Die Schatten des Bösen

by Wolfgang Hohlbein

Eigentlich soll die magisch begabte Vivian nur eine harmlose Geschäftsreise nach New York antreten. Doch die Reise wird zum Horror-Trip: Ein dubioser Politiker will ihre Kräfte nutzen, um die Stadt zu beherrschen. Der wahre Herr indes ist Ulthar, Meister der Spiegelschatten und Verbindungsglied zu einer Welt des Grauens jenseits unserer Realität...

Genres: Fantasy, Horror

473 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Wolfgang Hohlbein is a German author of science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction who lives near Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia. His wife, Heike, is also a writer and often works with her husband. She often comes up with the story ideas and therefore is generally credited as co-author. Their daughter, Rebecca, is also a writer.

Writing short stories since age 15, Hohlbein was first recognized as an author after sending in a manuscript he and his wife had written at a fantasy and science fiction writing contest in 1982. They won and their book, Märchenmond (English title: "Magic Moon"), was published by Ueberreuter Publishing, soon becoming a bestseller and winning several awards. It is one of their greatest successes till today.

Many of his more than 200 books are translated and published in many European countries as well as in South Korea. Yet for many years none of his works had been translated into English. In 2006, Magic Moon was translated into English and published in the United States.

Reviews

[Mandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Die Grundidee der Geschichte ist gut, sie gewinnt recht schnell an Fahrt und der Autor überrascht den Leser mit vielen unerwarteten Wendungen - das jedoch leider NUR, wenn man noch nicht sehr viel und vor allem aktuellere Bücher von Wolfgang Hohlbein gelesen hat, denn die Zeichnungen der Protagonisten sowie lange Textpassagen kommen wiederholt vor. Fazit: Eine leider viel zu bekannte Mischung aus Gegenwarts-Fantasy und Horror aus dem Hause Hohlbein.