Dan Simmons is well known for "Hyperion Cantos" but also, "Ilium and Olympos," "Summer Night", "Sons of Darkness" and "Terror." With this novel, he signed one of his best works. Story in short: Saul Laski, a Jew deported to a concentration camp research his former torturer Colonel Wilhelm von Borchert. At the same time in early 1980, in Charleston, South Carolina, three of which are found Melanie Fuller. They have the "Talent" are very special and compare their murders. Natalie Preston who is the daughter of a person murdered by Melanie Fuller and Bobby Joe Gentry, the sheriff of the region are investigating a series of extremely bizarre murders in Charleston. They are joined by Saul Laski. I do not tell all because too long and too complicated so there are events, situations, characters and adventures. Just know that kind of evil spirits or psychic vampires, manipulate consciences and make life-size chess games with the human species. What about this book? I will say as negative that this novel is a real keypad that can hurt the player. As positive and they are much more developed, I will say that the book of Dan Simmons is beautifully written and most exciting (no respites). Good !! they do not bed in two days but we are never discouraged, and the player that I do not want only one thing, know what happened. Simmons has certainly done a lot of research especially on the death camps and the Nazi regime. Another important point is that good and evil are clearly identified. Evil: Those with the "Talent" (a kind of eternal life but not really very long) and who play with humanity. It is personified particularly by Melanie Fuller and SS Colonel Von Borchert Wilhlem. Well, Saul Laski "psychiatrist and Jewish Poles," Bobby Joe Gentry "Sheriff" and Natalie Preston "an African-American student seeking the murderer of his father." In summary this is an excellent book became a literary classic Fantastic. For those that do not discourage 1000 pages and who love this kind, it is imperative to read. The very large Simmons. Adanson Marco. PS: it should be noted that this novel makes us travel a lot: United States of course but also Caesarea in Israel, Tijuana, Mexico ....
