Derra - Parker, Barry F.

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Résumé :
When Derra vanishes, her unlikely friend, Dr. Noah Giles, takes it upon himself to piece together her life in the hope of finding her. What he does find in the process immerses him into worlds that will push him to the brinkblurring the distinctions between love and obsession, sanity and insanity, and physical and spiritual reality. The trail he uncovers includes strange traditions fusing together Native American and Anglican history that reach back to the beginning of recorded history, and present day patterns of murder and cultic ritual. As his obsession grows, many foes lurk in the darkness that challenge his reserve as he tries desperately to uncover the truth. Derra is a novel about deep friendship, commitment, and the will to push ourselves to the limits of reality for those who matter most to us. Can the tenacity of her one true friend save Derra from the whirlwind that has swept her away, and divert the very destiny for which she has been groomed? Or will Derra ultimately be doomed to the reality of her twisted, unwanted fate?...

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Sommaire:
When Derra vanishes, her unlikely friend, Dr. Noah Giles, takes it upon himself to piece together her life in the hope of finding her. What he does find in the process immerses him into worlds that will push him to the brinkblurring the distinctions between love and obsession, sanity and insanity, and physical and spiritual reality. The trail he uncovers includes strange traditions fusing together Native American and Anglican history that reach back to the beginning of recorded history, and present day patterns of murder and cultic ritual. As his obsession grows, many foes lurk in the darkness that challenge his reserve as he tries desperately to uncover the truth. Derra is a novel about deep friendship, commitment, and the will to push ourselves to the limits of reality for those who matter most to us. Can the tenacity of her one true friend save Derra from the whirlwind that has swept her away, and divert the very destiny for which she has been groomed? Or will Derra ultimately be doomed to the reality of her twisted, unwanted fate?...