Im the first to admit that Im a sucker for a rural setting, and Armstrongs rendering of Vancouver Island brings to mind Stephen Kings well-worn portraits of his native Maine. Just who is she really, and why is her world starting to change so dramatically? Theres also Maya herself, who through her relationship with bad boy Rafe is beginning to realise that her kinship with nature runs far deeper than she could possibly have imagined. But the mystery doesnt just involve Salmon Creek.
But perfect worlds never are, and when a recently arrived reporter winds up dead, Maya cant shake the feeling that something odd is going on. For Maya, whos known for her affinity with the natural world, Salmon Creek is a haven, giving her an opportunity to engage with the wilderness around her. Deliberately secluded in the verdant lushness of Vancouver Island, its the perfect environment for its crack team of scientists and researchers to engage in the medical research arms race without interference from Pfizer or GlaxoSmithKline or what have you. Having been created from scratch by the St Cloud medical research company,'the town of Salmon Creek is an urban planners dream.
And while the cynic in me tends to win out when the phrases first in a trilogy and best-selling author come into close collocation, all in all this novel was a pleasant surprise. Kelley Armstrong is a name Ive heard mentioned around the traps, but until The Gathering'I was otherwise unacquainted with her work.
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