Can energy heal? Has the human race survived global cataclysm before? Is it possible to reunite with loved ones and soul mates? Is reincarnation real? These are just a few of the real-life questions addressed in this wonderful fantasy series . . .
Green Stone of Healing is a fast-moving, complex fantasy series that follows four generations of strong women and the mysterious green stone that binds them to their people and culture as well as to each other.
One of the hallmarks of excellence in fiction writing -- at least subjectively for this reviewer -- is that the characters somehow manage to infiltrate our "normal" lives, invading our thoughts when we are driving or at work, haunting that twilight time between wakefulness and sleep, or actually taking on a "real" life parallel to our own. When this sort of character is achieved, when the plot twists and turns become almost factual in our mundane world, it is close to impossible to finish reading the book, set it aside at its conclusion, and heaven-forbid await a sequel to find out what happens next!
By this, the third in C.L. Talmadge's masterful series of novels depicting gripping events that move an undaunted (yet much maligned and mistreated) heroine through trials and tribulations that might make Ulysses blanch, the reader finds herself braced for the disappointment that will surely come at the conclusion, because -- after all -- there can be no satisfactory concluding of events when one is hesitant to relinquish the characters to the purgatory of waiting-for-the-next-volume, anyway.
That said, The Scorpions Strike is face-paced, action-packed and full of surprises. Just when you think you have figured out where these events might be heading, everything you imagined is thrown out the window. How in the world can Helen Andros continue to move ahead in pursuit of well, anything, while she is doomed to carry such a heavy burden? Could any of us persist in the face of such odds and such relentless persecution?
While The Scorpions Strike is indeed a compelling story in and of itself, it is also a parable and an inspiration to those of us in the real 21st-Century world who sometimes feel abandoned with our unspeakable burdens. If we ever feel a moment of self pity, we need only imagine Helen's situation for a glimpse of the strength we might surely find in each of ourselves.
I have a friend, a bright, accomplished and beautiful young woman, who is currently struggling against prejudice and truly appalling obstacles in a Western European country that is surprisingly Neanderthal and chauvinistic in its attitudes toward women, even now in the year 2008. Reading The Scorpions Strike has given me renewed strength to help shore up my friend (albeit from a distance), and it has sharpened my appreciation of how incredible she is being in holding her head high and remaining unswerving in her march toward her goal. Her high principles are intact; her dignity may have suffered at times, but she is persevering. Hooray for Helen Andros and the behaviour-models she has spawned. What an important void this character, and C.L. Talmadge's inspirational story have filled!
~ Anne Garber, evalu8.org
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