Transit - Malin, Marty

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Résumé :
Dr. Jessamyn Quilter has committed the perfect crime, murdering her abusive husband in cold blood. Nobody will ever know what she did or hold her accountable. No mortal, that is. But her evil deed has unbalanced the cosmos. And the balance must be restored. Desperate to leave her old life behind and make a fresh start, Jessamyn books a long sea voyage aboard the container ship MV Andaman Pearl, to contemplate her future. After an auspicious beginning, her journey goes terribly wrong. As her life unravels, a series of chance encounters convinces her the evil she has unleashed will destroy her unless she confronts it. But how? The answer lies with an indigenous tribe deep in the Amazonian rainforest. Her quest for healing and purpose involves an unlikely assortment of jaguars, jinn, witches, cannibals, shamans, pink dolphins, teacher trees and the guardians of the Cosmos, Grandmother Aya and Anaconda Woman. Transit is a riveting, multi-layered tapestry that defies genre as it twists and turns like the mighty Amazon River itself.

Sommaire:
Dr. Jessamyn Quilter has committed the perfect crime, murdering her abusive husband in cold blood. Nobody will ever know what she did or hold her accountable. No mortal, that is. But her evil deed has unbalanced the cosmos. And the balance must be restored. Desperate to leave her old life behind and make a fresh start, Jessamyn books a long sea voyage aboard the container ship MV Andaman Pearl, to contemplate her future. After an auspicious beginning, her journey goes terribly wrong. As her life unravels, a series of chance encounters convinces her the evil she has unleashed will destroy her unless she confronts it. But how? The answer lies with an indigenous tribe deep in the Amazonian rainforest. Her quest for healing and purpose involves an unlikely assortment of jaguars, jinn, witches, cannibals, shamans, pink dolphins, teacher trees and the guardians of the Cosmos, Grandmother Aya and Anaconda Woman. Transit is a riveting, multi-layered tapestry that defies genre as it twists and turns like the mighty Amazon River itself. ...