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Zoë Martinique #4.5
Beyond the Door
Beyond The Door is a bridge piece between Revenant and Geist.
Zoë is trapped in the Abysmal Plane and Dags is little more than a doll with the pages of the Grimoire inside of him scrambled, many of them missing. Zoë and Dags' friends believes the Grimoire is the key to helping Zoë, but first they have to find the missing pages and put them back, in order.
But Zoë's mother, Nona, has decided that Dags' body is better kept at the Society house under heavy guard, convince by her ex-husband, Zoë's father and Ethereal Virtue, that Dags' half-life would be better used as the key to taking control of the Abysmal Plane.
Zoë is trapped in the Abysmal Plane and Dags is little more than a doll with the pages of the Grimoire inside of him scrambled, many of them missing. Zoë and Dags' friends believes the Grimoire is the key to helping Zoë, but first they have to find the missing pages and put them back, in order.
But Zoë's mother, Nona, has decided that Dags' body is better kept at the Society house under heavy guard, convince by her ex-husband, Zoë's father and Ethereal Virtue, that Dags' half-life would be better used as the key to taking control of the Abysmal Plane.
- GenresUrban FantasyParanormal
54 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 21, 2011
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Phaedra Weldon
155 books362 followersSometimes credited as Phaedra M. Weldon.
Born in Pensacola, Florida, Phaedra is the eldest of four children. She began writing in notebooks with her best friend in middle school.
After leaving college for a job in the Graphic Arts industry, Phaedra continued her love of writing in her spare time and was lucky enough at a writer's conference to meet Dean Wesley Smith, who later became her writing mentor, along with his wife, the bestselling mystery/fantasy/romance/science fiction writer, Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
Phaedra lives in Atlanta, Georgia. When not writing, she and her daughter spend their time playing games, letterboxing, or watching anime.
Series:
* Zoe Martinique
Born in Pensacola, Florida, Phaedra is the eldest of four children. She began writing in notebooks with her best friend in middle school.
After leaving college for a job in the Graphic Arts industry, Phaedra continued her love of writing in her spare time and was lucky enough at a writer's conference to meet Dean Wesley Smith, who later became her writing mentor, along with his wife, the bestselling mystery/fantasy/romance/science fiction writer, Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
Phaedra lives in Atlanta, Georgia. When not writing, she and her daughter spend their time playing games, letterboxing, or watching anime.
Series:
* Zoe Martinique
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October 17, 2020
A bit confusing in and of itself, but it fills in a few blanks between books 4 and 5 of Zoe Martinique and sets the stage for the battle with Heaven (or rather the Ethereal).
July 25, 2012
Book Info: Genre: Urban Fantasy Reading Level: Adult
Disclosure: I received the omnibus in which this story resides, Tales of the Abysmal Plane, from the author in exchange for an honest review
Synopsis: Beyond The Door is a bridge piece between Revenant and Geist.
Zoë is trapped in the Abysmal Plane and Dags is little more than a doll with the pages of the Grimoire inside of him scrambled, many of them missing. Zoë and Dags' friends believe the Grimoire is the key to helping Zoë, but first they have to find the missing pages and put them back, in order.
But Zoë's mother, Nona, has decided that Dags' body is better kept at the Society house under heavy guard, convinced by her ex-husband – Zoë's father and Ethereal Virtue – that Dags' half-life would be better used as the key to taking control of the Abysmal Plane.
My Thoughts: The editing on this one is really sub-par again, with things like “trader” for “traitor,” “thought” for “though”, wrong verb tenses, things like “in tact” and “hap-hapazard”, the changing of Adiran and his ilk from “Virtures” to “Virtues” and back, and, one of my special pet peeves, the eternally active firefly. See, in Georgia, at least in our area of Georgia, fireflies are active from late May to late June, and at the end of Revenant, it was June, so the fireflies were out. However, this little story supposedly takes place three months later (September), so there would be no fireflies around. Anyway, this is only a sampling of the rampant mistakes in this novella.
However, it is a very interesting story, and if you’re following the series, you definitely do not want to miss this segment, as there are a number of important events in it, without which, I think, Geist would probably lose some of its cohesion. Plus, we learn a bit more about the Ethereal structure, which I think will end up being pretty important. So, mixed review here – good story, important part of the series, but badly in need of further editing.
Disclosure: I received the omnibus in which this story resides, Tales of the Abysmal Plane, from the author in exchange for an honest review
Synopsis: Beyond The Door is a bridge piece between Revenant and Geist.
Zoë is trapped in the Abysmal Plane and Dags is little more than a doll with the pages of the Grimoire inside of him scrambled, many of them missing. Zoë and Dags' friends believe the Grimoire is the key to helping Zoë, but first they have to find the missing pages and put them back, in order.
But Zoë's mother, Nona, has decided that Dags' body is better kept at the Society house under heavy guard, convinced by her ex-husband – Zoë's father and Ethereal Virtue – that Dags' half-life would be better used as the key to taking control of the Abysmal Plane.
My Thoughts: The editing on this one is really sub-par again, with things like “trader” for “traitor,” “thought” for “though”, wrong verb tenses, things like “in tact” and “hap-hapazard”, the changing of Adiran and his ilk from “Virtures” to “Virtues” and back, and, one of my special pet peeves, the eternally active firefly. See, in Georgia, at least in our area of Georgia, fireflies are active from late May to late June, and at the end of Revenant, it was June, so the fireflies were out. However, this little story supposedly takes place three months later (September), so there would be no fireflies around. Anyway, this is only a sampling of the rampant mistakes in this novella.
However, it is a very interesting story, and if you’re following the series, you definitely do not want to miss this segment, as there are a number of important events in it, without which, I think, Geist would probably lose some of its cohesion. Plus, we learn a bit more about the Ethereal structure, which I think will end up being pretty important. So, mixed review here – good story, important part of the series, but badly in need of further editing.
October 25, 2016
At the end of Revenant, Zoë was trapped in the Abysmal Plane, and Dags was little more than a doll with the pages of the Grimoire inside of him scrambled. In Beyond The Door, Zoë's family and friends gather together to find the Grimoire's missing pages in order so Dags can join them in finding Zoë and setting her free.
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