"""A fast, smart novel, brighter than a meteor and twice as scary. Stephen Woodworth provides shocks and thoughts in equal measure, and climbs right to the top!""-Greg Bear
In a world where the dead can testify against the living, someone is getting away
with murder.
Because to every generation are born a select few souls with violet-colored
eyes, and the ability to channel the dead.
Both rare and precious-and rigidly controlled
by a society that craves their services-these Violets perform
a number of different
duties.
The most fortunate increase the world's cultural heritage by channeling
the still-creative spirits of famous dead artists and musicians.
The least fortunate
aid the police and the law courts, catching criminals by interviewing the deceased
victims of violent crime.
But now the Violets themselves have become the target
of a brutal serial murderer-a murderer who had learned how to mask his
or her identity
even from the victims.
Can the FBI, aided by a Violet so scared of death that she
is afraid to live, uncover the criminal in time?
Or must more of her race be dispatched
to the realm that has haunted them all since childhood?
Praise for Through Violet Eyes
""Chilling . . . shades ofMinority ReportandThe Eyes of Laura Mars. . . tantalizing puzzle rife with red herrings, one made all the more entertaining by brisk pacing and strong internal logic.""-Publishers Weekly
a""Wow . . . one cool idea and Stephen Woodworth makes it work like fine oiled machinery. Full of energy and suspense,Through Violet Eyes is a great and original first novel. I look forward to his next.""-Joe R. Lansdale
""An eerie and compelling page-turner that maps the terra incognita between the living and the dead, loss and redemption, desire and grief, at the same time exploring what it means to be human in a frightening otherworld that too closely evokes our own reality.""-Elizabeth Hand"
By:
Stephen Woodworth Imprint: Bantam Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 172mm,
Width: 107mm,
Spine: 21mm
Weight: 215g ISBN:9780553803372 ISBN 10: 0553803379 Series:Violet Eyes Publication Date:15 November 2004 Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Through Violet Eyes: A Novel
Chilling ... Shades of Minority Report and The Eyes of Laura Mars ... tantalizing puzzle rife with red herrings, one made all the more entertaining by brisk pacing and strong internal logic. --Publishers Weekly