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Steven R. Cowan
Southern Charm, Jul 2001, 210 pp.
ISBN: 0970219091
In 1872 Southern Georgia hatred of blacks runs rampart among most whites, but the most violent group is the KKK. A white girl was seen making it with a black man enraging the leader of the Ware County chapter of the KKK. Eleven men wearing white gowns lynch Obidiah Hodges for supposedly having a sexual relationship with a white woman.
They rape and batter his wife Hattie before finally
tossing her in the nearby Okeefenokee Swamp. Witch woman Checholer rescues her. Hattie learns the black arts and her mentor kills all eleven of the males who caused her extreme pain.
Over a hundred and twenty-eight years later as the comet Ephesus approaches earth Mattie is allowed to interfere in the lives of men. The descendants of her killers live in the small southern Georgia town of Waycross
and she is able to subvert one of them with her otherworldly charms to kill them for her.
DARK EYE is a great work of urban fantasy that shows the audience the ugly side of Santeria, a religion practiced in the Caribbean. Much of the work occurs on the supernatural plane. Though fascinating, the strength of
this tale is observing the transformation of a decent person into a demon. Steven R. Cowan is a talented horror writer who rivals the King and Koontz crowd.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Tone of book
- depressing/sad
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- fantasy world/fantasy past
Time Travel:
- largely forwards/future
Mental/magical powers focus
Yes
magical powers:
- good magical powers hunting non/weaker magical(s) (fantasy)
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker
Age:
- 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
Setting
Earth setting:
- during "Tolkien" (fairytime) times
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue?
- significantly more descript than dialog
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