The Spy Who Haunted Me (2009) is the third fantasy novel in the Shaman Bond series, following
Daemons Are Forever
, In the previous volume, the Time Train made it to the higher dimension and impacted amidst the Hungry Gods. Eddie and Mollie teleport out just before all the accumulated temporal energies exploded, closing the gateway. The Matriarch congratulated him on solving the crisis and chided him for bringing a half-elf into the household.
In the novel, Eddie Drood is a field agent for the Drood family. His area of responsibility is London and environs.
Martha Drood is Eddie's grandmother. She had been the Matriarch. Now she has been elected as the head of the family, subject to an advisory council.
Jack Drood is the Armourer and Eddie's Uncle. He runs the madcap team who come up with all the cool gadgets.
The Blue Fairy was a friend of Eddie before stealing a Drood torc. Then Queen Mab took the throne and he was admitted into the fairy enclave. The Fae gave him more training in his magical abilities.
Honey Lake is a CIA operative. She has access to many cool gadgets from the Company.
Walker is from the Nightside. He is the friendly nemesis of John Taylor.
Peter King is the grandson of Alexander King, the Independent Agent. He is a corporate espionage operative.
Lethal Harmony is an agent from Kathmandu. Katt specializes in honey traps and betrayals.
In the story, Eddie is wearing his Shaman Bond persona as he tries to find out what is going on with the Tower of London. He is hired by an Australian republican to kill the Tower ravens. Naturally, the job is not quite that simple.
Then Eddie is called back to the family mansion and ordered to drive rather than use the Merlin glass. After arriving, he finds Martha and the Armourer waiting for him. He is told that the Independent Agent is having a competition for his own replacement. The winner will get all of his accumulated secret information.
Eddie uses the Merlin Glass to reach Place Gloria, Alexander King's hideout, museum and residence. The area is covered in flux fog and nothing can be seen, but heavy footsteps sound from around him. After the fog lifts, Eddie finds that he and the other five candidates are on the top of a mountain.
They all gather around and introduce themselves. Of course, Eddie already knows the Blue Fairy and he knows of Walker. Honey, Peter and Katt are new to him.
After the introductions, the area around them shudders and then lowers into the lobby of the residence. They walk out and through a private museum into the audience chamber. Then a three-dimensional image of Alexander King appears and explains the contest.
They soon discover that the image is live, for King answers some comments (and ignores others). There will be five locations where the group must discover secrets. At the end of the quest, only one person will be left alive to receive the prize.
King causes a teleport device to appear on each wrist to take them to the designated spots. Eddie is rather startled since his golden torc is supposed to prevent such occurrences. Later they discover that the devices also travel to specific times as well to places.
At the first stop, they have to uncover the secret of the Loch Ness monster. Honey links with her boss and gets a small yellow submarine. They discover that the monster is not anything like popular theories, but they lose one of their group.
This tale takes the survivors to other sites and times, where they find all kinds of monsters. Some of them die or disappear. Eddie suspects that someone within the group is killing the others.
This novel has several references to other novels and series by this author. Both
Nightside
and
Shadows Fall
are mentioned. And other classic allusions are made in passing.
This story has a fair amount of action. The next installment will be
From Hell With Love
. Read and enjoy!
Highly recommended for Green fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of ancient protectors, various strange creatures, and cocky young agents. If anyone has not previously read this series, the initial volume is
The Man with the Golden Torc
.
-Arthur W. Jordin
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