This was a remainder-pile find, and almost certainly something I wouldn't have bought if I hadn't seen it on the B&N bargain table when I was using up a gift certificate (for one thing, I almost never go to bookstores at all; for another, when I do, it's usually Borders, for the Rewards). I'd never read any non-Star-Wars Zahn, and rarely even have seen any. Well, I'll be looking for it now.
This book was fast-paced, full of "huh"? moments, and just generally captivating. I haven't been reading at my usual pace of late (I blame the 17-hour workdays, at a guess), but this weekend I tore through this one at quite a clip. I kept thinking I should put it down and do something else, but somehow it didn't happen all that often.
The story opens with a brief POV from a twelve-year-old girl who is, we quickly learn, en route to her death. This death, it is obvious, is meant to save her people, but the how of that is far from clear. At the very last of moments, however, she is snatched away from the choking hands of an incredibly sinister character and whisked away to . . . well, to the apartment of a couple of bystanding New Yorkers, who are really quite baffled by the whole thing.
As becomes apparent, there are quite a few things going on in the city of which most people are entirely unaware (which is probably true, though I doubt many of them are like these), and there are a couple of mysterious groups of people who want this girl back - and, she says, want her dead. The whys behind this and many other mysteries are really quite a joy to watch unfold, and I loved every minute of it.
I really am going to have to seek out more Zahn.
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