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From: hklaus6073@aol.com (HKlaus6073)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Summon The Keeper-Huff
Date: 27 Mar 1998 23:12:35 GMT
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SUMMON THE KEEPER
Tanya Huff
Daw, May 1998, $5,99, 331 pp.
ISBN: 0-88677-784-4

   Magic is the ability to tap into an energy force that is
outside the ken of the real world. Every time someone does a 
ood or bad deed a hole in the barrier that separates the physical 
plane from the magical plane appeRS.  The holes are monitored by 
Cousins, offsprings of Adam and Lilith to insure no evil can escape
to our world.  When a hole becomes big enough to allow a
magical creature to enter the mortal side, a keeper attends
to sealing up the portal.
   Clare Hanson has been a very busy keeper for many years. 
She is summoned to the Elysian Fields guest-house where she
is tricked by a sneaky Cousin into becoming the carekeeper. 
Her first job is to seal the hole to hell without awakening
the sleeping evil residing in a guest room upstairs.  While
pondering her project, Clare must deal with her loquacious
cat, who runs her life, catch the imps causing minor
mischievous, resist the wiles of an amorous ghost, and
protect the odd assortment of guests that hover in 
what she considers the house from hell.
   Tanya Huff�s new series is a brilliant creation that is
sure to appeal to readers of the Victoria Nelson vampire
series, Cherry Scotch�s werewolf novels, and Mercedes
Lackey�s Diana Tregarde books.  SUMMON THE KEEPER has uniquely
memorable and quirky characters, especially that darn cat
and the amorous ghost.  Clare is an interesting protagonist, 
who will be fun to observe in future stories.  The story 
line is riveting with never a dull moment.  SUMMON THE KEEPER 
is a keeper that will summon its readers into buying future 
novels in the series.

Harriet Klausner