Spectre: A Zoe Martinique Investigation

I saw a few bad reviews on this book, and I just had to answer. Frankly, I can't see what they are complaining about. The author is just hitting her stride after writing two very original books. In this time when we are swamped with cliched paranormal fiction, I have to give these books their due- the story is excellent, unusual, and the powers of the main charactor are unusual and not at all mainstream. The book is a hint of fresh air in a genre getting crowded and stuffy- and way to cookie cutter with charactors, powers repeated over and over, and plots that we have all seen before. I really enjoyed the books, and ran to check when the next one was coming out as soon as I was done. I hope the author continues the series.

This is the second in the series, and though I liked the first better this book is not far behind!

I completely enjoyed the sequal to Wraith. Phaedra Weldon kept my attention with action, compassion and a dry wit not seen in fantasy often these days. I would recomend this book to anyone who wants a good read and a fun time while doing it! Two thumbs up!

Fresh story line. Amazing plot. Constantly keep me on the edge of my seat. =)

While walking out of her body one day Zoe Martinique clashed with a Sybiont she calls Trench Coat from the Abysmal plane. She changes into a Wraith when something happens to her or her loved ones. When she is OOB and Wraith, Zoe is not human, but Other. Trench Coat took her voice and gave her his mark on her hand. Zoe is able to use her new powers as a Traveler and a Wraith to work as a private investigator. Since she hasn't completed her last assignment for Maherba, she is forced to acceptfor him her them or it an assignment at a benefit at the Atlanta's Westin Plaza; where she is to listen in on a conversation between Congressman March Knowles and Atlanta based businessman Francisco Rodriguez. She hears about two groups, a shipment and something in it that two groups want. She learns these groups somehow linked to three homicides with missing body parts from each victim. Two groups want to catch Zoe in order to control or kill her, but she does her best to elude them while her powers grow. However even she is not strong enough to override the Compulsion of the Command Eidolon that one of her adversarial group's leaders places on her. She is his to command unless her friends can free her. The supernatural beings are fascinating characters in SPECTRE whether they are daimon, symbiont, shade or ghost; as each has a distinct personality. Zoe remains ignorant as to the extent of her powers or how much they will expand, but though she is often more Other than human and the Wraith is her dark side, she remains an independent free thinker trying to do what she believes is morally right for humanity. This is a great urban fantasy that will have fans anxiously waiting for the next installment in Zoe's saga. Harriet Klausner