Resurrection

by Amy Carol Reeves

Overview

A rash of gruesome murders has the citizens of London spooked, and Abbie Sharp fears that Max Bartlett-the only surviving member of the Conclave-is behind the bloodshed. When a pack of revitalized corpses attacks her family, Abbie realizes that Max has hatched a twisted plot to raise the dead and turn them into an army of revenants bent on destruction. Racing between London and her country estate, Abbie tries to figure out a way to stop Max and his two evil associates. As her investigation leads her into dank graveyards and subterranean ruins, she discovers a new way to fight Max-and to keep him from using the Conclave's secret elixir to gain unimaginable new powers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738739564
Publisher:	North Star Editions
Publication date:	04/08/2014
Series:	A Ripper Novel , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Amy Carol Reeves has a PhD in 19^th century British Literature and a master’s degree in British Literature from the University of South Carolina. She became entranced by the idea for Ripper, her debut novel, after meeting Donald Rumbelow, a world-recognized expert on Jack the Ripper. Reeves is currently an adjunct professor at the University of South Carolina, and lives with her husband and two children in Columbia, S.C. For more information, visit her online at: AmyCarolReeves.com.

Read an Excerpt

Open publication

Editorial Reviews

"Amy Carol Reeves once again twists an engaging tale that is as riveting as it is macabre. ... You'll want to sleep with the light on after this one." —Gwen Hayes, author of Falling Under

From the Publisher

2014-03-03
Abbie, William and Simon return to face off against Max, the sole surviving member of the immortality-obsessed Conclave—or so they think…. Now a medical student as well as an aide in an East End hospital, Abbie works hard to put the dreadful events on Orkney behind her (Renegade, 2013). As always, the saintly Simon is by her side, but she remains deeply, contrarily in love with the sullen, churlish William. One night, her dead friend, Mariah, comes to her, eviscerating the maid and terrifying Abbie. Could Mariah be connected to a recent string of grisly murders? And what is Max's role? Abbie, William and Simon bicker endlessly about strategy as they race to solve the mystery and put the Conclave to rest. Readers will find it baffling that Abbie clings to her animal attraction to William in the face of his childish choler, but cling she does (though she occasionally doubts…). Her stiff, melodramatic narration tells rather than shows as encounters and pseudoscience pile up. Abbie uses her awesome knife-fighting skills against all manner of opponents living and dead with remarkable ease despite extraordinary sleep deprivation and her usually traditional feminine attire. The bizarre, new twist Reeve introduces to the Conclave's complicated history may well thrill scholars of 19th-century England, but it will also probably leave teen readers underwhelmed. Only for readers desperately waiting for this trilogy closer. (Paranormal historical fiction. 13-18)

Kirkus Reviews