Mind Game

July 19, 2004
In Shadow Game
(2003), Feehan introduced the GhostWalkers, a group of men with military training and scientifically enhanced psychic skills. This sultry and suspenseful follow-up focuses on the exploits of GhostWalker Nicolas Trevane, who sets out to rescue Dahlia Le Blanc, a government operative with astonishing telekinetic talents, from her secluded residence in the Louisiana bayou. Nicolas's mission is fraught with danger. Not only is Dahlia emotionally unstable (she can make objects go up in flames when she's particularly upset), she's also been targeted by a traitor who has hired mercenaries to kill her. As Nicolas and Dahlia evade their pursuers and attempt to unmask the traitor, they forge a strong emotional bond. Dahlia fears her psychic powers may rage out of control if she makes love to Nicolas, but their passion culminates in a love scene that, while hot, only involves a handful of harmless flames. Feehan's newest offering is as swift-moving and sexually charged as her best vampire romances (Dark Destiny
, etc.), with none of their florid prose. In short, it is an electrifying read, one that should satisfy her fans and cement her reputation as the reigning queen of the paranormal romance. Agent, Steve Axelrod.

A group of young people have had their minds altered by a research doctor searching for the optimized warrior--one with telepathic and telekinetic powers. Now a faceless but equally powerful enemy is trying to destroy them, starting with Dahlia Le Blanc, perhaps the most powerful of all. Tom Stechschulte has the voice of the toughest of the tough. But he's been given a book that, despite its entertaining ideas, has a limited vocabulary. He's driven to repeat specific words so many times--for instance, the word "body"--that the listener may be tempted to count and thus lose track of the story. B.H.B. (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine