Nora en Patch dachten dat ze alle problemen hadden overwonnen nu Hank van het toneel was verdwenen. Maar Nora moet afmaken wat Hank is begonnen: het vernietigen van de gevallen engelen. En dus ook Patch... Nora moet wennen aan haar nieuwe rol. Kan ze met haar nieuwe macht omgaan? Kan ze Patch redden?
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Dit vierde en laatste deel uit de Drift-serie* vormt de apotheose in de grote strijd tussen de Nephilim en de gevallen engelen. Nora (ca. 16, ik-figuur) moet als nieuwe leider van de Nephilim de gevallen engelen vernietigen, dus ook Patch. Langzamerhand wordt duidelijk wie welke rol nu eigenlijk speelt. Tot ongeveer halverwege kabbelt het verhaal door en wordt er veel herhaald uit de voorgaande delen. De spanning bouwt zich op, zeker als het perspectief van goed en kwaad vaak van plaats wisselt en er continu sprake is van wisselende machtsverhoudingen. Wie moet je nog geloven en op wie kun je vertrouwen? De uiteindelijke strijd is groots en spannend, en hoewel de uitkomst niet verrassend genoemd kan worden, bewaart de auteur nog enige verrassingselementen tot op het laatst. Ook dit vierde deel leest als een trein; werkelijkheid en fantasy lopen door elkaar heen, waardoor ‘alles mogelijk lijkt’, hoe gruwelijk en onwaarschijnlijk ook. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Hannelore Rubie
(source: Bol.com)

A pesar de su fascinante relación con Patch y de haber sobrevivido a un intento de asesinato, la vida de Nora dista mucho de ser perfecta. Patch está empezando a alejarse y Nora no sabe si es por su bien o porque cada vez está más interesado en su archienemiga Marcie Millar. Además, una serie de imágenes sobre su padre la acosan de manera recurrente. A medida que Nora se sumerge en el misterio de su muerte, comienza a sospechar que su sangre nefilim puede estar relacionada con el asunto. Pero Patch no le da ninguna respuesta, por lo que ella decide investigar por su cuenta, arriesgándose hasta el límite. ¿Qué verdad se esconde detrás de la muerte de su padre? ¿Puede contar con Patch o éste le oculta secretos más oscuros de lo que ella imagina? Una novela de amor, intriga trepidante y ángeles diabólicamente seductores.

Nora Grey, una alumna aplicada en busca de una beca para la universidad, vive con su madre viuda en una granja a las afueras de Pórtland, Maine. Cuando Patch se convierte en su nuevo compañero de instituto, Nora siente a la vez atracción y repulsión hacia este extraño personaje que parece tener acceso a sus pensamientos. Luego se entera de que Patch es un ángel caído que quiere convertirse en humano. Nora está bajo su control, pero hay también otras fuerzas en juego y de repente se encuentra viviendo hechos inexplicables y en medio de una situación muy peligrosa.

Der Himmel muss warten. Als Nora ihm zum ersten Mal begegnet, weiß sie gleich, dass seine tiefschwarzen Augen mehr verbergen als offenbaren: Patch wirkt geheimnisvoll, fast unheimlich auf sie, und Nora ist zutiefst fasziniert von seiner rätselhaften Ausstrahlung. Doch zugleich macht Patch ihr auch Angst. Denn immer öfter hat sie das Gefühl, verfolgt zu werden, und sie wird den Verdacht nicht los, dass Patch etwas damit zu tun haben könnte. Irgendetwas scheint mit ihm nicht zu stimmen. Wo kommt er her, warum fühlt sie sich so sehr zu ihm hingezogen – und diese Narbe auf seinem Rücken, was hat sie zu bedeuten? Immer tiefer wird Nora verstrickt in Ereignisse, in denen Himmel und Hölle ganz nah beieinander liegen ...

Auch Engel haben ihre dunklen Seiten Alles könnte so schön sein: Nora ist nun endlich mit Patch, ihrem Schutzengel, zusammen, der sein Leben für sie geopfert hat. Aber leider lässt das Happy End noch etwas auf sich warten. Denn statt verliebt und glücklich zu sein, zieht Patch sich immer mehr von ihr zurück und scheint sogar Interesse an ihrer Erzfeindin Marcie Millar zu haben. Als Nora dann immer öfter von ihrem Vater träumt, der eines Nachts die Familie für immer verließ, beschleicht sie der Verdacht, dass Patch etwas damit zu tun haben könnte. Auf ihrer Suche nach der Wahrheit gelangt sie auf gefährliches Terrain, aber sie vertraut darauf, dass Patch seine schützende Hand über sie hält. Doch als sie mehr über die Vergangenheit erfährt, muss sie sich fragen, auf welcher Seite Patch wirklich steht ... Der zweite Teil der Serie um den verführerischen Engel Patch und seine große Liebe Nora.

