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Angel-Seeker (Hardcover)

by Sharon Shinn (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Ace Books; 1 edition (Mar 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0441011349
  • ISBN-13: 978-0441011346
  • Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.6 x 3.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,531,675 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A welcome return to Samaria, 7 May 2004
By Kirba (UK) - See all my reviews
  
Angel-Seeker is the fifth Samaria book from Sharon Shinn. It takes readers back to the familiar territory of Gabriel and Rachel, set shortly after the events of Archangel. For readers unfamiliar with Samaria, it is a future colonisation of a distant planet. The settlers turned their back on technology, and now the inhabitants of the planet worship the distant god Jovah (fuller explanations are in Jovah's Angel and the Alleluia Files). The inhabitants are split between mortal and angel - angels are still mortal but have big wings and the ability to fly, plus glorious voices that their god can hear and respond to when they sing in prayer. Angels are in the minority, so women who give birth to angels are looked after for life by the angel holds. This has led to the rise of angel-seekers, the women who live only to snare an angel and have his child.

Shinn has probably wisely decided not to develop the story of the two stubborn lovers much further, and instead turns her attention to the slightly glimpsed and fairly flippant character of Obadiah.

Leaving the Eyrie and the out-of-reach Rachel behind him, Obadiah travels to the new angel settlement of Cedar Hills to take up a difficult diplomatic position working with the hidebound, misogynistic and often downright nasty Jansai. In the process, Obadiah is injured, and finally meets someone who may help him to forget his infatuation with his leader's wife, and move on with his own life.

As usual with Shinn, there are well-drawn characters for readers to identify with. The primary new faces are the rebellious Jansai teenager Rebekah, and Elizabeth, the angel-seeker of the title. The expansion of characters like Obadiah is welcome, although the inclusion of Rachel and Gabriel as lightly-sketched individuals requires prior reading of Archangel to really believe in the strength of character that is ascribed to them.

Angel-Seeker has a recognisable Shinn theme of star-crossed lovers, but like her previous books it is saved from over-sentimentalism by her strong story-writing and her sympathetic depictions of people who you can't like all the time. I found Maga irritating in Archangel, and she hasn't really got any better. The single-minded dedication of Elizabeth and her friends to bedding angels is not an easy premise, but seeing them work through this and turn into more than one-dimensional flirts is a rewarding read. I would highly recommend this book, although for people who have yet to venture into Samaria I would suggest reading the other books first, as the background information is limited and it could possibly be difficult to pick up some of the threads from Angel-Seeker alone.

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