someone who recognizes him. No luck there, but he does
manage to snag a diner job while he keeps looking. Wearing
the ruffly gingham apron that does not go with his gothy
ensemble is worth having enough money to live on while he
waits for his memory to return. Before that can happen, two
out-of-towners show up, one of
them claiming to be his brother, Niko. They look entirely
too dangerous to be trusted, and if they are part of his
past, perhaps it is best left forgotten.
As always, Rob Thurman provides a tremendously entertaining
story while furthering the tale of Cal and Nikos and their
relationship. Murders of beings on the strange side of life,
an ancient Egyptian goddess and mysterious messages directed
at Cal are part of a terrific plot, one that will end up
revealing much about Cal's life and the side of his family
that is not human. As often happens when I read an extended
series, I fall almost as much in love with the side
characters as the main ones, and here, too Thurman
satisfies. Old enemies and friends both are integral to the
storyline. BLACKOUT is book six in the Cal Leandros
series, and they just keep getting better. I have been a fan
of Rob Thurman's since the first sentence of hers I read,
and I don't see that changing anytime soon, in fact, every
book in each of her series just keeps reaffirming my choice.
When half-human Cal Leandros wakes up on a beach littered
with the slaughtered remains if a variety of hideous
creatures, he's not that concerned. In fact, he can't
remember anything-including who he is.
And that's just the way his deadly enemies like it...
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