WaterBrook Press Reader’s Guide for All Together in One Place by Jane Kirkpatrick “One of the incidents that made a profound impression upon the minds of all was the meeting with eleven wagons returning, and not a man left in the entire train. All the men had died and had been buried on the way, and the women and children were returning to their homes alone from a point well up on the Plate, below Fort Laramie. The difficulties of the return trip were multiplied on account of the throng moving westward. How those women succeeded in their attempt, or what became of them, we never knew.” --Ezra Meeker recalling an incident on his first journey west on the Oregon Trail in 1852 . As with many of us, Mazy Bacon thought she yearned for the things that gave her nurture: her home and garden, her dog, the love and comfort of her husband, the visits of her mother. She did not like surprises or change and told her husband so. She liked a predictable life and thought that she controlled it. “Things’re not always what they seem,” her husband said one evening in early 1850 and thus began this young woman’s journey to the wilderness places of her life - the wilderness of landscape, relationship and the yearnings of her soul. ALL TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE is a novel, set in 1852, about eleven wagons of women seeking the nurture of home and facing change. But more it is a story of the wilderness places of our lives today and the discovery of what we’re given-if we will seek it-to see us through. Writer Terry Tempest Williams reminds us that “to step into wilderness is to court risk.” We are warned in life to be prepared before we step where few have gone before. But sometimes we are forced to enter the wilderness. Death, divorce, loneliness and betrayal announce the wilderness of relationship. A move, an illness or an accident can separate us from familiar landscapes, friends and even ourselves, piercing us in places we fight so hard to stay away from. The wilderness of spirit can challenge, too, revealing both fears and fragile places in our faith that trouble us and taking us deep into uncertainty. But wrapped within the wilderness places, treasure sparkles-if we believe, persevere, and reach beyond, if we will trust the Psalmist’s words, “The Lord knows my lot. He makes my boundaries fall on pleasant places.” To find those pleasant places of our lives, no matter where we are, we’re asked to stretch, to risk and trust and to admit that we have entered wilderness, that life as we once knew it and believed that we controlled, has ended. With that admission, we can court commitment not just risk, and with faith and friends, move forward toward abundance we otherwise would never known was there. --Jane Kirkpatrick

From Publishers Weekly

Christian novelist Kirkpatrick follows her well-received All Together in One Place with this rich and engaging sequel that could easily stand alone. She picks up the story of 11 women who have banded together to travel west on the Oregon Trail after losing their menfolk. Kirkpatrick's gifts as a writer are most evident in the surprising complexity of her female characters and in her ability to weave historical details into her story without overwhelming it. The fascinating moments of daily routine on the trail and in California's mining towns fit effortlessly with the plot and include the varying experiences of different races (Chinese and Indian) as well as of men and women. The author brings her heroines alive with full complements of both endearing and frustrating qualities, keeping them on even footing with each other and leaving the reader unsure what they might do next. Kirkpatrick is convincingly insightful about the conflicting emotions these women experience during dramatic life changes, allowing them to struggle, change their minds, make mistakes and start over on different tracks. The novel's chief flaw is that the male characters are far less developed, especially the villainous Zane Randolph. He provides a gripping, driving tension to the novel, but he is too one-dimensionally evil. Even so, this second installment in the Kinship and Courage trilogy satisfies overall as entertainment, as historical fiction and as a thoughtful exploration of human character and community.

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“Jane Kirkpatrick has, almost literally, created her own genre of fiction. Her books enfold…whisper, ‘Let me tell you about a woman who…’ They find a secret place in each of us and bring it gently to the surface.”
–Salem Statesman Journal

Suzanne felt the tears press at her eyes as the dream-state drifted away–taking with it the sight of the man she loved. Awake, she blinked back the tears. This was her life now. The sounds of the women and oxen, those were real. And the darkness–her darkness. She lay inside it, resigned. She was not a wife reaching out for her husband but a widow, a blind widow, wistful and full of desire.

FACING CHALLENGES AND LOSS, A COMMUNITY OF EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN FIGHT TO OVERCOME THE PAIN OF THE PAST – AND EMBRACE THE FUTURE.

When blind and widowed Suzanne Cullver reaches California with a group of women who have survived tragedy on the Oregon Trail, she sets her mind on doing for herself all that must be done. Though she cannot see, she rejects offers of assistance, unwittingly risking her children’s safety – and her own.

Her companions blindly falter as well, held hostage by their own pasts. As Suzanne attempts to control her life in Shasta City, Ruth defends against past errors, failing to see how she limits love. Meanwhile, Mazy’s vision seems to be permanently clouded by her late husband’s betrayal. But when a young stagedriver risks all for a Wintu Indian, his life becomes entangled with the turnaround women – and together they are changed forever as they discover that No Eye Can See all the good God has in store for those who love Him.

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Review

“[Kirkpatrick’s] books enfold the reader. They whisper ‘let me tell you about a woman who…’ They find a secret place in each of us and bring it gently to the surface.”
–Salem Statesman Journal, review of *All Together in One Place

• “Kirkpatrick follows her well-received All Together in One Place with this rich and engaging sequel [No Eye Can See] that could easily stand alone…a thoughtful exploration of human character and community.”
  –Publishers Weekly
  

From the Trade Paperback edition.

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A CIRCLE OF COURAGEOUS WOMEN DISCOVERS THE MEANING OF INDEPENDENCE, FORGIVENESS, AND LOVE Ruth Martin had a dream: to become an independent woman and build a life in southern Oregon for herself and her children. But when her friend Mazy’s inaction results in a tragedy that shatters Ruth’s dream, Ruth must start anew and try to heal her tender wounds.

Her friends are also moving on. Mazy wrestles with her understanding of what faith and family really mean; Tipton discovers that marriage requires more than she’s ready to give; and Suzanne’s challenge is to keep seeing with new eyes. Together, the turn around women travel to arenas of untested promise where they’ll find a hope that sustains them and relationships they’ll cherish all their days.
THE FINAL BOOK IN THE KINSHIP AND COURAGE SERIES

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