A fast-paced tale that whimsically hearkens a bygone era.
Witches and werewolves and wizards, oh my! Dusk is the beginning of the epic Runemaster saga penned by Rey Clark. On the eve of adulthood, Mira Hultgren is met with a horrific tragedy. Her mother is dying in the middle of the ransacked apartment they share in 1940s Chicago. The murderer? A golden eyed demon on a mission to find a hidden tome, the secrets of Rune Magic. Mira, unaware of her mother’s secret supernatural life, is left in stunned disbelief. She is whisked away to the Divine Order, a group tasked to protect humanity from unsavory supernatural elements. Mira discovers not only a whole magical world, but her own powers as she harnesses her inner warrior.
Dusk is one of those clichéd but super-fun fantasy novels that will grab your attention from the first page. In a unique twist, this creative urban fantasy is set in Chicago about the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, when patriotic fervor was at a climax. Besides vampires and demons and major daddy issues, Mira has all sorts of more mundane things to contend with, like that cute guy with the golden hair and whether or not it is appropriate for a woman to wear trousers instead of skirts. If you enjoy a supernatural novel with an interesting female protagonist, then you’ll enjoy Dusk, a fast-paced tale that whimsically hearkens a bygone era where gods and monsters do battle.
