After her rescue from the serial killer called the Gardener
in book one of the series, Dark Oracle, Tara Sheridan
has left her job as an agent for the Special Projects
Division of the Department of Justice and is freelancing on
a case-by-case basis profiling criminals for law
enforcement. Tara doesn't just use her psychological
education for profiling criminals she also uses her tarot
cards and her inherited skills as a quasi-member of Delphi's
Daughters, an ancient sect of women descended from the
ancient Greek prognosticators who work behind the scenes to
guide world events.
Agent Harry Li is still working for Special Projects and has
been out of touch, until he approaches Tara with a mission
badly in need of her special skills. Retired secret agents
who worked together on a project detailed with finding and
securing sources of uranium and any nuclear ordnance or
power sources are disappearing. All their clothes and
possessions are left behind, and there are no forensic clues
with the exception of muddled DNA samples which just make no
sense. At the same time, the hidden nuclear supplies are
appearing on the black market, sold to terrorist
organizations and others intent on creating chaos.
ROGUE ORACLE is a tightly plotted thriller with hints of
romance and the paranormal. It gives a fascinating glimpse
into the workings of post 9/11 security forces, and a
horrifying look into the history of the disaster at
Chernobyl and its repercussions. Williams writes scenes
containing gory, explicit violence but they are not out of
place with the story line, in fact any softening or blurring
of the edges would not ring true with the underlying story.
The Delphic Oracle series may have its roots in the
ancient past, but the dangers Tara encounters are very much
part of current events, making the sense of danger immediate
and terrifying. Although there are definitely paranormal
elements in the books, the plot hangs on speculative science
and cold, hard fact making this a book that will be enjoyed
by readers of either paranormal or standard fiction.
THE MORE YOU KNOW ABOUT THE FUTURE, THE MORE THERE MAY BE
TO FEAR.
Tara Sheridan is the best criminal
profiler around—and the most unconventional. Trained as a
forensic psychologist, Tara also specializes in Tarot card
reading. But she doesn’t need her divination skills to
realize that the new assignment from her friend and sometime
lover, Agent Harry Li, is a dangerous proposition in every
way.
Former Cold War operatives, all linked to a
top-secret operation tracking the disposal of nuclear
weapons in Russia, are disappearing. There are no bodies,
and no clues to their whereabouts. Harry suspects a
conspiracy to sell arms to the highest bidder. The cards—and
Tara’s increasingly ominous dreams—suggest something darker.
Even as Tara sorts through her feelings for Harry and her
fractured relationship with the mysterious order known as
Delphi’s Daughters, a killer is growing more ruthless by the
day. And a nightmare that began decades ago in Chernobyl
will reach a terrifying endgame that not even Tara could
have foreseen. . . .
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